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Top Bankers Re-evaluate Digital Disruption

15th Annual Retail Banking Forum, due to take place 10th-11th October 2017 in Vienna, Austria. This high-profile gathering of 170+ senior executives annually, combine C-level insights on successful banking strategies and hands-on case studies from leading financial institutions. 

With digital disruption hitting the financial services industry hard, the whole market structure is transforming, and the whole retail banking model is being overhauled. The region's favourite European conference will be addressing precisely these issues. 

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 14:05
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TechPrenuer Africa Signs Fintech MoU with Abu Dhabi Global Market

TechPreneur Africa, a social impact firm focused on harnessing innovation and entrepreneurship to achieve real economic impact across Africa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, to foster and support the growth and activities of FinTech in the Middle East and African regions.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 12:24
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Contactless Now the Favoured Way to Pay for British Shoppers as Spending Leaps 34 Per Cent Since the Start of 2017

Data released by Barclaycard today as part of its quarterly Contactless Spending Index shows that ‘touch and go’ payments continue to surge in popularity with spending up by more than a third (34 per cent) since the turn of the year*.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 11:14
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Artificial Intelligence for a Better Life

Artificial Intelligence is taking great strides forward. Some people associate the concept with only industrial or technological contexts. Yet, it may produce its greatest benefits for the society, especially within the public, health and welfare sectors.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 10:40
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Ovum Research: PSD2 and Instant Payments to Drive a 37% Decline in Online Card Volumes by 2027

Ovum, the market-leading research and consulting firm, for the first time quantifies the detrimental effect Instant Payments and PSD2 will have on traditional credit and debit card payments. The research “Instant payments and the post-PSD2 landscape”, commissioned by Icon Solutions, publishes the only quantitative insights into how PSD2 will be the catalyst

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 10:04
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NTT DATA UK Welcomes Simon Williams as Chief Executive Officer

NTT DATA, a leading consulting and IT services provider, has announced the appointment of Simon Williams to the role of Chief Executive Officer of NTT DATA's UK operations.  He succeeds Steve Mitchener, who retired from the UK business in May 2017. Simon, previously NTT DATA UK's Head of Telco Media, Insurance Consulting and Digital, assumed the role on 7th June 2017. NTT DATA is a leading IT services provider and global innovation partner, with business operations in over 50 countries.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 09:56
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SIX Securities Services Launches its Advanced Settlement Service

SIX Securities Services has expanded its service offering by launching Advanced Settlement enabling financial institutions to process their settlement instructions directly from the trading system – on a fully automated, STP and real-time basis – via a single interface. The first client, Vontobel, has been using the newly developed, fully integrated service since 16 May 2017.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 09:51
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Dutch Start-up Betty Blocks in Gartner Magic Quadrant

Betty Blocks, the only truly no-code platform for creating mobile, business and web applications has been named by Gartner in the April 2017 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise High-Productivity Application Platform as a Service. 

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 08:58
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New Cryptocurrencies Collaborates with AvaTrade

AvaTrade, the leading forex and CFD broker, has added to their already rich portfolio cryptocurrency pairs with exceptional conditions - Ethereum Classic vs the American dollar (ETCUSD) and Bitcoin vs Euro (BTCEUR) as a first step, with more to follow.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 08:54
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Penguin Computing Announces Its Next-Generation Tundra Open Compute Servers Featuring Cavium's ThunderX2 Processors

Penguin Computing, a provider of high-performance computing, enterprise datacenter and cloud solutions, announced availability of its Tundra™ Extreme Scale (ES) server platforms based on Cavium, Inc., second generation ARMv8-based ThunderX2 processors. Tundra ES Valkre servers powered by ThunderX2 processors are now available for public order, and a standard 19" rack mount models will ship in 3rd Calendar Quarter 2017.

Monday, June 19, 2017 - 08:49
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