The frequency of debit and credit card fraud has risen to unprecedented levels since the start of the pandemic. Even as many national economies falter from coronavirus, and millions of citizens struggle with job losses and debt, fraudsters haven’t stopped. Quite the opposite, in fact. It seems many have taken advantage of the disruption caused during the crisis to aggressively pursue fraudulent transactions.

Behind the scenes of any transaction there are many different players working to make sure the payment is made swiftly, correctly, and securely. However, with a multitude of different providers at each stage, this can be prone to errors or additional time added to the transaction, leaving the customer with a poor experience and less likely to return for repeat sales. At the same time, multiple failed transactions could ultimately mean a big loss in revenue for retailers over time.

With skyrocketing savings all over the world, an economic crisis is difficult to avoid as consumption drops and investments are generally postponed.

Surecomp®, the leading provider of global trade finance solutions for banks and corporates, today announced the appointment of Enno-Burghard Weitzel as its Senior Vice-President of Strategy and Business Development to drive future growth and harness the accelerated demand for trade finance digitization.

Recent months have brought momentous change for businesses across the globe. Needless to say, the pandemic has had a colossal impact on the retail sector in particular. For certain industries, the crisis has catapulted society further into the digital world; technology that was predicted to be adopted  over the coming years is now on track to be embraced in mere months.

One of the most challenging and complex elements of operating a financial services institution is compliance. Managing risk, security and privacy to earn customers’ trust has long been at the core of financial services, but this foundation has been shaken over recent years. A series of major incidences of fraud and compliance violations – such as the Nordic Laundromat scandal, which exposed several Nordic banks as part of billion-dollar Russian money laundering schemes – have eroded trust in the industry.

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in enterprise data, empowers its customers to connect, unify, and confidently predict business outcomes, solving the world’s most complex data-driven challenges. Today, TIBCO announced that its global TIBCO4Good™ initiative continues to leave a lasting impact through work with key partners and customers.

Swarm Technology today announces the launch of its unique managed futures trading platform, Swarm XVI.  

Using artificial intelligence (AI), Swarm XVI applies a form of biomimicry to trade a portfolio of 16 liquid futures markets in a way that extracts information more efficiently than many existing methods. 

Provenir, a leader in risk decisioning and data analytics software, today announced a new partnership with Istanbul-based consultancy firm, Gini Finance, to support further market expansion in Turkey.

The partnership will empower Turkish banks, fintechs and financial services organizations to incorporate industry-leading decisioning software in a bid to propel their move to digitize customer onboarding and enhance their credit risk processes.

Eventus Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced that specialist research firm RegTech Analyst today named the company to its global 2021 RegTech100 List. The honor marks the third consecutive year Eventus earned a place on the selective list of the world’s most innovative solution providers that address the challenges of regulatory pressures within financial services.