Addepar, the operating system for our financial world, today announced it has closed a $140 million Series D funding round, co-led by Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, and QuantRes founder Harald McPike. 

With many organisations still working on POC’s for blockchain technology, FinTech Network have partnered with Melonport to demonstrate how smart contracts could have made a fundamental difference in two of the highest profile finance scandals and mitigated the loss of millions of dollars: http://bit.ly/2qTGlrT 

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Appian today announced that its low-code platform for digital transformation is available on the G-Cloud 9 framework. G-Cloud 9 is a digital marketplace that enables the UK public sector to find people and technology for projects across the government.

Employees who become distracted at work are more likely to be the cause of human error and a potential security risk, according to a snapshot poll conducted by Centrify, the leader in securing hybrid enterprises through the power of identity services, at Europe’s leading infosecurity event, Infosec Europe in London this week.

NEX Regulatory Reporting, a NEX Group business which provides regulatory reporting services across worldwide regulatory regimes, and Duco, the global provider of self-service data normalisation and reconciliation services, today announce that NEX Regulatory Reporting is to use Duco’s technology to provide MiFID II reconciliation to their clients.

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, announced today the release of a new corporate action event, Further Public Offering (FPO).

The addition of the FPO event enhances existing services by providing full details of company securities post Initial Public Offering (IPO), including any additional allocations made available to the deal’s underwriters via ‘greenshoe’ options.

Pendo Systems is proud to announce that Ruth Wandhöfer, Global Head of Regulatory and Market Strategy at Citi, has joined their board. Ms. Wandhöfer is a banking regulatory expert and one of the foremost authorities on transaction banking regulatory matters. Her reputation has been built around her ability to drive regulatory and industry dialogue while developing product and market strategies that integrate with an evolving regulatory and innovation landscape. “I’m honored that Ruth has chosen to join our team.

Concardis is expanding its international portfolio: the payment service provider is bringing Chinese mobile payment solution Alipay to Austria and Switzerland. Gössl is the first merchant in Austria to enable Chinese guests to pay via smartphone and the Alipay app. The roll-out in the Swiss market is planned for October of this year. In Germany, Concardis has already successfully integrated the Alipay payment method in the businesses of jeweller Wempe, TOD’s and Timberland, among others.

 GFT, the leading provider of business, design and technology consulting to the financial services community, has appointed Andrew Rossiter as Head of Technology Services across the GFT Atlantic Region, a senior hire that marks a key milestone in GFT’s strategy to provide clients with innovative solutions that drive efficiency and improve

Blockchain has captured the imagination of intellectuals and polity alike with economists, technologists, governments raving about its potential and how its poised to fundamentally change the world.