Despite the view that MiFID II is a European regulation, US investment managers are experiencing disruption as they align their research payment and execution practices with the influential standard.

While MiFID II went into force on Jan. 3, 2018, US money managers of all types and sizes anticipate that MiFID II will influence their businesses, not just this year, but over the next year or two, according to a recent Tabb Group webinar.

 Advanced is working with HMRC to support the success of Making Tax Digital (MTD), a key part of the government’s plans for the digital transformation of the tax system. Advanced’s innovative new Business Tax Portal will make it easier and more efficient for individuals, businesses and charities to get their tax right, helping them to automate the new online processing requirements, saving both time and eradicating errors.

Regulatory relief for mid-size banks in the US is here– and it’s a potential game changer when it comes to implementing the right regulatory reporting IT systems. With that in mind the nation’s banks would be well advised to adopt an integrated regulatory compliance and reporting program. We caught up with Linda Jamison, Product Manager Regulatory Reporting for the Americas, at Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting business to find out how banks need to adapt their approach.

SF Holdings Company Plc, parent of MCC SimpleFinance LLC (“SimpleFinance” or the “Company”), a fintech platform providing accessible lending to small and medium-sized Russian businesses, has completed a USD 15 million equity fundraising round with an investment from the SBI Group (“SBI”).

Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, announced today that Hong-Kong-based ICBC Asset Management (Global) (ICBC AMG) will implement a range of asset management software solutions to power its growing global fund business.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that mobile banking company, Varo Money Inc., has signed for T24 Core Banking as well as the Lifecycle Management Suite which will be implemented on the Temenos Cloud.

Reg Swart, Visa’s former Vice President of Strategy for Emerging Markets has joined Nomanini’s Board of Directors. Reg will redefine Nomanini’s commercial strategy by targeting financial institutions and expanding its offering to mobile operators, merchants and other digital service providers. Nomanini is a FinTech company that provides banking, merchant and payment technology, primarily in emerging markets, to boost financial inclusion via digital platforms.

 Glasswall Solutions, a leading file regeneration technology, today announced that it has closed a strategic funding round of £15 million. The funding is led by UK entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Spencer through IPGL, his personal investment vehicle.

SoftBank Corp., a Japan-based telecom carrier; Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (SNCR), a global leader and innovator of cloud, messaging, digital and IoT products; and TBCASoft, Inc., an innovator of cross-carrier blockchain platform technology, today announced that they have partnered on a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the Rich Communications Service (RCS) global messaging standa