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GlobalTrade Corporation integrates SWIFT’s Alliance Lite2 with its Multi-bank Trade Finance Platform

SWIFT announces that GlobalTrade Corporation (GTC), a leading provider of innovative multi-bank trade finance solutions, is the first trade finance technology provider to integrate Alliance Lite2 for Business Applications (L2BA) with its multi-bank trade finance platform for corporates.

Monday, September 21, 2015 - 10:14
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Ancoa successfully closes Series A funding round; raises over £4m to fund continued growth

Ancoa, providers of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy- and sell-side firms, have successfully closed their Series A funding round last week, bringing the total investment to £4.145m. Investors include Buysse & Partners, LRM Capital, SmartFin Capital, Velocity Capital and Ancoa’s management team as well as a number of high net worth individuals and family offices. All investors are strongly committed to FinTech sector investments through the variety of their individual portfolios.

Monday, September 21, 2015 - 10:11
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Metro Bank to launch new portal for Intermediaries

The portal has been created with widespread support and input from the intermediary sector and represents the first phase of its mortgage switching initiative that will see further development throughout the year.

A market first, the user friendly Product Switching Portal gives brokers clear and instant information to help them share new and existing products with homeowners in a matter of minutes.

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 13:42
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GFT to Launch Digital Banking Roadmap

Digital banking goes much further than just using online technologies. It lets people decide how a bank can solve
their financial challenges. It means banks can start advising customers on their needs in a consistent way and on
the customersʼ terms.

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 13:34
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Canadian Payments Association sets out modernisation vision

As part of its initiative to modernize Canada's core national clearing and settlement framework and infrastructure, the CPA is creating a shared vision for the future of payments in Canada based on research, a global perspective, and industry views.

Research from the Canadian Payments Association (CPA) and the Bank of Canada released today supports this initiative by outlining the most critical issues the industry must investigate to improve the payment system to best meet the needs of Canadians.

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 11:29
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ISDA Launches New Industry Initiative for a Derivatives Product Identification Standard

 The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has launched a new industry data project, aimed at developing an open-source standard derivatives product identification system that can be applied consistently and comprehensively across all derivatives facilities, including trading venues, clearing houses, repositories and other infrastructures.

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 11:21
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AZIMO AND TRANSFERTO PARTNER TO LAUNCH INSTANT MOBILE TOP-UP SERVICES TO OVER 100 COUNTRIES

Azimo, the digital money transfer service, today announced the launch of its mobile airtime service. Through a strategic partnership with TransferTo, a leading provider of international airtime remittance, the new service will enable Azimo’s customers to instantly send airtime to pre-paid mobile phones in over 100 countries: an addressable market of over 4.5 billion people.

Friday, September 18, 2015 - 11:05
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5th Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit Concludes Successfully

The two-day Middle East Banking Innovation Summit featuring 20+ presentations, over 30 speakers and more than 450 attendees came to a successful closure on Tuesday. The 5th edition of this summit reiterated its position as the leading platform in the Middle East region for the bankers to engage in idea sharing on trends and technological innovations driving the industry. The summit commenced with premium sponsors Visa, Schneider Electric and IBM welcoming attendees to see the latest developments, develop new business opportunities and discuss pressing industry issues and challenges.

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 13:19
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Tipalti Launches First Ever W-8 Solution for Accounts Payable

 Tipalti (http://www.tipalti.com), provider of the leading global payments management platform, has fully integrated the first-ever intelligent Form W-8 collection solution into its platform.  The solution helps U.S. companies automate the accounts payable (AP) process by both paying suppliers who are nonresidents, foreign alien or entities while ensuring W-8 tax form compliance.

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 13:13
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Shape up, before you’re shaken down.

Official statistics for June 2015 released by the BBA reveal a continued demand for personal loans over the past two years.[1] On the surface, the news that UK consumers are borrowing again suggests increased confidence in the economy. At the same time, average household debt remains high at £55,083

Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 13:07
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