The use of biometric identifications systems in the financial sector is mushrooming as banks, credit card companies, and other institutions adopt them to improve security. Whilst regulations, like the EU’s Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and new ones from The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), are spurring this by requiring multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Datacenter.com, a channel-focused provider of on-demand colocation services with a ‘high-profile’ brand name and a planned roll-out of colocation data centers in strategic markets worldwide, has added AFIBER to its connectivity portfolio in Datacenter.com Amsterdam AMS1. To accomplish this, AFIBER has deployed a network Point of Presence (PoP) in the Datacenter.com Amsterdam AMS1 data center.

A new agreement between PwC and RiskFirst will see PwC continue to provide consulting and advisory services using the award winning Skyval platform – underpinned by RiskFirst’s PFaroe – whilst also promoting further standardisation and bringing greater freedom to stakeholders to share information.

This is the first step in a digitalization strategy which will enable 37 million PagoBANCOMAT cardholders to use innovative payment services.

Thanks to the agreement with SIA for use of its digital payment service Jiffy, BANCOMAT S.p.A. now enters the market of money transfers between individuals, e-commerce and payments via smartphone.

 Agorai, an integrated marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the data assets that fuel them, today announced that DeepVideo, is joining the Agorai AI marketplace.

BT is making it easy for large financial institutions to benefit from the latest fintech innovations

Global financial institutions’ foreign exchange (FX) post-trade systems are aging, becoming increasingly inefficient, risk-laden and costly. Many are struggling to cope with the demands of accurate data capture during the life cycle of trades. This is creating operational risk and could undermine regulatory compliance.

EastNets, a leading global provider of compliance and payments solutions for the financial services industry has announced the appointment of Tim Blackmore as the company’s new General Manager for Europe Sales Operations. Tim will be responsible for the revenues in Europe and managing the sales and the presales teams there.

First study of crypto market, by Mistertango, uncovers an industry that wants to be part of the formal system, not outside it

Equiniti Riskfactor, the global provider of risk management and fraud prevention analytics for commercial finance lenders, is delighted to announce the appointment of Leigh Lones as Director to lead the launch of its new US business.

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