Traditional banks are facing a massive change to the way they do business - and how they interact with their own customers - in the shape of the second iteration of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). 

A former Al-Qaida member who became a British spy is set to provide a unique view on the changing threat of terror financing. Aimen Dean will discussManaging the risks and security threats of mobile payments at PayExpo Europe, a major payments event taking place 7 & 8 June at London’s ExCel.

United Bank UK is working with financial technology and marketing specialist PBF Solutions to raise awareness and drive uptake of its consumer financial products, including fixed-term deposit, easy access and 90-day notice accounts.

CargoDocs is a web- based trade finance solution offered by essDOCS. It automates the entire supply chain and connects all the parties involved in the business - Ship Owner/Agent, Shipper/Freight Forwarder, Negotiating Bank, Issuing Bank, End Receiver/Buyer.

The whole workflow of the solution replicates the normal paper– based process, but with one key difference - it’s completely digital.

Processes that usually take several weeks or more are becoming much faster with CargoDocs. 

Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has today announced a new white label partnership with Lufax, China’s largest internet finance company.

The partnership, expected to launch within the next three months, will see Lufax leverage the trading technology that underpins the award-winning SaxoTraderGO – providing Lufax’s considerable client base with a seamless experience across mobile and desktop platforms, including complete functionality across the trade cycle – from pre-trade, execution and post-trade services for ETFs and cash stocks initially.

OpenLink, the global leader in trading and risk management solutions for the financial services, corporate, energy, and commodities industries, announced today that it has delivered a complete upgrade of Bayerische Landesbank’s multi-asset trading and risk management system in just four months.

Misys has been named as a Leader in Gartner’s 2016 Magic Quadrant for Global Retail Core Banking*, for its FusionBanking Essence solution.

Northern Trust  has hired Clayton DaSilva as sales manager, Middle East.

Based in Abu Dhabi, DaSilva is responsible for leading Northern Trust’s business development in the Middle East and supporting business development in Africa, offering Northern Trust’s asset servicing and capital markets solutions to sovereign wealth funds, central banks, asset management companies and corporate clients. He will report to Douglas Gee, head of sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Northern Trust.

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that it has been awarded the new certificate of technical accreditation ‘trust mark,’ after passing the technical tests required by Faster Payments Scheme Ltd (FPSL), the System Operator behind Faster Payments.