Jan Peter Balkenende (Dutch, 1956) currently is Professor of Governance, Institutions and Internationalisation at Erasmus University Rotterdam and an external senior advisor to EY where he was partner Corporate Responsibility from 2011 until mid-2016. From 1998 until 2002 he was a member of Parliament of the Netherlands for the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA). From 2002 until 2010 he served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Nationstar Mortgage LLC to pay a $1.75 million civil penalty for violating the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). HMDA consistently failed to report accurate data about mortgage transactions for 2012 through 2014.

Today Alation Inc., the collaborative data company together with Trifacta, the global leader in data wrangling, announced the extension of their partnership. The cooperation aims to deliver an integrated solution for self-service data discovery and preparation that are extremely required elements of modern analytics platforms.

NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, has ranked in the 2017 Tech Tour Growth 50 for the second consecutive year, a list of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe.

Euromoney TRADEDATA at the opening of FIA Boca 2017, announced the launch of its new intraday reference data service for global futures, options and OTC cleared derivative markets. The new intraday service will capture and process changes in reference and market data for clients who subscribe to its Xymbology service and will be supported by data teams Monday to Friday 24/5 and by its IT service desk 24/7, available only to intraday service clients.  Data changes include symbology updates for new strike series and amendments to contract specifications and other symbology.  

Volante Technologies, a global leader in the provision of payments and financial message integration, processing and orchestration software, today announces its readiness to help banks embrace real-time payments in the US and in other countries around the globe with its VolPay Hub: RTP Suite.

The new solution launches with its first of several RTP processors - the TCH RTP Processor Module, to support The Clearing House RTP Initiative. Volante’s solution is one of the industry’s most advanced to date, and is to be piloted by a top ten US-based bank and TCH.

A new payment network that allows people to send money from a smartphone app that is both simple and secure.

Independent from any specific bank or credit/debit card circuits, Satispay has managed to provide its service while lowering the high commissions that are typical of the electronic payment sector. It is thus the first instrument that is usable for everyday payments: from transfers between friends to buying a drink at a café.

Being back from a very inspiring meeting in Brussels it is a good moment to post a few high level observations (going into Why-How-What details separately). 

The RTE is all about automating financial and administrative processes and data management and bringing them into real time (a big value in itself). There are many building blocks - ecosystems supporting each others and being worked on in many member states and on EU-level - picture below..

Why is it so important for Europe? Three main reasons: