Appian, today announced that Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, the fifth-largest national bank in Australia, is using Appian to modernize financial service offerings through a series of business applications deployed on the 

 A new report* by global analyst firm Ovum has found Adobe to be the overall market leader for digital marketing platforms, followed closely by IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce. SAS and Teradata are the market challengers and new market entrant Marketo is a follower. These vendors share three-quarters of the annual US$5bn global market spend on digital marketing platforms.

This paper examines the challenges brokers face in achieving optimal trading outcomes in a highly competitive marketplace where execution prowess is a key differentiator.

This agreement is part of Discover Global Network’s overall strategy to partner with key payment solution providers, such as Creditcall, to help drive increased Discover and Diners Club card acceptance. The agreement also means that Creditcall will, as standard, certify new solutions for Discover across future processor certifications, widening the reach of card acceptance for both parties. Creditcall is a leader in a number of sectors - from transportation ticketing and parking to vending, retail and hospitality.

Hot payments startup Stripe has landed a new round of funding from investors including American Express, Visa and Sequoia Capital, valuing the San Francisco-based company at $5 billion.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between the Smart Ticketing Alliance (STA) – the association driving a coordinated effort towards global ticketing interoperability for the public transport sector – and GlobalPlatform, the organization which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology. The two bodies will combine their efforts to establish an interoperable framework for smart ticketing in the public transport sector.

 Maitland, a global independent third-party fund administrator, has selected Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing to support the expansion of its global transfer agency services. The decision reflects the growing importance of transfer agency services in overall fund administration service. 

 Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of next-generation hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that the company's