Colt Technology Services has today announced the launch of two new features underpinned by its SD WAN platform; VoIP optimisation and support for IPv6.

These new features address the shift in network demand currently being experienced by enterprises globally, as many are adjusting to the new normal of mass remote working and additional devices connecting to their already stretched networks.

Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino (BancaStato) is investing in Appway’s client lifecycle management (CLM) solution suite to better support its front office with all client interactions, as well as reduce customer response times and improve operations across its front, middle, and back office. Concurrently, BancaStato is expanding its use of Appway for its fully-owned subsidiary specialized in world-class private banking services, known as Axion SWISS Bank, thereby harmonizing its IT architecture and customer experience group-wide.

Group Futurista launches its first in the series of the ‘Futurecast Webinar Series’ - with an eye on the post-Covid 19 business landscape which is expected to herald a leap in online economic activity. The Futurecast Webinar will address questions around the interplay and relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence and the way the two can be used to aid each other.

The Gold Sponsor for the Webinar is Grabba. 

Thirty-two banks in Italy have gone live with one of the first real-world deployments of enterprise blockchain technology in interbank financial markets.

The Spunta Banca DLT app for interbank reconciliation has been built by the Italian Banking Association, ABI, on R3’s Corda Enterprise platform.

The traditional reconciliation process for interbank transactions in Italy—formerly governed by the spunta process is notoriously complex.

Masthaven Bank has today launched a new fees-free remortgage range on its first charge residential two-year and five-year fixed remortgage products. The specialist bank has released the limited-edition products in response to continued demand for remortgages, particularly for fees-free ranges, during the coronavirus outbreak.

Masthaven says the new products are designed to empower brokers to offer their customers greater flexibility around their remortgage options.

Rob Barnard, director of intermediaries at Masthaven said:

NCR (NYSE: NCR), a global enterprise technology provider for the financial industry, today announced that Vermont-based Brattleboro Savings & Loan (BS&L) chose NCR to provide customers and businesses with a superior digital banking experience.

With the NCR DI platform, the bank will consolidate three vendors that previously supported digital banking into one, simplifying operations and increasing efficiency in the back office.

Surecomp, the leading provider of global trade finance solutions for banks and corporates, today announced the opening of its Application Programming Interfaces (API) architecture to customers in a sandbox testing environment, setting the new open banking standard in the digitization of trade finance processing and connectivity.

IRIS Software Group is today announcing the appointment of Chris Smith as its new chief sales officer.

Chris brings his 20 years of international commercial experience to drive the continued growth and development of IRIS. He joins with highly acclaimed credentials, including vice president and general manager EMEA, Harman International, a $8bn subsidiary of Samsung, and group international development director of DCC Exertis, a $7bn distributor and service provider.