By Mike Feldwick, Head of UK & Ireland at Tinubu Square

Uncertainty is the watchword for the times we are living in right now. The implications of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the recent inauguration of a new and controversial US President and the fluctuations of the currency are just three of many factors that combine to create a changeable business environment.

Maurizio Canton, EMEA CTO, TIBCO Software

While financial services has traditionally been considered cautious in its adoption of new technology, the case for Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) is certainly growing in strength. 

By Mark Aldred, Head of International sales, Auriga

Bank branch closures are a frequent news item here in the UK, but they don’t necessarily herald the death of the bank branch. The trend reflects more on how customer behaviours and their requirements for banking services are changing. There is still a strong need for banks to have and evolve their bricks and mortar presence. The key is how can banks make branches part of their omnichannel strategy for improved customer service experience. 

A Q&A with Richard Price, Sales Director FSI, UK & Ireland, TIBCO Software

Financial IT: What are the main barriers to banks achieving digital transformation?

Now we move onto the third-generation internet, web 3.0.  What is web 3.0?  It’s not been well defined or described.  Many would say it’s the internet of things, but I disagree.  The internet of things is emerging, but it cannot exist until a bridge between the mobile social network and the internet of things has a strong underlying architecture for device-to-device commerce.

A universal leader in the field of multi-asset execution and order management systems, FlexTrade Systems, Inc. has won the “Best FX Trading Technology Platform” award, at the Fund Technology and Wall Street Letter Awards 2017 ceremony, held in New York.

Chase Payment, providing consistent support of Canadian SME, unveils today its plan to extend partnership with Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) until April 2022.

“Chase Paymentech has been an incredible partner for Canadian SMEs and the CFIB is pleased to renew collaboration with Chase, as they serve our members well and offer the lowest payments processing costs available, to smaller firms,” said Dan Kelly, CEO of the 109,000-member organization.

ACI Worldwide, an advanced global supplier of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions was awarded with International Award, for its UP e-Commerce Payments solution.

The MPE Awards 2017 participants, presented during the Merchant Payments Ecosystem annual conference in Berlin, were judged by a panel of independent industry experts. The awards attract a large number of entries, and recognize the achievements of companies across the entire payments ecosystem.

NATO has authorized the Dutch secure mobile phone Sectra Tiger/S 7401 for use at the NATO SECRET level. Thus, the technology meets all the requirements on security imposed, within the NATO organization for the reporting confidential information.

Telecoms specialist adviser, Analysys Mason has published its annual series of Connected Consumer surveys, analysing mobile customer behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The survey took into consideration following factors, such as purchasing criteria when changing mobile plans, the impact of data pricing and network coverage on customer satisfaction, and the adoption of OTT services such as WhatsApp.

Published Connected Consumer survey reports include: