Novasentis, a leading developer of film based haptic actuators, announced that it won the IDTechEx 2018 Award for Best New Material for Wearables. The award was presented at IDTechEx's Emerging Technologies show in Berlin on April 11th, recognizing Novasentis' unique and patented polymer based haptic actuators which are being designed into AR/VR controllers, smart watches and other Wearables.

Barings, a leading global financial services firm, announced today that it served as mandated lead arranger of a multi-currency financing package to support Bertram Capital's investment in a merger between U.K.-based Mardix (Holdings) Limited and Anord Control Systems, Ltd. of Dundalk, Ireland, an existing Bertram Capital portfolio company.

marcus evans will host the 4^th Edition CECL Methodologies, Implementation & Reporting Conference on June 11-13, 2018 in New York. This conference will give financial institutions a critical insight into the best strategies to hone their CECL implementations methodologies. You will deepen your knowledge of the modeling challenges, improve your strategies for CECL scenario development and tailoring models for different asset classes.

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that Hungary’s OTP Bank Group, one of the largest independent financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, will utilise the full range of ACI’s UP p

Finitive LLC (www.finitive.com), a financial technology platform providing institutional investors with direct access to alternative lending investments, announced today the launch of its zero-fee platform. 

Finitive, which commenced operations in August 2017, has received commitments for transactions with an aggregate capacity of $1.3 billion.  Several asset managers and banks have committed capital for transactions in the consumer, renewable energy and commercial real estate lending sectors.

Ripple has invested $25 million in XRP to Blockchain Capital’s most recent $150 million fund, specifically Blockchain Capital Parallel IV, LP. Blockchain Capital is the first fund dedicated solely to the blockchain space and is also the first to accept capital calls in digital assets.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today it has named Kim Crawford Goodman president, Card Services. In this role, Goodman will oversee the company’s Card Services business, including debit and credit processing, ATM payment solutions and the Accel® premier payments network.