IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that NOVIS, a growing European insurance company, has adopted IBM Cloud to help accelerate its international expansion, streamline business processes and gain efficiencies with innovation in a secured environment.

CRYPTO.com, the pioneering payments and cryptocurrency platform, today announced a series of new hires with Adrienne Wong as Senior Vice President, Head of Product, Cerulean Hu as Lead Blockchain Engineer, and Ivan Stefanovas Senior Vice Presiden

Cappitech, a leading provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence technology for the financial services industry, today announced that it has expanded its integrated reporting solution to CME Group’s Australian Trade Repository (ATR).  This integration provides investment firms with automation technology to comply with ASIC Derivative Reporting requirements and extends Cappitech’s existing cooperation with the CME Group on its European Trade Repository (ETR) that supports EMIR reporting.

PayExpo, the UK’s leading payments conference is back for its sixth year and takes place on 9^th and 10^th October in a new central location at the Business Design Centre, in the heart of London’s Silicon Roundabout start-up community.  With three streams over two days dedicated to payments across the banking, retail and gaming industries, it is the best place to share knowledge and rub shoulders with the disruptors an

Saxo Bank Group (“The Group”) reported a positive net profit of DKK 150 million for the first six months of 2018. In a period with low market volatility and the introduction of a new competitive pricing structure, operating income for the Group reached DKK 1.51 billion, a decrease of 0.3 per cent compared to the first half of 2017. Client collateral deposits continued to rise to DKK 110.4 billion representing an increase of 7 per cent compared to the end of 2017.

Fuzhou-headquartered Industrial Bank Co., Ltd, one of China’s largest banking groups with total assets of CNY 6.09 trillion1, has selected Avaloq to provide a comprehensive front-to-back banking solution for its Hong Kong Branch private banking business. In conjunction with Avaloq’s premium implementation partner Orbium, the Avaloq Banking Suite was implemented in just six months.

It is no secret to anyone that the main banking systems around the world are eyeballing blockchain technologies as a potential panacea for the many issues that have been plaguing the industry. There are dozens of applications for blockchain and banking has always seemed to be one of the most promising directions for the technology’s application.

Inc. magazine today revealed that Abacus Group has been placed on its Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions and service for alternative investment firms, is ranked No. 3950 with three-year revenue growth of 90 percent.

ATMs rely on operating systems just like domestic computers, so it is common for ATMs to use versions of Windows or Linux. And just like with home PCs, owners need to keep their systems up to date with the latest releases of security software patches. Without such defences, enterprising criminals may be able to discover vulnerabilities in the operating system. They may be able to plant viruses, malware or modified programs which allow them to alter the computer’s program. For domestic users, this leads to distress when digital accounts and passwords become compromised.