Symbiont, the market-leading smart contracts platform for institutional applications of distributed ledger technology, today announced a strategic partnership with Chinese software giant Hundsun Technologies Inc, which includes an investment by a division of Hundsun in Symbiont’s Series A-1 round. 

An independent financial expert Ugo Bechis (Milan, Italy) will make a presentation at Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Prague on May 19. He will talk about the prospects and practical application of blockchain in the banking ecosystem of the European Union. 

Ugo Bechis is an independent e-Payments & SEPS Advisor. The range of his longstanding researches include Banking, Trading On-line, Corporate and Retail Payments, Cards, Consumer Credit and Bancassurance and regulation policies of certain countries in the euro-zone.

The carrier neutral data communication specialists at Custom Connect are making the cloud easier to navigate, cheaper, and more reliable with the launch of their Cloud Application Performance service. With a clear understanding of how mission-critical the cloud is to enterprises all over the world, Custom Connect will now offer CAP to connect global clouds with just one port and fixed, predictable, and transparent pricing.

TIM Group, the global provider of software, services and platforms for institutional investors to achieve market-beating returns has recruited a new Sales Director in its New York office to increase its footprint in a key market and to continue to support its US clients.

CloudCraze, the enterprise B2B commerce platform built natively on Salesforce, has collaborated with Deloitte Digital and awarded the leading creative digital consultancy Platinum Partner status, the highest level in the CloudCraze partner program.

Research on the global payment cards market forecasts continued strong growth in the Middle East and Africa and highlights significant opportunities for the international card schemes

Many people still do not have a payment card

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, and Private Client Resources (PCR), the leading provider of total wealth aggregation services for UHNW families and their advisors, today announced a partnership that will see both firms combine their technology to offer wealth managers, family offices, private banks and other financial institutions a complete digital communication and data aggregation solution. This solution combines the firms’ existing products – already in use by hundreds of clients and hundreds of thousands of end users.

 Insurance is experiencing synthesis: the coming together of various market constituents to create a connected whole. Synthesis is fusing the traditional and the new, incumbents and startups, and two complementary sets of stakeholders supported by digital technology and new ways of doing things. How are we seeing synthesis in insurance? Through collaboration and partnerships between large and world-renowned insurance companies and new market players. And synthesis is shaping intelligent insurance.