Econocom, a European player specialising in the digital transformation of organisations, announced today Robert Bouchard’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the group. He succeeds Jean-Louis Bouchard, who founded the group and will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Crédit Agricole Payment Services (CAPS), a fully-owned subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, and Wirecard, one of the leading companies in digital financial technology, have signed a comprehensive contract to start their next generation digital partnership in payment services.

Acapture, a global, omnichannel payment processor has partnered with Sift Science, a machine learning company that protects businesses from fraud and abuse.

Traditional database architectures are coming up short in today’s data-driven world. Part of the problem is that it is difficult for them to handle the tsunami of data coming into the organisation. Data volumes are growing rapidly. Analyst firm, IDC recently projected¹ that by 2025 the global ‘datasphere’ will have grown to a staggering 163 zettabytes of data generated per year, ten times the data generated in 2016.

The US, like many other regions worldwide, is taking regulation more seriously than ever in recent years. But while other places, such as the UK, are balancing their introduction of more stringent regulations with strong support for the FinTech industry and innovation, the focus for the US is decidedly more compliance-based.

Yandex.Checkout introduces a new feature allowing online stores and services to provide their customers with an option of paying for purchases in installments.