Now we move onto the third-generation internet, web 3.0.  What is web 3.0?  It’s not been well defined or described.  Many would say it’s the internet of things, but I disagree.  The internet of things is emerging, but it cannot exist until a bridge between the mobile social network and the internet of things has a strong underlying architecture for device-to-device commerce.

A universal leader in the field of multi-asset execution and order management systems, FlexTrade Systems, Inc. has won the “Best FX Trading Technology Platform” award, at the Fund Technology and Wall Street Letter Awards 2017 ceremony, held in New York.

Chase Payment, providing consistent support of Canadian SME, unveils today its plan to extend partnership with Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) until April 2022.

“Chase Paymentech has been an incredible partner for Canadian SMEs and the CFIB is pleased to renew collaboration with Chase, as they serve our members well and offer the lowest payments processing costs available, to smaller firms,” said Dan Kelly, CEO of the 109,000-member organization.

ACI Worldwide, an advanced global supplier of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions was awarded with International Award, for its UP e-Commerce Payments solution.

The MPE Awards 2017 participants, presented during the Merchant Payments Ecosystem annual conference in Berlin, were judged by a panel of independent industry experts. The awards attract a large number of entries, and recognize the achievements of companies across the entire payments ecosystem.

NATO has authorized the Dutch secure mobile phone Sectra Tiger/S 7401 for use at the NATO SECRET level. Thus, the technology meets all the requirements on security imposed, within the NATO organization for the reporting confidential information.

Telecoms specialist adviser, Analysys Mason has published its annual series of Connected Consumer surveys, analysing mobile customer behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The survey took into consideration following factors, such as purchasing criteria when changing mobile plans, the impact of data pricing and network coverage on customer satisfaction, and the adoption of OTT services such as WhatsApp.

Published Connected Consumer survey reports include:

Chris Collins, Risk & Regulations at CGI

Managing financial crime, anti-money laundering and operational risk – working together

Today's digital world of multi-dimensional organized criminal threats ruthlessly exposes the weak points in any financial institutions Anti-FinancialCrime (AFC) defences. Criminals are long gone usually before you even realize you are a victim.  The challenge is how to more proactively defend against these new threats.

 Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, has been named among the 2017 FORTUNE Magazine “World’s Most Admired Companies^®”.

Oxygen Finance Ltd (“Oxygen”), the leading early payment provider, has today (16 February) announced the acquisition of Satago, the all-in-one, on-demand cash flow finance solution for SMEs.

The transaction will see the two businesses working together to offer comprehensive early payment, finance and cash flow solutions for both large buying organisations and suppliers of all sizes, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).