The FIS Consumer Banking PACE Index™ tracks how financial institutions are performing against customer expectations in nine different countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Netherlands and Thailand, using data compiled from more than 9,000 banking consumers. Commissioned by FIS, the study was conducted by TNS, one of the world’s largest independent research agencies.

Global results

“Bad to the Bone” is sung by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. I thought you’d enjoy the irony.

Corruption, Distortion, Disruption

Pave, the online marketplace lender focused on providing access to affordable credit through a personal and transparent funding experience, today announced the nationwide launch of its new platform, focused on serving Millennial borrowers across the United States.

 Reval announced today that Scenic, a leading global luxury travel and tour company, has selected the Reval Cloud Platform for integrated treasury and risk management (TRM). 

 Nasdaq's BWise (Nasdaq:NDAQ), a global leader in enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (eGRC), announced today that it has been selected by 

MasterCard and PAY.ON have joined forces to enhance the MasterPass digital wallet solution by making MasterPass immediately available to more than 110 payment service providers (PSPs) via PAY.ON's white label global payment gateway.

 Mendix, a leading provider of application Platform-as-a-Service (aPaaS), today announced a new release, making it even easier for enterprises to develop and deploy modern applications in support of digital innovation and transformation initiatives. The Mendix Digital Experience (DX) release includes extensive pre-crafted UI templates; OData support; enhancements to the online developer community; and an expanded Free Edition with full production capability.

Chains or Webs and the Nature of Markets

In II. “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” which is the only title so far in this series which is not a rock song, I proposed that the multi-disciplinary manner we look at the glass determines whether it is half full or half empty. The systems analysis or engineering way of looking at the glass suggests that its capacity may be twice what is required to fill it. I understand that everyone cannot be multi-disciplinary. Many women I know claim that men cannot multitask much less be multidisciplined.

CYMBA’s Athena Investment Management Solution is a complete front office platform supporting Decision Support, Portfolio Management, Pre and Post Trade Compliance, Trading, Execution and Operations.

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, has been recognized for the outstanding quality and proven track record of its SimCorp Coric client communications and client reporting solution.