Dubai, 27 April 2017. Enterprise Financial Crime Management software product company CustomerXPs along with Finesse, their premier technology partner, will be showcasing their acclaimed product Clari5 at the Seamless Middle East 2017 expo scheduled to be held at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre on 1 and 2 May.

Allendevaux & Company, a boutique consulting firm specializing in the intersecting media landscape of unified communications and collaboration, managed services and cloud services, has released its digital workplace competitive analysis that includes Prysm, Bluescape, Microsoft Surface Hub and Oblong Mezzanine.

InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has been appointed by MASECO Private Wealth to provide client and advisor portals to its clients in the UK and the US. InvestCloud will deliver comprehensive client communication and reporting capabilities, including the automation and consolidation of client reports online.           

At the 18^th annual Temenos Community Forum in Lisbon, 27 April 2017, Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announces the launch of open banking- and PSD2 -targeted services to facilitate the exchange of value between banks and fintech companies. These cloud-based services extend Temenos’ award-winning MarketPlace initiative to allow Temenos customers to take advantage of the move to open banking.

The Open Banking Opportunity

 IBM Security today announced research from its IBM X-Force Research team which revealed the financial services industry was attacked more than any other industry in 2016 – 65 percent more than the average organization across all industries. 

Cyberespionage is now the most common type of attack seen in manufacturing, the public sector and now education, warns the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report.  Much of this is due to the high proliferation of propriety research, prototypes and confidential personal data, which are hot-ticket items forcybercriminals. Nearly 2,000 breaches were analyzed in this year’s report and more than 300 were espionage-related many of which started life as phishing emails.

Today Infosys, a well-known provider of consulting, technology, outsourcing, and next-generation services, has revealed Infosys Nia, the next-generation AI platform. Newly launched mechanism combines company’s first-generation AI platform, Infosys Mana and AssistAdge, its Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution.  

As part of its Ventures activities, BearingPoint has invested in the Oslo-based start-up Tribe. Tribe is an insurance provider that has developed an innovative business model and IT insurance platform. It enables customers to receive simple and fair insurance solutions by leveraging the trust among their networks of friends and families. BearingPoint and Tribe will enter into a long-term relationship to expand their respective service portfolios.

I have a keynote coming up on May 19 in Amsterdam with The Next Web, who I regularly write a column for now.  Here’s my latest one: