CrowdBureau Corporation, a financial technology company and index provider, announced the launch of the CrowdBureau Peer-to-Peer Lending and Equity Crowdfunding Index (ti

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced that it is partnering with M-Tech Innovations Ltd. ("M-Tech") to develop and deploy biometric smart card solutions. The collaboration targets contact-based and dual interface biometric smart card solutions to address current and evolving banking card standards. It comprises NEXT`s sensor technology that is successfully being used in millions of devices in various industry segments worldwide.

LC LITE is the first blockchain-based platform connecting trade parties directly via a digital solution for cross-border trade transactions requiring Letters of Credit. 

Nets, a market leader in the payments industry, today announces a strategic alliance with Przelewy24, a leading online payment service provider in Poland. Following the recent acquisition of Dotpay/eCard, Nets will attain a majority stake of 51% in the consolidated Polish group that will include Przelewy24 and Dotpay/eCard. Piotr Kurczewski will continue as CEO and shareholder of Przelewy24, with 49% of the consolidated group. Andrzej Budzik will continue as CEO of Dotpay/eCard.

Financial IT magazine has been published continuously now for over five years. A comparison of the earliest editions with the more recent editions is striking. Relative to early 2014, far more of the articles that we publish have been contributed by financial institutions and far more have been contributed by IT companies that are, by most metrics, large and long-lived.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is supplying its Cogent Automated Biometric Identification System (CABIS) and LiveScan technology to the Ugandan Police.

Barclays announces the appointment of Riaz Ladhabhoy as a Managing Director and Co-Head of Internet Banking, Americas in the Technology Banking Group. 

ABN AMRO and Dell EMC today opened a laboratory in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, where scientists and students can perform data research. 

Central 1, creating digital solutions that make everyday banking easier, today announces the launch of technology that allows financial institutions to offer SecureKey ConciergeTM, a single sign-on authentication service, to their members. 

WiV, a trading platform for fine wines, has confirmed that it will be ready for launch in mid-2019. It is already offering pre-launch services to producers, merchants, distributors and investors across Europe and has ambitions to move into Asia early in 2019.