Fiduciary Trust Company, a wealth advisor and investment management firm for high-net-worth individuals and nonprofits, continues to expand its client service team with the hiring of Patricia M. Schneider, CFA, as Vice President and Investment Officer.

Patricia joins Fiduciary Trust from Middleton & Company in Boston, where she was a Senior Portfolio Manager. Previously, she was a Senior Portfolio Manager for BNY Mellon Wealth Management, also in Boston.

NICE Actimize, business and the industry leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, was named the category winner for "Best Trade Surveillance Solution for MAD/MAR Technology" in A-Team Group's 2019 RegTech Insight Awards for the second consecutive year. Following its shortlisting, derived from reader/online nominations from within the RegTech Insight community which were verified by A-Team Group editors and the RegTech advisory board, NICE Actimize was the recipient of the most online votes in its category.

Allied Wallet, a leading provider of online payment processing offering various payment solutions in 196 countries all over the world, is poised to release new features to support new shifts in the world’s e-commerce culture and global technological advancement.

As new innovations become available to consumers, it is important that digital payments and their features adapt. Methods of operation and capabilities must change.

A new survey from Discover suggests that paying an annual fee on a credit card does not always guarantee satisfaction with it. The collected data showed that 70 percent of consumers are very satisfied with their credit cards with no annual fee, while in contrast, only 35 percent of respondents said they are equally satisfied with their credit cards that require an annual fee.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of bank real-time electronic payment solutions, today announced that it is aiding fast bank adoption of real-time payments in Saudi Arabia with its UP Real-Time Payments solution.

Centiro, a leading innovator in cloud-based delivery management and supply chain networking solutions, has appointed Kevin Crough to SVP North America, to help retailers, brands, manufacturers, and logistics providers connect their supply chain and distribution networks in the cloud to drive innovation, improve visibility and business performance in the field of e-commerce, omnichannel, and final-mile.

ACH Alert, an award-winning provider of electronic payments fraud prevention technology for financial institutions of all sizes, announced the addition of George Leto as Channel Sales Manager to support increased sales within its existing channel partner division, which has seen significant growth due to rising demand for its payments fraud solutions.

Aiven has completed an €8 million Series A funding round to enhance its leading cloud data platform with more integrated solutions and to accelerate international growth.

"We see a tremendous number of companies around the world now implementing their new real-time data platforms in the cloud. The new funding will allow us to better cater to their requirements,” states Oskari Saarenmaa, co-founder and CEO at Aiven.

The European P2P platform Robo.cash has analyzed the average investment made within the first months of investing. The results show that the average investment increases by 30% after the first month of investing on the platform and by another 10% - after the second one.

 Mastercard (NYSE: MA) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Transactis, a platform that helps businesses deliver bills and receive payments through one simple-to-navigate experience.