The SWIFT Institute has released new research on the challenges of information statecraft for today’s global financial community. The report, ‘Multinational Banking and Conflicts among US-EU AML/CTF Compliance & Privacy Law: Operational & Political Views in Context,’ focuses on the duality between laws that seek to use data to protect the financial system and laws that seek to protect data privacy.

Opus Bank announced that Keira Rawlinson was named Managing Director, Head of Fiduciary Banking. Ms.

BravoSolution, a leading global strategic procurement solution provider, has acquired Puridiom, a privately-held on-demand procurement and AP solutions company based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. With this acquisition, BravoSolution takes the next step in enabling the full end-to-end procurement process through an integrated purchase-to-pay suite. This capability will help businesses efficiently manage the entire procurement lifecycle to drive superior savings.

Tullett Prebon, one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers, announces that it has entered into a partnership with GMEX Group to develop a best-in-class hybrid voice and electronic trading platform for FX Options.

The new FX Options trading solution will enhance Tullett Prebon’s offering to its clients, integrating GMEX’s request for quote (RFQ) technology with Tullett Prebon’s existing central limit order book (CLOB) capability, with rich functionality and an intuitive user interface.

Vestar Capital Partners (“Vestar”), in partnership with management, announced today that it has acquired Mobile Technologies Inc. (“MTI”), a global leader in mobile device security and display technologies, from Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. (“HKW”). Terms were not disclosed.

DVB, a leading specialist in international transport finance and part of the DZ BANK Group, chose BearingPoint’s product ABACUS/Transactions and the MMSR (Money Market Statistical Reporting) module to fulfill the new regulation requirements of the European Central Bank (ECB).

NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, announced that Coles Supermarkets, one of Australia’s largest supermarket retailers, has chosen to improve customer checkout experiences and operational efficiency by adding NCR RealPOS XR8 as its future POS terminals. Coles plans to upgrade more than 4,000 POS units in the next financial year.

Verint® Systems Inc. announced that a leading global financial services organization is using its recording software to capture employee and customer interactions, as well as those for financial trading, via Microsoft Skype for Business for compliance and regulatory purposes.