The Global Innovation Summit and Awards 2015, held under the patronage of HE Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development, recognised six individuals for path breaking implementation of technology in diverse sectors. The awards were presented by HE Hazza Mohammed Falah Al Qahtani, Undersecretary of Ministry of International Cooperation and Development.

The education sector innovation award was presented to Tazeen Sharif, for the iHear app that helps people with impairment to their speaking or hearing ability.

Diasoft, a leading provider of cutting edge financial software solutions, announced today that Khan Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Mongolia, has selected Diasoft Custody solution to automate its new line of business.

Nasdaq announced today that it now supplies futures data to Interactive Data's product line through Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX), the exchange group's US-based designated contract market (DCM) thatlaunched on July 24, 2015.

With contactless cards and mobile payments growing in popularity, a quarter of Brits think that in just five years' time they will no longer need cash, according to a survey for Lloyds Bank.

EarthLink Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading managed network, security and cloud solutions provider for multi-location businesses,today announced that Louis M. Alterman, EarthLink executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the upcoming Drexel Hamilton Telecom, Media and Technology Conference at the W Hotel Midtown in New York on Thursday, Sept.

Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:HILL), the real-time hybrid storage company, today reports its AssuredSAN^® 3004 and 4004 hybrid storage arrays have been ENERGY STAR certified for proven energy efficiency.

Arabesque Partners, the Anglo-German asset management firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Georg Kell as Vice Chairman-designate.  

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150828/261866 )

Subject to approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), he will join Arabesque's Board alongside Chairman Dr. Robert G. Eccles.

Barry Kislingbury, Lead Solutions Consultant Consumer Banking Europe, ACI Worldwide comments on the initial report of the World Class Payments Project, published by Payments UK today:

“The World Class Payments Project which was launched to set out a ten- year vision on how to achieve a first-class payments environment is fantastic news for UK banks and consumers.

Barry Kislingbury, Lead Solutions Consultant Consumer Banking Europe, ACI Worldwide comments on today’s news of a BACS payments system failure affecting thousands of HSBC customers:

 “Today’s payment systems failure which has left thousands of customers across the UK without salaries ahead of a bank holiday weekend underlines yet again the urgent need to modernise the UK’s creaking banking and payments infrastructure.