Analytic software firm FICO today announced it is providing the decision management platform for UniCredit's buddybank, a bank project exclusively designed for smartphones.

Revelstoke Capital Partners (“Revelstoke”), a Denver-based private equity firm, today announced it has expanded its team with two new operating partners: Steve Geringer, Chairman of AmSurg Corp. (Nasdaq: AMSG), and Greg Steil, Founder of ATI Physical Therapy Holdings, Inc. (“ATI Physical Therapy”). Mr. Geringer and Mr. Steil will also join the board of directors of Fast Pace Urgent Care (“Fast Pace”), Revelstoke’s newest portfolio company.

 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited (SMBCE), a subsidiary of the global Japanese commercial bank, is deploying ClusterSeven’s End User Computing (EUC) governance platform to enable the bank to understand its EUC (spreadsheets, databases and financial modelling tools) landscape, identify where the risks lie and institute the necessary automated controls to mitigate them.

In today’s global economy, information shared across various entities and industries have to be 100% accurate secure and transparent. This requires robust, secure data transmission through a defect-free network.

Blockchain is a secure, digital, chronological, distributed, and cryptographic ledger of events, with the following benefits:

As Project Sentinel completes the first round of assessments of potential technology partners, the initiative is pleased to announce an increase in consortium numbers from the original 4-7 banks to 8-10 banks in the current phase. 

 Sapiens International Corporation, a leading global provider of software solutions for the financial services sector, announced today at its Sapiens Client Conference 2016 event that the Sapiens DECISION Suite roadmap includes a 

Virtus Partners is expanding its European presence and expertise with the hiring of Dean Fletcher as Chief Strategy Officer, Dermot Caden as head of its European Regulated Fund Administration business and Jennifer Nolan as Senior Director in its Dublin hub.

H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative asset investment firm with more than $20 billion of equity capital under management, announced today that Appu Mundassery has been appointed as the Head of Direct Lending in Europe. Based in London, Mr. Mundassery joined H.I.G. in 2009 as a Managing Director.

With affiliates in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, H.I.G.’s European Direct Lending team manages a sizeable portfolio of directly originated par loans to small and mid-size companies with EBITDA up to €25 million.