The financial services sector has been through tremendous adversity since the Great Recession. Institutions have emerged from the financial crisis only to find tougher regulations and constant threats from cyber attacks. In fact, these recent cyber attacks and data breaches are changing the way banks operate and view risk.

The enhanced Easy Trading Connect (ETC) blockchain prototype reduces time spent on processing documents and data from hours to minutes, and allows for a larger trading scope

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Shandong Bohi Industry Co., Ltd (Bohi), ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro have successfully completed the first full agricultural commodity transaction using a blockchain platform.

Ant Financial today hosted the Ant Technology Exploration Conference (ATEC) in Silicon Valley, bringing together global partners and technology leaders to explore new innovations and technologies that further Ant Financial's mission of bringing the world equal opportunities. This was the first ATEC held outside of China, following the inaugural ATEC held in Hangzhou in October 2017.

There's no denying that the frequency and impact of data breaches are on the rise. Every year the record for the number of individuals affected by a breach rises, with 2017 surpassing 2016 quickly. There were more than 5,000 confirmed data breaches in 2017 with 7.8 billion records compromised, and that's just what we know about. This steady increase in data breaches clearly demonstrates how antiquated existing identification security is. Passwords and tokens simply aren't working.

International payments startup Flywire has made its fourth acquisition, bringing the Boston-based company’s global headcount to roughly 250.

META announces the launch of META Finance, a strategic advice and solutions provider to leading financial institutions and software providers. META Finance coaches financial institutions in a rapidly evolving world driven by increasing consumer control and expectations.

Australian Securities and Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX | FRA : TA8) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary iSignthis eMoney Ltd (“ISXPay”) has completed technical integration with Worldline, allowing the parties to commence their partnership announced in July 2017.

Coupa Software, a leader in business spend management (BSM), today announced it has won the ‘2017 Innovative Sourcing Technology of the Year’ category at the annual PayStream Advisors Innovative Technology of the Year awards.

Location data and services provide essential functionality for today's products, services and solutions. HERE Technologies, the Open Location Platform company, collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer developers seamless access to an array of location services through the recently launched AWS Serverless Application Repository. 

 Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH) today announced that the company received two Technology Innovation Awards from Dresner Advisory Services.