Technology supplier, Altus, and research house, Fundscape, have formed a strategic partnership to develop new solutions and products for the financial services industry. The joint venture will combine rigorous systems engineering with in-depth industry expertise to deliver innovative, market-leading services.

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a report on crypto-assets, which considers work underway, regulatory approaches and potential gaps. The report is being delivered to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors for their meeting in Fukuoka on 8-9 June.

Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced the introduction of the Phun utility token (“Phun”) for its Multiscreen as a Service (MaaS) platform.

Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today its support to the FinanceMalta’s 12th Annual Conference 2019 taking place on 5-6 June at the Hilton Conference Center, in St Julian’s, Malta, as a gold sponsor.

Yolt, the smart thinking money app, has expanded its network of partners today, announcing a new in-app partnership with insurance platform, simplesurance. All its users in the UK, Italy and France will now be able to apply for mobile phone insurance directly from their Yolt app, making simplesurance the first pan-European insurance partner for Yolt.

KRM22 plc (AIM: KRM), the technology and software investment company, that focuses on risk management for capital markets, today announces that it has partnered with Trailight Ltd ("Trailight") to further enhance the KRM22's Global Risk Platform. The partnership includes an agreement for KRM22 to distribute and support the Individual Accountability Regime and People Risk Management products on the KRM22 Global Risk Platform.

Button Wallet, the Venmo app for cryptocurrency, today announced U.S. customers can use fiat currency to quickly and securely buy digital assets, making Button the first company or bot to enable users to buy-in with fiat on Telegram. Button’s multi-currency crypto wallet is built and comes pre-installed on Telegram messenger.

Leading global payments provider Klarna has today announced a new partnership with omni-channel occasion-wear brand QUIZ. From today, customers shopping online at QUIZ will be able to benefit from Klarna’s Pay later in 30 days payment option.

For the seventh consecutive year, Temenos (SIX : TEMN), the banking software company, has been named 'Top Global Player' for combined deals in research firm Forrester's prestigious Global Banking Platform Deals Survey 2019, a key benchmark for measuring new and extended banking system business.

An interview with Chris Thomas, Managing Director EMEA of Emailage 

Financial IT: Could you please give us an overview of Emailage & the industry you are in and your experience?

Chris Thomas (CT): As the global hub of email intelligence, the Emailage team has a single goal: to unite businesses of all sizes from all around the world in the fight against global fraud.