Financial IT speaks to Michal Kissos Hertzog, CEO at Digital Bank Pepper. 

Can you please provide an overview of Pepper (Banking)?

Spectra Logic, a leading developer of data storage solutions, announces today that it hit a milestone few companies in the IT industry have reached, namely the celebration of its 40^th year of business. Behind this impressive achievement is a history of technology innovation, customer commitment, and focus on excellence.

Digital technology has changed financial services.  It has facilitated innovation, increased competition and made the mobile customer experience the key differentiator.

While this is good for customers, established institutions have realise that spending years and millions building an ecosystem expecting the technology, customer experience and product mix to last for the next decade, no longer works.

R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm, has reaffirmed its commitment to London, doubling the size of its London Wall hub to accommodate its rapidly growing engineering team.

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, together with Axioma, the leading global provider of services including multi-asset enterp

Western Union, a leader in global payment services, and 

Blockchain Live returns to London for its third year on the 25^th of September, gathering industry leaders and innovators to discuss the applications and impact of blockchain across various industries.

SIA, the European hi-tech company, leader in payment services and infrastructures, and Supply@ME, the scale-up of the AvantGarde Group, have signed a partnership agreement to launch - through the SIAchain infrastructure - the new “Inventory Monetization” platform, created by the Milan-based fintech soon to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Wolters Kluwer’s Finance Risk & Reporting (FRR) business has successfully deployed its OneSumX for Finance software at Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank), allowing the bank to fully implement the Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) 9. SME Bank, an agency of the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development, has a mandate to nurture and develop the small and medium enterprise sector in Malaysia.

Retail has increasingly become a mobile function to meet the needs of a constantly on-the-go consumer base, especially with the rise in popularity of mobile E- wallets. The introduction of 5G will only enhance innovations in retail technology and in turn, benefit the consumer.