Central Banking reveals its second group of winners from its 5^th annual industry awards, recognising excellence in the central banking community.

·         Initiative of the Year: Bank of England’s Fintech Accelerator

At its regional flagship thought leadership event, Finastra Universe Paris, Finastra today welcomed new companies to the FusionFabric.cloud open architecture. Among the early adopter Fintechs, consultants, banks and academics using the platform to develop and deploy innovative apps are Efficiency MC, Conpend and BankBI. In addition, Thomson Reuters joins Finastra’s innovation ecosystem as a data provider.

To cope with growing customer demand, Fidesmo has hired John P Campbell to spearhead its UK launch plans in 2018. 

Barracuda FX, the specialist provider of FX Order Management technology, today announced the signing of a new contract with Jyske Bank, the major Danish FX trading institution.

oBike, Singapore’s first homegrown station-less smart bike-sharing company, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Grab. 

Chinese consumers in Italy will be able to purchase both on line and in store through the app thanks to the partnership signed between the Italian company Digital Retex, Tencent Trusted Partner, and DOCOMO Digital. 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) has launched an enhanced virtual card capability that uses application programming interface (API) to enable commercial purchasing clients to connect directly to the bank’s virtual card system. 

Cryptomathic today announces that it is the first eSignature solution provider in Europe to receive a certification ticket for the new Common Criteria certification process for eIDAS compliant Qualified Signature Creation Devices (QSCDs). 

Taskize, the inter-bank problem-solving network for financial services operations, today announced that The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s DTCC Exception Manager solution is leveraging its technology as part of its new solution to enable market participants to publish, manage and communicate exceptions throughout the trade lifecycle.

Nasdaq, Inc. today announced that Cielo S.A., a tech retail services company, leading the electronic payments sector in Latin America as one of the top 10 Brazilian corporations in terms of market value, is the latest company to join the Nasdaq International Designation. Through its membership, Cielo will have access to Nasdaq's investor relations services and unparalleled visibility assets to increase awareness with investors for their U.S.-traded Level 1 ADRs.