Leading European payments provider, Contis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrea Ramoino as Chief Strategy Officer. Andrea joins the executive team with responsibility for corporate strategy and global expansion.

Andrea is an expert product and marketing transformational leader, with over 15 years’ experience  across many industries including Fintech, Crypto, AI and SaaS. 

Sapphire Systems, a leading provider of enterprise software applications and digital operating technology, today announced that it has extended its portfolio of digital platforms through the acquisition of ITOM Solution, a leading UK-based ServiceNow specialist partner.

Eventus Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that the firm experienced unprecedented growth on multiple fronts in 2020, marking its strongest year to date in revenue and new client onboardings. The company has additional expansion plans for 2021, with deeper penetration in asset classes such as equities, foreign exchange (FX), fixed income and digital assets.

In 2020, ZebPay saw a 270% QoQ increase in trading volume, a 218% increase in number of users trading, and 143% increase in app downloads. Our aim is to be the highest quality, lowest cost blockchain financial service provider in the world.

PIMCO, Man Group, IHS Markit, State Street, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company today announced the intention to form a new technology-led company, HUB, to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology.

Alibaba DAMO Academy, the global research initiative by Alibaba Group, provides its forecast of the leading trends that would shape the tech industry in the year ahead. 

From the application of third-generation semiconductor materials, AI-driven R&D of medicines and vaccines, to automatic optimisation of data management system and data intelligence-powered agriculture, technology breakthroughs are expected to accelerate and make an impact across sectors in the economy and the society at large. 

In a significant development to accelerate the ongoing digital transformation in the insurance industry, INSTANDA, a UK-based SaaS Insurance software platform has entered a partnership with ADROSONIC, a digital consulting firm. Industry experts say that INSTANDA’s no code platform and ADROSONIC's insurance domain expertise will empower insurers with the agility to price risk in ways that meet the client’s needs in a changing post-Covid-19 world.

ALPIMA, the B2B SaaS platform for investment management and product design, has appointed Rafael Febres-Cordero to its advisory board during this phase of growth, with a special focus in the Americas, which has $44 trillion in assets under management.

SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has been selected to provide MiFIR and EMIR reporting services to Capital Index, a fully authorised and regulated broker offering CFDs, Spread Betting and FX trading.

SmartKey, a rapidly-growing blockchain company based in Estonia, has today appointed Andy Cheung to spearhead its ambitious expansion plans in the Asia-Pacific region and manage its listing strategy.