Solactive and Belfius are launching a smart beta strategy allowing investors to gain exposure to the digitalization trend affecting world economies and societies. Specifically, the new Solactive Digital Economy Index mirrors the performance of 50 European companies whose business models are likely to be impacted by the process of digitalization, while tilting the composition towards dividend-paying low- volatility stocks. The Index is licensed to Belfius Bank & Insurance for the issuance of structured products.

NIKSUN Inc. is the global leader in developing real-time and forensics-based cyber security and network performance monitoring solutions. It announced today it has been featured as the cover story for Silicon India’s special Enterprise Security edition. In it, Silicon India, a leading proponent of global technology news since 1997, has named NIKSUN’s technology the “industry’s most comprehensive solution for securing and maintaining dynamic network infrastructure.”

I was asked this question at a recent conference and yes, banks do believe that the mass poor are just that: poor.  How do you make a profit out of the poor?  Well, truth be told, the poorest are the most profitable.  They’re the ones who need loans and go overdrawn, and therefore pay all the fees for the rest of us – the mass affluent – to get our banking for free.  Thank you the impoverished.

INDATA, a leading industry provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms, today announced it has made a release available to clients that contains significant functionality enhancements geared towards the MiFID II implementation date of January 2018.

More than 350 changes were made to the iPM Epic software suite with a focus on the following key areas:

Workday, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Today the company reported that Dentsu Aegis Network, one of the fastest growing global media groups specializing in media, digital, and creative communications services, has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to help improve efficiencies and visibility into its employee base across the group’s global network of brands.

New research findings reveal that technology systems and client reporting improvements are key business priorities for asset managers in 2017. According to the report, technology systems improvements are a key priority for 75% of asset management companies surveyed. A similar proportion (74%) said that client reporting was in focus for them with one in three (33%) expressing dissatisfaction with their current client reporting capabilities.

Payza, a leading global online payment platform, announced today that it has launched an online Utility Bill Payments service for Indian customers.

EquensWorldline SE, subsidiary of Worldline, European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, will process all payments of Degussa Bank AG, Germany, starting Q2-2017.

Largest online payment provider in Latin America, MercadoPago, has chosen Naka Mobile, a global mobile telecommunication and technology company, for IoT mobile connection across Brazil.

Freetrade, an app-only stockbroker service designed to democratise access to the stock market by offering zero commission on global transactions, or account minimums, has raised £1.1 million within 12 days of its second Crowdcube, crowd fundraising campaign.