Global technical body EMVCo has welcomed fourteen new organisations to its Associates Programme to increase cross-industry collaboration in the development of EMV® Specifications. The newest Associates have joined since December 2017.

Joining as Technical Associates, Everi, Netcetera, Tencent and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions can provide input to, and receive feedback on, detailed technical and operational issues connected to the EMV Specifications, and related testing and security evaluation processes.

Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business has won a major award from Central Banking magazine. Its OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting solution has been named Best Technology Solution For Regulatory Compliance, in the publication’s annual FinTech and RegTech Awards which celebrate excellence and innovation.

Sageworks, a financial information company that offers lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions to banks and credit unions, today announced the launch of the Sageworks Loan Automation tool to help financial institutions increase the speed and ease of their lending processes.

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today welcomed Enyx to the qh API ecosystem. The addition of Enyx, the premier provider of low-latency, FPGA-based market data and order execution systems, provides trading firms with immediate access to a high performance, FPGA accelerated end-to-end market data service.

Vocalink, a Mastercard company, today announces that Andrew Buckley has joined as the new Executive Vice President for International Product, Marketing and Communications. Andrew joins Vocalink after ten years working in the cards industry.

In this pivotal role, Andrew will be accountable for defining and executing Vocalink’s global strategies and leading the product development, implementation and deployment of market-leading proprietary infrastructure and applications.

Paul Stoddart, CEO, Vocalink commented:

Trading 212 has become the first retail UK broker to offer commission-free trading for new and existing customers across shares and ETFs on its platform with no limit on the frequency and value of trades.  People can open an account with as little as £100.  

The same zero commission offer is being made available through Trading 212’s newly launched stocks and shares ISA, which offers investors access to thousands of ISA eligible stocks across the world’s leading exchanges as well as ETFs.

Finastra has once again topped the Overall Trading Systems category in the Asia Risk Technology Rankings 2018. The accolade recognizes the company’s expertise in the treasury, capital markets and risk space and its commitment to helping its clients achieve more as they simplify and innovate with their trading solutions.

Auriga, a leading supplier of technological solutions for the omnichannel banking and payments industries, and one of Europe’s original FinTech success stories, today applauded its customer Millennium BCP, the Portuguese international bank, for winning the Best ATM/Self-Service Experience award at this year’s 2018 Bank Customer Experience (BCX) Summit in Chicago, USA.

Omnia, the world’s first AI-built and compliance-led online casino, has integrated leading payments provider Trustly’s new ‘Pay N Play’ technology to instantly recognise verified customers, allowing them to deposit and play in seconds, and withdraw funds in less than five minutes.

Omnia is one of only a handful of casino brands to use the innovative payments method in this way, enabling pre-KYC checked Swedish customers to instantly deposit and enjoy Omnia’s casino content using a unique individual bank ID.