GoldenSource, the leading independent provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Master Data Management (MDM) solutions for the securities and investment management industry, announced today that Mizuho International plc, a subsidiary of one of the largest financial institutions in Japan, has gone live with Securities & Products, GoldenSource’s renowned global security master application.

This follows the investment bank’s January deployment of GoldenSource’s entity master application - Customers & Counterparties. 

ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture, and linguistic technologies, today announced that CaixaBank, one of Europe’s leading banks and Spain’s third largest financial institution, has chosen ABBYY FineReader Engine, in a new project to digitise 25 million documents from Barclays bank.

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (“Guotai Junan”), the Hong Kong brokerage arm of one of China's largest securities firms, has gone live with Fidessa’s fully-managed trading platform for trading equities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and to take advantage of Fidessa's advanced trading capabilities to provide enhanced services to its clients.

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that it has moved into its own UK premises to accommodate its expanding business.

The Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) was formally announced today by its organizers, Middle East Global Advisors (MEGA), as taking place in early September. Hosted by the Scottish Government and supported by Visit Scotland, the Forum is a historic initiative in conjunction with the Islamic Finance Council UK (IFC UK) and Thomson Reuters. It is envisaged to be the inaugural international platform that aspires to bridge the various disconnected segments in the ethical finance industry which are currently separated by perceptions or geographical differences.

Accuity, a leading global provider of financial data for over 175 years, will attend the EBAday conference in Amsterdam. Addressing the global payments audience, Accuity will present solutions for SEPA compliance and ’IBAN only‘ regulation, as well as KYC and compliance solutions for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions screening.

Path Solutions, the global Islamic banking software group, is pleased to announce that it has topped the IBS Islamic Sales League Table 2015 comprised of top technology providers to the Islamic financial services industry. 

24 hour online estate agency Purplebricks.com has taken first place in Startups.co.uk's prestigious Startups 100 2015; the definitive index of the UK's 100 fast growth-potential new businesses.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Commitment in support of the UK Faster Payments Scheme’s New Access Model, to operate as both ‘single tenant’ and ‘multi-tenanted’ aggregator.

Horizon Software announced today the release of a new version of Horizon Trading Platform for electronic trading and market making of all types of Delta One products including cash, futures, ETFs and other listed products.