On September 7, for the first time, the Swedish capital will host a large conference dedicated to blockchain technology and cryptocurrency – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stockholm.

The event is a part of Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, which is the first and the largest network of crypto conferences in Europe. Organizer is Smile-Expo that holds similar events in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine.

Research into consumer adoption of digital services in the UK has revealed that the banking sector is perceived to be leading the way. 

Today, IBM launched the first suite of cognitive solutions to help financial institution professionals manage their regulatory and fiduciary responsibilities. 

Visa, the Official Payment Service Partner of FIFA, today announced that football fans attending the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 will have a front row seat to enhanced payment experiences at official FIFA stadiums.   

Q2 Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of secure, cloud-based digital banking solutions for community-focused financial institutions (FIs), announced today the launch of Q2 Open, a new portfolio of open API financial services.

Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has selected Fiserv to help meet the demand among its members for intuitive and reliable digital self-service banking capabilities.      

SixThirty CYBER, a St. Louis-based business development program that invests in cybersecurity companies, has announced the six companies that will be a part of the SixThirty CYBER 2017 Portfolio & Business Development Program. 

Prysm, Inc., a leading digital workplace platform provider, today announced significant traction with the Prysm Engage Partner Program. Through the new program, Prysm is providing its partners with the technology and educational tools to deliver an exemplary collaboration experience for customers, capitalising on the full range of the Prysm portfolio.

A global leader in online multi-asset trading services, OANDA has further strengthened their relationship with one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing social networks for traders, TradingView, enabling mutual clients to trade directly from tradingview.com charts using their OANDA account.

Aspects of the Brexit negotiations due to start on Monday may be less fraught than some people imagine as they will be conducted under aegis of an Article of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) few people have heard about.

Sandra Strong, Lead Commentator for Wolters Kluwer’s Croner-i International Trade, discusses the implications of negotiations under Article 218 which may avoid the need to get every member state to agree every aspect of Brexit.