Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd., a leading solution provider in the global video surveillance industry, today announced the launch of a system of extended Power over Ethernet (ePoE) devices including cameras, network switches and network recorders. Dahua ePoE IP system supports up to 800 meters between the ePoE camera and the ePoE network switch or ePoE NVR with embedded switch.

Trade finance is increasingly becoming the number one use case for blockchain with the greatest potential to benefit from this technology. In previously blocks I already showed the accelerated activity in this area (see: Blockchain and Supply Chain Finance: the missing link May 7, 2017 and Blockchain: accelerated activity in trade Finance, January 26, 207). End  seven European banks, forming the so-called Digital Trade Chain consortium,  announced their plans to develop in collaboration with IBM a trade finance platform based on blockchain technology.

Bucharest, Romania: The energy supply company named Eva Energy started accepting gas and electricity bill payments in multiple cryptocurrencies. The payment solution is provided by C.O.S.S. PTE LTD from Singapore.

Eva Energy, an outstanding player in the energy sector of Romania renowned for its progressive thinking and passion for innovation is pioneering in cryptocurrency adoption within the industry. 

Starling Bank, the mobile-only bank that recently launched its new current account in the UK market, today brings its customers Apple Pay, which is transforming mobile payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay that’s fast and convenient.

trivago, the global hotel search platform, has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) providing the organisation with a single, cloud-based HR solution that is capable of providing one single source of truth for employee data, while empowering HR leaders and managers with better insights to make faster, more accur

Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, today announces that it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Partech Ventures with participation from CME Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Existing investors IQ Capital, 24Haymarket and Illuminate Financial have reinvested. Privitar will use the funds to accelerate the delivery of its product roadmap and core IP. The firm will also look to build on sales success in Europe with expansion to the United States and other key geographies.

On the first day of their trip to Poland, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited ‘The Heart’, a start-up incubator in Warsaw, to celebrate business opportunities between UK and Poland. The high-profile event was held by the British Embassy in Poland and hosted by Marta Krupinska, co-founder of Azimo, and Tomasz Rudolf, The Heart’s founder.

Banking operates in an increasingly complex environment. Due to the increased need for compliance, margins are diminishing and costs are rising.

NETinfo Plc has joined the Middle East NXT Banking Summit as the Associate Sponsor. The event, which is organized by Alpha One Events, is scheduled on September 26 & 27’ 2017 at The Address Dubai Marina in Dubai, UAE. The event will bring together industry leaders to explore the impact of futuristic banking technology innovation along with partnerships and collaboration with fintech can transform the customer value chain across the Middle East.

Agora Data, Inc. ("AGORA"), a Texas-based provider of technology solutions for the financial services industry, announces its partnerships with market-leader Auto Loan Technologies, LLC dba AutoZoom to expand the suite of services available to the buy-here, pay here dealer community.

AutoZoom is a web-based scoring and predictive underwriting SaaS provider designed to meet the underwriting and analysis challenges of the buy-here pay-here industry through its unique ability to build custom-fit scoring models for used-car financing dealerships.