Turning to the cloud as a foundation to support an organisation is nothing new. For a long time now, IT teams have been moving different applications and services out of their organisation and into external infrastructures. We’ve seen this play out in different technology sectors at different rates of adoption. For example, classic “enterprise applications” to support ERP, CRM and HR are almost exclusively cloud-based now. One of the tremendous advantages of this evolution is that now smaller businesses can access and leverage the same “enterprise” applications as much larger firms.

Fiserv, Inc. is a leader in providing financial services technology solutions all over the world. The company has commented today that the Unified Wealth Platform from Fiserv, the industry’s largest wealth management technology platform, has been named Best Technology Platform by Private Asset Management (PAM) awards held in New York City.  

Currently in its seventh year, the PAM Awards recognize and reward investment professionals, wealth advisors, legal firms, consultants, and other key service providers operating within the private asset management industry.

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In 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau became the first government agency ever to supervise the national consumer reporting companies. Even more than that, the Bureau became to first federal agency to supervise all sides of the credit reporting market, from the consumer reporting companies that collect the information to the various companies that furnish it to them. For the first time, it became possible for a single agency to see across the entire credit reporting ecosystem and hold all of the key parties responsible for issues of data accuracy and dispute handling; no finger-p

Ciphrex Corp., a leading software company in the emerging field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, announced that Alyse Killeen, an experienced venture capitalist and one of the earliest investors in the bitcoin ecosystem, has joined its Board of Advisors.

Kraken is pleased to announce the acquisition of the popular charting and trading platform Cryptowatch - used by thousands of traders to chart over 150 markets in real-time and trade up to 22 digital assets through a highly user-friendly interface.

For customers, time is money. To help customers save this new form of currency, Walmart today announced new capabilities in the Walmart app that create a faster, easier and more convenient experience for Pharmacy and Money Services customers.

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management today announced major enhancements to its mobile apps and other technologies in recognition of the growing use of mobile, social and web technologies in their clients’ personal and professional lives.

Proplend is pleased to announce that it has been granted full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for peer to peer lending, paving the way for the launch of its Innovative Finance ISA.