At the end of last year OnGuard and Credit Tools, two leading credit management software suppliers, announced that they were merging. The company that has resulted from this merger is called Onguard, a pioneering FinTech company which acts as a strategic partner for clients throughout the entire order to cash process. With a fresh focus on innovation, Onguard is ready to make big steps in achieving worldwide ambitions.

Red Deer, a next-generation financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, today announces a strategic partnership with Instinet Europe Limited to provide an integrated solution to seamlessly manage research inducement, consumption, valuation, payment and commission management under the new MiFID II regime.

Calligo, a leading global cloud solution provider, today announced a major expansion of its business in the UK. The company has opened a new office in London and has appointed Ross Worthington as Managing Director to support and grow its client base across the country. 
 

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is teaming up with Toronto-based FinTech company Dream Payments to bring new revenue generating mobile payment offerings to financial institutions and merchants in the United States via the IBM Cloud.

Payvision, global acquirer and data-driven omnichannel solutions provider, has published the findings of its fifth annual cross-border ecommerce research report, in collaboration with Juniper Research.

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement in a move to leverage their strengths as two of the leading listings venues in the U.S. and Asia respectively. 

During Sibos 2017, Sberbank and Swift signed a memorandum of cooperation regarding the development and piloting of high-tech products created and promoted by Swift.

With the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) about to come into force in January 2018, capital markets participants are now urgently taking steps to digest the requirements and meet this latest regulatory challenge.

MiFID II is poised to disrupt the status quo in financial services, demanding firms make major changes to the way they operate, as well as the technology and connectivity infrastructures they depend upon.

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) has teamed up with eftpos, the Australian domestic debit network, to help support secure transactions with Apple Pay for users in Australia. Through integration with the Rambus Token Service Provider (TSP) technology, eftpos is able to support Apple Pay, the easy, secure and private way to pay.