The Canadian Payments Association has hired global consulting firm McKinsey to draw up plans to modernise the nation's core payments infrastructure.

Finance is changing. Disruption to business models, expanding global operations, fiscal complexities, evolving regulation and new risks are all demanding more of financial leaders. Along with the rise of big data and the impact of social and digital media, new economic realities and new technologies have transformed the way CFOs work.

Take the case of Aggreko: Operating globally from over 190 service centres in more than 45 countries spread over five continents, the product and service solutions it provides range from small and straightforward to exceedingly large and complex.

 Huddle, the leader in secure collaboration tools for enterprise and government, today announced that Berkeley Research Group (BRG) is using Huddle to facilitate collaboration practices, bringing together its network of experts and affiliate organizations from all over the world to offer more efficient services than ever before.

OneMarketData, LLC , the founders of OneTick, a single solution for event stream processing and tick data management, today announced that KOR Group, LLC, a SaaS (Softwa

After struggling to gain traction, fintechs are now capturing a growing market share across financial services areas including ATMs, credit cards, securitisation and mobile banking. While we’re seeing these fintechs go from success to success, we believe they are still only operating around ‘Fintech 1.0’ - the fringes of the banking sector. In order to engineer more fundamental change to the industry, these fintechs must be invited inside and given access to core infrastructure and processes - in partnership with the banks themselves.

Emerald Advisers, Inc. Rapidly Implements INDATA’S iPM Cloud Technology Platform for Elessar Investment Management following acquisition

INDATA, a leading industry provider of software and services for buy-side firms, today announced that Emerald Advisers, Inc., an INDATA client since 2013, has fully transitioned Elessar Investment Management onto INDATA’s iPM Cloud platform.

UK startup Atom Bank is to be the first client for a re-engineered mortgage origination platform designed to meet the needs of digital challenger banks by Iress

The acquisition, for approximately €1.1 billion (US$ 1.2 billion), will create a leading payment and e-wallet provider with significant international scale and reach, and a product portfolio that includes Skrill, paysafecard, Payolution, NETELLER®, Net+® NETBANX® and FANS Entertainment.

 Calypso Technology, Inc., the standard for treasury and capital markets software, has appointed Pedro Porfirio as Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer. In this role, Porfirio will be responsible for overall product strategy, driving product development and innovation across Calypso's solutions.