The vast majority (84%) of organisations believe an inability to quickly roll-out new services and applications to their workforce is impacting their ability to stay ahead of the competition, according to new research from Capita and Citrix. The survey of 200 CIOs and senior IT decision makers reveals that cost (48%), security and compliance concerns (47%), and legacy technology (44%) are the biggest barrier towards creating the agile workspaces that today’s organisations strive for.

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SEBA Crypto AG (SEBA) has secured CHF100 million to ignite its vision to build a regulated bank to bridge the gap between the crypto and traditional financial economies. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, SEBA wants to give institutions, corporates and individuals the confidence to operate in both economies, enabling new thinking, creating solutions and managing digital wealth efficiently.

 Thomson Reuters has partnered with Moody’s Analytics, a leading provider of financial intelligence and analytics, to offer a classification solution for conducting the Solely for Payment of Principal and Interest (SPPI) tests required under the IFRS9 accounting standard.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure provider for the global financial services industry, today announced it has signed an agreement with Symphony that significantly expands communication and collaboration capabilities within the DTCC Exception Manager (DXM) service.

Quorum 15, the global financial markets think tank, and Greenwich Associates, the leading global provider of market intelligence and advisory services to the financial services industry, today announced the launch of Q15 Digital, a new partnership venture that significantly expands Quorum 15’s long-established programme of influential industry forums, allowing a wider community of buy- and sell-side firms to participate in driving  change in global financial markets.

EMVCo has published EMV® Level 1 Specifications for Payment Systems – EMV Contactless Interface Specification v3.0.

ONPEX, a leading provider for multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with international UK-based wholesale fintech, Supercapital, in an alliance set to make international payments seamless and secure.

SIA launches a new “Open Banking” digital platform allowing Italian and European banks, fintechs, corporates, SMEs and public sector organizations to promote and accelerate the creation of innovative payment services, deriving from the introduction of Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2), to seize new business opportunities in addition to guaranteeing compliance with the regulation.