InGenius® Software Inc., a computer telephony integration (CTI) innovator, today announced integration support for Salesforce Financial Services Cloud. The new InGenius integration brings call data into Financial Services Cloud with a user interface in the Salesforce window that provides an unobstructed view of client data alongside intuitive call controls and advanced features for phone agents.

New Zealand has today ruled receiving income in Bitcoin as Legal, and CoinCorner one of the UK’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, reveals that it began paying its employees in Bitcoin earlier this year.

Staff at the company were given the option to receive part or all of their salary in cryptocurrency. Each member of staff had the choice to receive the GBP equivalent of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin or XRP (cryptocurrencies currently supported by CoinCorner) to include in their monthly pay packet.

Today, Wirex Japan Limited officially became a type II member of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) - a vital and hard-earned step towards being able to offer the full range of Wirex services to customers in Japan.

Wirex Japan Limited is a 100% subsidiary of payments innovator Wirex Limited. Today, it became only the 8th financial services company to become a type II member of the JVCEA - a notable achievement in itself and an integral stage in the journey to recognised Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider status.

Colu DLT,  the Gibraltar based subsidiary company of the Colu Group, becomes one of the first companies to voluntarily offer to purchase the entirety of tokens sold during an ICO, as blockchain project concludes. The Colu Group has seen the recent growth in partnerships with municipalities across the world, and it continues to implement its vision of helping strengthen communities and cities by focusing on municipalities and city partners, rather than building local community blockchain platform. 

KAS BANK, the specialist securities services to UK institutional pension schemes, have partnered with asset manager, LGPS Central Limited, for cost transparency collection and reporting services.

LGPS Central Limited, one of eight pooling vehicles across England and Wales, is currently responsible for the management and stewardship of approximately £20bn of assets for nine midlands-based Local Government Pension Scheme funds.

The nine funds have approximately £45bn of investment assets collectively.

Keesing Technologies, the leading global identity verification provider, announces the beta release of its new ID verification solution for remote customer onboarding. Ease-of-use and reliability are key in the new solution that will be available as a webAPI. The solution is part of the leading-edge AuthentiScan product suite. As of today, the beta version of the AuthentiScan webAPI is open for testing.

What is the solution? 

The PayMate platform provides a comprehensive digital workflow tied to payments which enables greater control and transparency along with better cash flows and end to end reconciliation for superior experience for corporates in closed loop supply chains.

 An uncertain business climate doesn’t have to mean uncertainty in your business, says data analytics expert Laura Timms.

Despite complex challenges on the horizon, the wide availability and adaptability of data analytics means managers can take proactive steps to futureproof their organisations.

Equals Group PLC, the e-banking and international payments group announced that its subsidiary, FairFX plc, has acquired the International Payments business of Hermex International Limited ("HermexFX"), part of the FXPro Group, for a total consideration of £2 million, payable in cash on completion (the "Acquisition"). 

Every sector is under pressure to digitise. However, the mission critical nature of financial services means it is especially accountable; and therefore expected to lead the way by modernising and enhancing services to meet customer expectations, and successfully operate in an increasingly digital landscape.