Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, is celebrating a 2016 Future Digital Award from Juniper Research, a respected industry analyst, for its Celego contactless wristband for transport ticketing and other value added services.

Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM  and Microsoft today announced that they will create a non-profit organization that will work to advance public understanding of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and formulate best practices on the challenges and opportunities within the field. Academics, non-profits, and specialists in policy and ethics will be invited to join the Board of the organization, named the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI).

Kyriba Corp., the global leader in cloud treasury management solutions, has raised $23 million (USD) in a Series D funding round led by Bpifrance, with additional capital from existing investors HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) and Daher Capital.

Kyriba will use the funds to deepen its product innovation across its suite of solutions, including risk management, supply chain finance, payments, cash management, and bank connectivity. Additionally, the funds will provide further enhancements to its client success services, and to offer support for the company to enter new geographies.

 Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management software solutions, today announced that Brunel International NV has successfully implemented Tagetik’s software to meet the global company's financial consolidation and corporate reporting requirements. Brunel, a world leader in staffing and recruiting services, has approximately 11,000 employees and conducts business in 37 countries.

Intellect iGTB, the organisation behind the world’s first comprehensive global transaction banking solution, has made its well-established global integrated cash and trade solution, Digital Transaction Banking (DTB), available as software as a service. DTB comprises account services, reporting, collections and receivables (including EIPP), liquidity, trade finance, supply chain finance and treasury products, all seamlessly integrated.

At Sibos, it’s clear that the buzz is around partnership and blockchain (again!). With our announcement of a potential tie-up with Clearstream and partnership with blockchain powerhouse Digital Asset, SIX Securities Services is at the very heart of these hot topics.

According to UK IT directors, the two biggest barriers faced by women working in IT are demonstrating their competence (57%) and challenging existing stereotypes (54%), finds recent research¹ from Robert Half. Other challenges faced by women include overcoming impersonal/cultural considerations (42%), earning respect (30%) and working in a male-dominated environment (28%).

Calastone, the global fund transaction network, today announced the establishment of direct connectivity with Shenzhen Securities Communications Co. (SSCC) a fully-owned subsidiary of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. This represents another step forward in connecting China and Hong Kong investment markets to facilitate north- and southbound cross-border fund transactions.

We’ve heard – and seen – it all before: Kodak replaced by Apple and other smartphones; Blockbuster taken down by Netflix; and Borders substituted by Amazon.

Nationwide, the world’s largest building society has selected KDS, a global provider of corporate travel and expense (T&E) management software solutions, to overhaul and streamline its employee expense process.