In line with its vision to enable broader, automated use of the LEI, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has enhanced its LEI search engine with rich data functionality and published a companion API enabling third-party developers to automate searches and retrieve open, higher quality LEI data from within their application environments.

SunTec, the world’s #1 relationship-based pricing and billing company and the provider of #1 GST and VAT compliance solution for Banks and Financial Services in GCC and India, has partnered with Oman’s Ahli Bank to provide its GCC VAT compliance solution. This is a landmark win for SunTec as Ahli Bank becomes its 50^th customer to select SunTec’s indirect taxation solution.

The cloud will continue to grow in private, public, and hybrid models. There’s no doubt that contact centers currently running on local platforms will have to move to the cloud sooner or later.

The question is, will they move in good time? Or continue to lose ground to organizations that were quicker to realize the importance of cloud tools.

Cloud Contact Center software is an excellent choice in situations including:

According to the European Central Bank, 79% of all card fraud in 2018 occurred online from Card Not Present (CNP) transactions. In cash terms, this equates to €1.43bn in fraud losses and represents a whopping 17% increase on the previous year.[1]

Fime has continued its mission to evolve and digitize testing processes with the launch of its fully cloud-based, automated test tool, Global+. The new tool is qualified to validate Level 2 card and mobile

British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has completed a commitment of €40m to the first close of Harbert/Claret European Growth Capital Fund III. Other investors include the European Investment Fund. The fund will provide growth debt to early stage, fast growing, technology focused smaller businesses in the UK and Europe.

Today Alveo announces support for Postgres within its Prime financial data aggregation and mastering product. This increased support of open source technologies will facilitate clients running Prime in the cloud, allowing them to reduce their operating costs. Postgres has been proven to reduce overall annual infrastructure running cost by up to 65% [1].