Financial leaders are increasingly required to become more tech-savvy. In fact, they are expected to be at the forefront of digital transformation. 

Yseop, a pioneer in Natural Language Generation (NLG) and world-leading AI software company, today announced the launch of ALIX, an immediate discovery application to showcase how quickly and easily financial institutions can transform and grow their business through intelligent report automation using Yseop’s Augmented Financial Analyst solution.

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that stc pay has chosen Red Hat to help it expand its fintech services.

Payhawk, the only end to end financial system that combines credit cards, payments, and expenses into one integrated experience, announces the launch of one click bill payments and reimbursements powered by a partnership with Railsbank, the leading global Banking-as-a-Platform (BaaS) platform.

Payhawk also joins the Xero App Marketplace with a live bank feed to fully automate reconciliation of all company payments.

SoftSolutions!, the high performance multi-market fixed income trading technology provider, today announced that industry veteran James Della-Porta has joined as Head of Client Engagement. In his role, James will help clients take full advantage of the flexible approach that SoftSolutions! offers to the fixed income marketplace. 

As part of a project to offer its customers convenient and safe ways to make payments on the go, Banco ProCredit Ecuador, with support from Quipu, has become the first bank in the country to offer its clients the possibility of making payments through Garmin and Fitbit watches. 

Worldline (Euronext: WLN) and PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH (PSA) are extending their collaboration, working together at the heart of Austria’s payment system. Worldline will act as the technical clearing and settlement partner for domestic and international interbank payments.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that FINCI, a Lithuanian fintech company, has gone live with Temenos. FINCI is running next generation Temenos Payments on cloud-native technology along with Temenos Transact core banking on the same environment.

Atome, Hong Kong's innovative Buy-Now-Pay-Later platform is providing a more flexible payment solution to local customers, addressing new lifestyle needs under the New Normal. Atome has been working with different online and offline merchants, together with the deployment of AI technology, to promote responsible spending habits.

Finzly, a fintech provider of modern banking applications for payments, foreign exchange, trade finance and digital account opening, announced that Lancaster, Pa.-based Fulton Bank, N.A. ($25 billion asset) has gained significant operational efficiencies in its foreign exchange initiatives through the use of Finzly’s FX STARTM and EXIM STARTM solutions.