Standard Chartered will offer clients an extensive range of cash management services out of London and Frankfurt covering the UK and Eurozone countries, following investment in a new cash management infrastructure.

The infrastructure is scheduled for completion in mid-2020, and in addition to existing high- value clearing, transactional FX and pooling services the bank currently offers, it is developing  additional services including: virtual accounts, enhanced pooling and liquidity services, API capabilities, low-value clearing and UK Faster Payments.

Yesterday, the jury of Raiffeisen Bank International’s (RBI) Elevator Lab selected from 14 finalists six winners who will be allowed to participate in the third round of the Fintech Partnership Program. Supported by RBI experts and mentors, the participants will develop socalled PoCs (Proof of Concept), which they will present on the Demo Day at the beginning of March 2020. On this basis, RBI will evaluate possible cooperations.

More than two thirds of organisations have no dedicated analytics or data science function, according to *1,000 respondents in an MHR Analytics poll.

With *69% of organisations lacking internal data science expertise, data analytics specialist MHR Analytics has compiled the five best solutions to help organisations start to optimise their business intelligence and move on from manual spreadsheets.

ACA Compliance Group (ACA) today announced the expansion of its European presence with the opening of a new office in Birmingham. From this new location, ACA will offer a full suite of services designed to strengthen and streamline financial services firms’ governance, risk and compliance arrangements.

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is providing the payment solution for Swiss Post's “Your Gateway to China” service. Thanks to the “Your Gateway to China” service, Swiss retailers can easily offer their products directly to Chinese consumers through major virtual marketplaces.

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Mastercard has entered into an agreement with WHSmith.co.uk, Funky Pigeon, Cult Pens & The Card Gallery to offer ‘Pay by Bank app’ to online shoppers.

As we head into 2020, US broker-dealers are preparing for new mandates on how they report transactions back to customers. The requirements – established by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) updates to Rule 606 – aim to bring investors greater transparency and an assurance that orders are handled in line with the principles of best execution.