Stagecoach, First Bus, Go-Ahead, Arriva and National Express are working together to produce a business case which is expected to be completed by late spring 2016.

The scheme, funded predominantly by the private sector, could see new EMV contactless technology installed on every one of the UK’s 32,000-plus buses outside London. It would offer cashless travel for those who want it and capped pay-as-you-go-fares in all urban areas.

Although payment cards sometimes create a little bit of a mess in the purse people really enjoy using them in their shopping experience. Moreover our demand for the card to complete fast transactions anywhere and anytime often conflicts with our desire for security and information transparency. Today most payment transaction and security providers already address these user preferences, but the climax of recent technological development is in contactless payment, card consolidation function and one time authentication codes.

In an increasingly competitive financial services arena, financial institutions are pressured more than ever to meet the evolving wants and needs of their customers. This stress is putting each institution's technology strategy under the microscope.  "Are we delivering market-leading innovation and providing a better customer experience than our competitors?"  "Are we agile enough to shift with evolving market and customer demand?" Both established and new banks will need to answer these tough questions if they want to thrive in the digital age.

TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank® today launched a new credit card product that makes it easier for consumers to earn cash back on everyday purchases. The TD Cash Visa Signature Credit Card provides 2 percent cash back on all dining types and 1 percent cash back on all other purchases.

Google Compute Engine (GCE) is part of the Google Cloud Platform that consists of a rich set of resources, tools and services necessary for operations within Infrastructure as a Service. GCE allows processing of virtual machines, workloads and large computer clusters on Google’s hardware. The solution can be integrated with the variety of Google Cloud Platform services and tools. 

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Stuart Keeler as new Managing Director of SimCorp Coric. In this role, he will be responsible for the continued growth of SimCorp’s global client communications and reporting business.

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), has officially launched Nasdaq IR Insight(TM), a platform designed specifically for financial executives, especially investor relations officers (IROs) around the globe.

Micro Azure represents a complete bundle of integrated cloud services for IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) as well as PaaS (Platform as a service) purposes with a wide range of programming languages, operating systems, tools, frameworks, devices and databases. Azure supports Internet of Things’ connectivity concept in its data processing and analytics.  

 Adyen, the global payments technology company, today announced that it processed $50 billion in transaction volume in 2015, up from $25 billion, and achieved revenue of $350 million, a growth of more than 100 percent over 2014. The results underscore how Adyen is building on its position as the global partner of choice for international ecommerce, and is rapidly expanding its point of sale offering by connecting a new range of customers to its omnichannel payments platform.

Over the last year, Adyen has reached two key milestones in the potentially enormous point of sale space:

 Ipreo, a leading global provider of market intelligence and workflow solutions to financial services and corporate professionals, and Symphony Communication Services LLC, a secure communications and workflow technology company, announced a collaboration to integrate Symphony's secure communications service with Ipreo's suite of capital markets workflow applications.