Two topics dominated September’s UN General Assembly, at times provoking fiery debate.

World leaders gathered in New York amid simmering tensions in the Middle East. The recent attacks on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities prompted questions about how to secure the vital Oil & Gas supply chain and ensure the effectiveness of sanctions to counter everything from Iranian aggression to illegal Syrian exports and the enrichment of terrorist groups.

Equiniti Credit Services, the UK’s leading consumer credit technology and outsourced services provider, today announces it has partnered with FCA-authorised credit bureau and Account Information Service Provider (AISP), Credit Kudos.

CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, today announced the launch of its real-time order book product. Designed for professional and enterprise clients, the new product will enable them to create predictive analytics to monitor exchange trading in real-time and anticipate sudden changes across trading activity, asset pricing, cost of trading and liquidity.

An interview with Ben Cade, CEO, Trustonic

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The New York and Tel Aviv based startup Dynamic Infrastructure is implementing the world's first deep-learning solution which allows bridge and tunnel owners and operators to obtain visual diagnosis of the assets they manage. The system provides live, cloud-based, 3D views of the bridge or tunnel and automatically alerts when changes are detected in maintenance and operation conditions - before the issues evolve into large-scale failures.

F-Secure has joined the prpl Foundation to provide a more secure consumer experience when customers use their home Wi-Fi network and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

The move leverages F-Secure's position as a long-standing and trusted cyber security vendor with a network of 200+ operator partners worldwide.

F-Secure joins at a time when the prpl Foundation is working with operators to harmonize development processes, integration points, and security standards across the hugely fragmented router industry.

The PSD2 API of Habib Bank AG Zurich went live on 13 September. This API is developed by Salt Edge for Habib Bank AG Zurich to enable new open banking capabilities and provide full PSD2 compliance.

While banking product portfolios tend to become similar, banks must select between 2 most popular strategies (or combine them): to compete in pricing or to focus on customer experience improvement. 

If you prefer the first strategy, you may skip this article. Here we are going to accentuate engaging and personalized customer experience (CX) in the context of digital customer onboarding for banking customers. Also, we will guide you through the traditional perception of onboarding in banks and suggest extending the concept.