Friday, September 23, the major blockchain event – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev 2016 – took place. It is major not only due to the amount of participants and guests amounting to around a thousand but also due to the range of blockchain and cryptocurrency topics.       

As the program promised, the audience was divided into three sections: for newcomers, experts, and developers. The Pro block consisted of three sections: Fintech, Govtech, and Finances. 

Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, today announced that it has purchased a majority interest in Marquis Software Solutions Inc.

Fiserv, a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that First National Bank of Pennsylvania, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE:FNB), has upgraded to the latest version of the Mobiliti Advantage™ mobile banking and payments platform and added mobile card control capabilities. The bank is the first Mobiliti client to integrate card control capabilities into their mobile app.

-Efficio, the procurement experts, today announced the appointment of Roger Siddle as Non-Executive Chairman, to assist the senior management team.

Spireon Inc., the leading provider of GPS-based vehicle telematics and Business Intelligence solutions with over three million active subscribers, announced its first solar-powered trailer and asset telematics solution, providing customers with a new way to gain location information and Rich Data around their trailers and ass

prevero, a Unit4 company and a leading provider of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, has been recognised in Gartner’s recently published “Critical Capabilities for Strategic Corporate Performance Management Solutions” report.

Gartner assessed some 17 Corporate Performance Management vendors in its Critical Capabilities study. 

Over 300  senior level trading professionals are expected to attend the 2016 edition of TradeTech Asia at the St. Regis Hotel in Singapore, held from 19^th – 20^th October. This year’s TradeTech Asia will host 80% new speakers, have a far greater pan-Asian focus, and will be conducted in new learning formats that will give attendees a new level of detail. There will be dedicated in-depth tracks for Heads of Trading and Heads of Trading Technology - so there is something for everyone, across trading strategy or technology.

It is with regret that Commerzbank’s Supervisory Board has today agreed to Markus Beumer’s request to release him from his contract, which runs to 31 December 2020, as the member of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank responsible for the Mittelstandsbank segment with effect from 31 October 2016.