To help you stay on top of your bills, we’ve launched a new feature: Bill Tracker!

In today’s on-demand world, we expect to be able to spend, move and receive money instantly.

For this reason, real-time payments (RTP), also known as ‘faster payments’ or ‘instant payments’, are gaining momentum globally. Accenture estimates that there are now 35 countries with real-time payment schemes in operation or under development.

Watson Wheatley Financial Systems, specialists in securities reconciliation software, have announced the launch of ‘Reconciliation as a Service’.

Almost three quarters of the nation fear their personal details will be stolen EVERY TIME they hand over bank details and email addresses to companies, it has emerged.
 
Two thirds are concerned that their data may have been stolen without their knowledge. 
 
The general distrust of organisations and web-based stores emerged in a study of 2,000 adults, which also revealed around one in five have already had their personal data stolen.
 
Almost a third of these victims had been left out of pocket as a result.
 

CLX has been working with Advent Controls, a UK based GSM security equipment manufacturer, since January 2018. Advent uses the CLX IoT SIM to add cellular connectivity to their GSM Dialler and Intercom solutions, aiming to 'future proof' their installations as PSTN and ISDN networks continue to be phased out in favor of cellular-based solutions which can offer a more reliable fall back.

The Concardis Payment Group is continuing to expand its management team: Alexander Libor, previously Executive HR Manager at the Zurich Beteiligungs AG insurance company in Bonn and Frankfurt, will be taking up his new role as Chief Human Resources Officer from 1 July 2018. Shortly after the CEO Robert Hoffmann and CIO Jana Brendel (also starting on 1 July 2018) got on board, the Concardis Payment Group has thus gained another top manager who will drive the strategic alignment of the HR division to promote further growth and to bring about the group’s digital transformation.

The Bank of England recently raised its interest rates for the first time in more than a decade – from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent – with rates also set to rise faster than predicted over the next couple of years. As any lender or homeowner knows, this means significant changes both for mortgage holders and providers, and increased costs for both.

marcus evans will host the 3^rd Edition Operational Risk Management & Organizational Transformation for Financial Institutions Conference on September 12-13, 2018 in New York, NY. This annual conference has been one of the most anticipated Operational Risk Management meetings in the industry. This year, we bring together Operational Risk Management & Enterprise Risk Management Professionals to discuss key fundamentals for achieving the utmost efficient operational risk culture.

 Skybox(TM) Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management, announced today it won Best Risk Management/Regulatory Compliance Solution at the 2018 SC Awards Europe in addition to the previous win in

Acquisition adds industry leading threat hunting platform to F-Secure’s detection and response offering and expands cyber security services to the biggest markets globally