SWIFT announces the launch of a significant information architecture and visual redesign for its online reference data tool, Bankers World Online. As SWIFTRef’s flagship service, the latest version of Bankers World Online has been designed to heighten customers’ overall navigation and user experience. 

Today FIME reported its central role in the development and rollout of Turkey’s first domestic scheme, TROY (Turkey’s Payment Method). TROY is a strategic initiative supported by all Turkish banks and managed by BKM (Interbank Card Center of Turkey). FIME was selected by BKM in 2015 to provide consultancy and training at the launch of the project.

Today Squawker, the platform for sophisticated trading communities to execute hedging and capital optimisation transactions on-exchange, announced the successful completion of the launch phase of its Equity Finance platform, with 6 out of the top 10 global investment banks live, and announced Ian Axe and Derek Bandeen as two new members to its Advisory Board.
 

Today Chargebacks911, a globally-renowned leader for risk mitigation, announced the appointment of Kristjan Gjura as VP of Business Development, an integral component of Chargebacks911’s continued global expansion. 

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Alipay, China's largest mobile payment provider operated by Ant Financial Services Group, to enable merchants across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to accept Alipay payments from Chinese shoppers. 

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a global big data, technology and analytics company, has today announced that the Tracesmart Group entities within its corporate structure in the United Kingdom have achieved authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to become a Credit Reference Agency (CRA) and provide Credit Information Services.

GMC Software, the award-winning leader in Customer Communications Management (CCM), announced today the expansion of its current Partners & Alliance Program with the introduction of the GMC Software Partner Advantage Program, a newly-expanded program intended to engage, empower and enable all types of GMC Software business partners. The program accommodates four tracks of business partners according to an organization’s individual business model and relationship with GMC Software. Track options include delivery partners, business partners, alliance partners and ISV/technology partners.

Masterpass-enabled bots work across multiple verticals – from restaurants to retail – making conversational commerce frictionless while delivering a more personalized experience. The bots allow consumers to engage with brands in new places where they are already spending their time, as messaging apps and platforms like Messenger currently represent many of the top 10 global apps used by billions of people worldwide.

Synpromics Ltd, the leading synthetic promoter and gene control company, is delighted to announce that it has completed a financing round of £5.2M.

Today the Western Union Company, a global payments leader, announced an innovative and compelling way for Facebook Messenger users in the U.S. to send money to more than 200 countries and territories across 130 currencies. The announcement was made at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Jose, California.

The funds can be received into billions of bank accounts around the world or in cash at half a million global retail Agent locations from the world’s largest metro areas to remote villages. More than 1.2 billion people around the world use Messenger every month.