The HFM European Hedge Fund Technology Awards recognize and reward those firms that have delivered innovative and exceptional technological products and services to the hedge fund industry over the past 12 months.

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend marks one of the busiest shopping periods in the UK. The tradition, which originated in the US, where it follows Thanksgiving Thursday, arrived in the UK a few years ago. This year, it falls on the 27^th November. While many shoppers are getting excited about bargain deals, not all UK retailers are happy about it. Smaller businesses can struggle to fulfil orders and strip their stockrooms of goods that they could have sold at full price in December.

ANZ today announced a significant upgrade to its internet banking platform that will see it become the first major Australian bank to have a consistent user experience across desktop, tablet and mobile.

 Plastc, creator of the Plastc Card, the most intelligently-designed and secure digital card ever invented, today announced its exclusive four-day "COIN Buy-Back " Campaign. Starting at 3:00 a.m. PT, November 27 and lasting until 11:59 p.m.

£1.9bn will be spent on Visa cards on Friday 27th November – Black Friday – making it the biggest day for spending on this day in history. This year’s event will be driven primarily by the growth in e-commerce, as consumers become more comfortable with using mobiles and tablets to shop on the go. Visa Europe predicts that online transactions will top £721 million on the day, up 17% on 2014. There will be a total of 11 million online transactions, up 14.5% on 2014.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), a global payments technology company, has partnered with online payments leader MyGate to process Visa Checkout in South Africa.

The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) has launched an online ‘Rules & Regulations Directory’, providing international investors and the media with a centralized location for all 238 Taiwan capital market regulations in both English and Chinese.

Diacor has chosen the SaaS-based software solution Acute from Vitec. Acute meets the requirements of Diacor as a modern, effective and flexible business system.

Vitec Acute is an electronic medical record system. It is delivered as a SaaS application, with cost-effective availability of optional modules and interfaces between various systems. The Acute electronic medical record system is available for use directly through a browser, whenever and wherever you want.

Allegro Development Corporation, a leading provider of commodity management software, and NTT DATA Financial Solutions (NDFS) today announced a partnership agreement to expand Allegro’s Asia Pacific commodity management offering to Japanese energy and commodity trading companies.

NDFS provides IT solutions including transaction and risk management for market financial products, as well as market services, which include pricing model development for financial products, consulting, research and development

Exaxe, the specialist solutions provider for the life and pensions industry, announced today that it won the award for Pensions Technology Provider of the Year at last night’s Irish Pension Awards 2015 held in the Shelbourne Hotel, in Dublin.

The awards, now in their fourth year, give recognition to those in the pensions industry who have proved their excellence, professionalism and dedication to maintaining high standards of Irish pension provision over the past year.

Commenting on the win at the awards, Norman Carroll, Chief Executive Officer, Exaxe said: