TSB today celebrates the opening of its new and modern City of London flagship branch, which is located on one of London’s busiest high streets, at 55 Bow Bells House, Cheapside.  TSB marked the special occasion with a ribbon cutting event attended by Sir Roger Gifford, local Alderman, and Alexander Barr, Common Councilman for Cordwainer Ward in the City of London.

Alfa-Bank and Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK), in cooperation with Commerzbank, Germany, and Vesuvius GmbH, Germany, have launched a pilot project of cross-border payments via the Marco Polo international trade finance network. For Marco Polo, it is the first Russian-German import-export operations financing project.
 

HYPER, the London-based startup born from the EIT Digital-supported “HyperCRC” innovation activity, has launched a spatial design platform that fuses virtual reality with real, motion-tracked models, enabling companies and clients to physically experience their visions.

HYPER will help them save time and money, while drastically reducing waste during the prototyping design phase.

American Financial Resources, Inc. (AFR) announced today it is working together with Finicity—a leading provider of real-time financial data access and insights, to provide its business partners and their borrowers with a faster, simpler and more secure way to verify assets and income while originating loans.

Working in association with Mastercard and Accomplish Financial, The Royal Mint has today announced production of the world’s first hallmarked precious metals payment card. The solid gold payment card is designed for individuals who wish to access the exclusive benefits of a Raris account and for those who value high quality luxury items that make a statement.

The prestigious 18kt gold Raris card is personalised for each Raris accountholder, with their name and signature directly engraved into the precious metal.

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, today announces that BNP Paribas has built and deployed their single dealer FX platform, Cortex LIVE, on OpenFin OS.

Cortex LIVE offers users more intelligent execution methods, greater transparency and enhanced controls. The platform features a real-time market intelligence portal, Insight LIVE, data visualisation and the FX industry’s first real-time digital trading assistant, ALiX.

Forrester-owned SiriusDecisions has recognized cyber security provider F-Secure’s Global Partner Program as the Channel Marketing Program of the Year. The distinction validates F-Secure’s achievements in providing industry-leading support for business-to-business (B2B) resellers’ efforts in developing the know-how and expertise needed to deliver more mature security capabilities, such as those offered by detection and response solutions, to organizations.

Featurespace, the world-leader in fraud detection, risk prevention and Anti-Money Laundering monitoring, announced the addition of Dena Hamilton as the company's newest Fraud and Financial Crime market expert.

An interview with Dmitry Tokarev, CEO at Copper

Dmitry Tokarev has over ten years of experience in software and financial engineering and was most recently CTO and Partner at Dolfin Financial. He is a graduate of Imperial College London, and a passionate believer in the decentralizing role of cryptocurrencies and the opportunities they present to retail and institutional investors alike.