FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, is delighted to announce its sponsorship of the ISO Study Group to determine the rules for the allocation of the ISIN standard to derivative instruments.

Oberthur Technologies (OT), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, today announced its selection by Mondaine, a leading player in the watch industry, to offer watch contactless payments firstly in Switzerland, by providing the world’s first contactless payment chip the size of a SIM card for the watch market.

OT’s pay chip is independent from the watch as it is inserted into the watch band or loop and can be easily removed and inserted with another watch, allowing consumers to always have their ‘OT credit card’ with them on the wrist.

ProPay®, a TSYS® company, announced today that El Paso Area Teachers Federal Credit Union (TFCU) has selected ProPay’s LenderPayTM solution to help provide members with new loan payment options above and beyond mobile apps and online bill pay. Members can now use their preferred debit card, credit card or bank account to pay TFCU loans by responding to a text message, clicking an email hyperlink or simply tapping their smartphone. There is no mobile app to download and no online payment portal needed.

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IBM today announced that it has acquired Optevia, a privately owned Software as a service, (SaaS), systems integrator specializing in Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions for public sector organizations. Optevia will join IBM Global Business Services and help meet the increasing client demand for CRM SaaS solutions within the public sector.

Mooreland Partners the leading independent investment bank providing M&A and private capital advisory services to the global technology industry, today announced that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Conject on its sale to Aconex for €65 million net of cash acquired. The transaction is expected to close on 1 April 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Anchor Resources Limited (Anchor Resources) to Catalist under the stock code “43E”.  

Headquartered in Malaysia, Anchor Resources is engaged in the business of exploration, mining and production of gold for sale in Malaysia. It holds concession rights to two key gold mining areas - Lubuk Mandi Mine and Bukit Panji Property in Terengganu, on the eastern gold belt of Peninsular Malaysia.

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