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Intesa Sanpaolo and EBA Clearing Collaborate to Complete Live Tests of Real-Time Payment System

Today INTESA SANPAOLO, a leader in banking industry in Europe, and EBA CLEARING have reported the successful execution of the first user testing activities for the Pan-European real-time payment platform of EBA CLEARING.

Monday, April 17, 2017 - 07:22
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VTB24 and Diasoft's Project Becomes One of the Three Best Implementations for Reporting

Diasoft is named as the General Partner of the VI Annual Financial Sphere Award for the section "Banks and Payment Services". The company submitted a large-scale project for implementation of its FLEXTERA BI for automation of regulatory reporting in VTB24. At the award ceremony, which took place on 30 March 2017 in Moscow, VTB24 and Diasoft's project was named one of three best implementations in the category "Reporting Solutions".

Monday, April 17, 2017 - 07:15
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Financial IT
Bitwage Unveils Unique IBANs for EU Users and Same Day Wage Delivery

Our ability to allow users to receive any percentage of their wage in Bitcoin from any company has made us incredibly popular among users in the US and those receiving wages from US companies.  Unlike the US, where workers typically have the ability to split their payroll into two accounts at the payroll provider level, workers in the EU receive their entire wage into a single bank account.  Last year, we launched the ability to split your payroll directly on our platform, so that you could receive your entire wage through Bitwage and split between digital currencies and local currencies, s

Monday, April 17, 2017 - 07:10
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Financial IT
Saudi Stock Exchange Upgrades Its Standards

Today Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced its progress across a range of far-reaching capital market reforms to enhance efficiency, corporate governance, and transparency. The reforms are part of the Exchange's efforts to further align Saudi capital market with international standards and make it more attractive to both domestic and foreign investors.

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 07:56
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Financial IT
Mobifone Partners With Fortumo to Launch Carrier Billing on Google Play

Today the Vietnamese mobile operator Mobifone and the mobile payments company Fortumo announced the launch of carrier billing on Google Play. Over 25 million Mobifone subscribers can now purchase apps and in-app content from the app store by charging payments to their phone bill.

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 07:22
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Financial IT
P2P Lending Platform Assetz Capital Raises Interest Rates for Limited Time

Today Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest and fastest growing peer-to-peer finance platforms, revealed it was raising the interest rate on its popular 30 Day Access Account (30DAA) by 0.5% to 4.75% for a limited time. The 30DAA allows peer-to-peer lenders to invest automatically in loans and features automatic diversification to spread risk.

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 07:05
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Financial IT
Mettrr Technologies Realised Its Investments To Crowdcube Platform

Mettrr Technologies has become the first company to provide financial returns for its crowd investors through a secondary share sale via a crowdfunding platform. It comes just six months after Crowdcube announced that it would pioneer secondary liquidity on its platform, delivering on its mission to help investors realise their investments. 

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 06:56
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Financial IT
Starling Teams Up With Moneybox To provide Smooth and Real-time Savings Services

Today Starling Bank and Moneybox revealed their partnership providing Starling Bank customers with seamless access to Moneybox’s suite of saving and investing tools. Starling is the first digital challenger to join the list of banks supported by Moneybox for their innovative round ups feature.

The service will be available to Starling customers as early as the end of April. The mobile bank’s customers will be able to link their Starling account to Moneybox, round up their purchases to the nearest pound and invest the spare change.

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 06:37
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Financial IT
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Proposal To Clarify Mortgage Data Rule

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed to facilitate compliance with the 2015 updates to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule. The changes proposed today would help financial institutions comply with the 2015 HMDA Final Rule by clarifying the information they are required to collect and report about their mortgage lending. 

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 06:15
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Financial IT
It Needs to Play Critical Role in Branch – Says 97% of Retailers

An overwhelming 97% of businesses see IT as a strategic asset when it comes to branch retailing, according to the latest research from Zynstra, an enterprise-grade IT software provider. Seven in 10 respondents said IT could enable them to meet future demands by helping to reduce operating costs, speed up roll-out of new stores, support new business opportunities and streamline IT management.

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 15:02
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