Accuity, the leading global provider of compliance solutions, has today launched its enhanced dual-use goods screening capability. This sophisticated screening engine intelligently differentiates between goods that could have civil and military purposes. A unique solution, it enhances standard regulation lists with additional synonyms and data points to increase the chance of catching high-risk goods, however they are described and ultimately prevent those goods being used in terrorist or rogue state activity.

Blockchain technologies are often discussed as part of various fintech ecosystems (and rightfully so given they originated through Bitcoin). However there are potential applications in other industry verticals: healthcare being one of them.

Because healthcare is an important aspect of everybody’s life, billions of transactions and records (if not more) are generated every year around the world. Blockchains would make sense in more than one way but their implementation would also come with various challenges.

Cash pooling and treasury management are key focus areas for corporate treasuries, with many corporates looking to their banks to offer these services. Additionally, regulations such as Basel III are changing bank-client relationships, putting more pressure on corporates to more effectively handle their cash positions. However, developing new banking services in-house can be time-consuming and expensive.

Rising cybercrime in India is no secret. According to a report by Symantec, India now ranks 3^rd in the world, after the US and China, as a source of malicious activity. In fact the National Crime Records Bureau data reveals that in the three years up to 2013, registered cases of cyber crime were up 350 percent, from 966 to 4356. Dubious distinctions both, and give banks and the financial sector in India cause for worry.

-linked2pay, the platform provider of Bank Centric Payments, announced today that they have added bank integrated same-day ACH payments to their platform. Now their bank, acquirer and ISO partners can offer this new and highly anticipated same-day payment option to merchants in a seamless manner side-by-side with card acceptance.

Eze Software Group, a premier provider of global investment technology, has been named “Best Technology Provider – Overall” in HFM Asia Hedge Fund Services awards. The award win was announced at a ceremony held on Sept. 19, 2016, in Hong Kong.

Thomson Reuters has signed a definitive agreement to acquire REDI Holdings, a trading technology pioneer whose flagship REDIPlus execution management system (EMS)  provides advanced cross-asset class trading capabilities to the buy-side. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of Q4 subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.

Digital Keystone, the leading provider of portal technology for platforms, asset managers and wealth managers, was awarded the much-coveted ‘Best Use of Platform Technology Award’ at this week's Schroders UK Platform Awards 2016. The award recognises its exemplary work to deliver straight through processing capabilities as well as highly visual online new business user journeys and interfaces for IFAs using the Aegon Retirement Choices Platform (ARC).

Qlik®, a leader in visual analytics, announced that Moody’s Analytics, a leading provider of credit analytics and data, has selected Qlik for its RiskBench™ solution, an innovative online platform for benchmarking and estimating default and recovery risk. The RiskBench solution combines Moody’s Analytics global data assets and credit risk models with data visualization technology powered by Qlik Sense®, enabling credit market participants to improve monitoring of portfolio risk, to evaluate market expansion opportunities, and to estimate expected credit losses.