Datalliance announces immediate availability of the latest release of the cloud-based Datalliance VMI platform with a number of important new capabilities focused on enhanced productivity, flexibility and ease-of-use in several important areas. As with all releases, enhancements were driven by feedback from the global user community combined with Datalliance's vision for the continued evolution of the VMI process. New capabilities are available for immediate use by Datalliance customers and their trading partners at no cost, and with no need to install or upgrade software.

Visa Inc. reports a series of initiatives to help accelerate EMV chip migration for merchants. Visa has streamlined its testing requirements, amended and simplified the terminal certification process, and committed to investing further resources and technical expertise in a manner that can reduce timeframes by as much as 50 percent. Visa is also making policy changes to help limit exposure to counterfeit fraud liability for merchants who are not yet chip-ready.

It’s no secret that young Britons struggle with their finances, however new research has revealed that these difficulties could be eased if all financial activity were available to view on one single digital platform.

The study, commissioned by financial technology firm Intelligent Environments, reveals that almost a quarter of 18-24 year olds (24 per cent) are currently in debt. 44 per cent of these youngsters say they struggle to manage their money, while the same proportion also say going into debt is one of their biggest causes of stress.

Mobile payments, blockchain, regulation: Card schemes face many challenges but still have time to reposition themselves to maximum advantage if they know where to look

City A.M. has today launched its prestigious Awards programme for 2016 and nominations are open. Now in their seventh year, the City A.M. Awards celebrate the best of London’s financial and business community. Judged by an independent panel of some of the most influential people living and working in the City, the City A.M.

Xura, a leading provider of digital communications services and innovator in WebRTC technology, today announced that it has integrated its forge SDK into Tecnisa's website via Hypnobox's CRM system, which enables click-to-communicate video calls for real-estate customers. Hypnobox provide complete CRM and Chat solutions to real estate brokers across Brazil, with over 10,000 brokers connecting to its system daily.