On Monday 10^th October, Professor Laurent Marliere, publisher of ISLAMICA 500 presented Mohammed Kateeb, Group Chairman & CEO of Path Solutions, the prestigious Leadership Award 2017 in Information Technologies & Media.

Held in conjunction with the ‘Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES 2016)’, the ISLAMICA 500 private award reception took place at the Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Beach, UAE.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has selected Misys to provide cloud-ready, connected institutional banking technology solutions to support its banking services outside of Australia. 

The connected corporate banking solution from Misys will enable digitisation of end-to-end business processes that facilitate connected lending, trade and cash management. The agreement covers CBA’s operations outside of Australia and will provide a single, simple platform for the bank’s international branches in Asia, Europe and United States of America.

Fidessa group plc has today announced that BNP Paribas has selected its derivatives trading platform to underpin the bank's futures and options agency trading business. Fidessa’s platform will support the complex workflow requirements of BNP Paribas' listed derivatives trading operations across Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America.

 Equinix, Inc, the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it is offering direct and private access to VMware vCloud® AirTM on Platform EquinixTM in major markets across North America andEurope.

 Sapient Global Markets, a leading provider of business technology and consulting services for the financial and commodity markets, today announced the successful implementation of a highly automated approach to collateral optimization and automation at DZ BANK’s Group Treasury division.

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced the opening of its new European data centre. Located in Limerick, this state-of-the-art facility delivers the utmost in reliability, security and data privacy, further expanding world-class payments solution capabilities and capacity for European customers, comprising some of largest merchants, intermediaries and financial institutions, including the two biggest banks in Ireland.

IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition will be held on 09-10 May 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.  IFINTEC is one of the biggest events in EMEA region on Banking Technology, Banking Solutions and Finance Technologies. With 850+ attendees, attendance from 15+ countries, 40 speakers, 35+ speaking sessions, IFINTEC 2016 was organized very successfully. An intensive participation is expected to the IFINTEC 2017 from Turkey and many other countries as well. IFINTEC is an unmissable event.

Itron, Inc., a world-leading technology and services company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, is consolidating its software solutions around the globe into a single platform built on Microsoft Azure, the largest enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure available today. Azure will be the backbone for Itron Total Outcomes, which provides business outcomes that address utility and smart city challenges in an Outcomes as a Service model to lower costs and improve performance.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announced that it is collaborating with Alibaba Group's YunOS to provide connectivity and security for YunOS – developed by Alibaba Group, it is a cloud-based, data and services oriented Internet of Things (IoT) operating system, widely integrated into IoT devices, as well as chips and sensors across industries.