The SWIFT Institute has released a new academic paper focussing on the transformation of UK clearing and settlement processes in the 1990’s.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM), a leading provider of enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) software, are working together to provide RPA solutions to help organizations across industries automate a wide range of business processes for reduced costs, improved compliance and increased productivity. More than 40 organizations have already selected Accenture and Blue Prism to help achieve this, including international retailer Circle K and Raiffeisen Bank International.
 

Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, has formed a new strategic partnership with Castlight, the leading financial capability company, to launch the first real-time affordability platform to support brokers and their clients with mortgage applications. The system will reduce the time it takes to make a mortgage application to as little as ten minutes.

Avidbank Specialty Finance, a Division of Avidbank that specializes in technology and asset-based lending, has provided LightPath Technologies with new a $5 million acquisition term loan in addition to renewing an existing line of credit.

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and with facilities in Shanghai and Zhenjiang, China, LightPath designs, manufactures, and distributes optical and infrared components and sub-systems, and custom optical assemblies.

The Bitfury Group, the leading global full-service Blockchain technology company, announced today that in collaboration with international lawfirm Covington, it is launching the first ever Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) around the World Economic Forum 2017 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland this January. 

Equinix, Inc., the global interconnection and data centre company, today announces the appointment of Robert Busz as Managing Director for Poland. Equinix arrived in Poland in January 2016 as the result of the company’s acquisition of TelecityGroup, which included two data centres in Warsaw and the PLIX, the leading Internet Exchange in Poland. Recognizing the growth and potential of the Polish market, Equinix recently completed expansion of its second facility in Warsaw. Work is also underway to expand the PLIX to meet the requirements of key participants.

Provenir, provider of real-time, risk decisioning solutions, today announced that TBI Bank, which serves consumers and businesses in Bulgaria and Romania, has chosen The Provenir Cloud for rapid risk decision-making and streamlined processing of customer applications.

When marketers make a move to the a regulated industry such as finance, from another unregulated one, the need for compliance approval of marketing materials can be an eye-opener. It can seem like a whole new world with new tactics, approaches and rules to learn. At first those rules might seem restrictive, but once the reasons for compliance become clear, it becomes much easier to adapt your strategies to suit. Keep at it and you might just see that the regulated market isn’t as creatively restrictive as a new starter first thinks.