The Wirecard Group and MyOrder B.V. (a Rabobank Company) cooperate to create new FinTech solutions. Wirecard and MyOrder now enabled GRPPY (Grouppay, www.grppy.com) to create a shared wallet. GRPPY is Rabobank latest startup and is using the platform of MyOrder, for which Wirecard already provides the complete wallet infrastructure as a technical service provider.

BNP Paribas is to run a second International Hackathon from 17 to 19 June. More countries will be involved this year – eight, up from five for the 2015 event. The theme of the 2016 Hackathon is: ‘Streamlining the Customer Journey through co-creation with start-ups.’ 

Today, people are more connected than ever before. From homes and appliances, to cars and accessories, the internet of things (IoT) has the potential to bring banking to every corner of people's lives.

Comprised of physical devices that can collect and exchange data, the internet of things includes everything from smart appliances to connected cars, and the number of these devices is growing exponentially.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced the launch of a new electronic platform, Instinct® Loans, for the secondary trading of syndicated corporate loans.

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY) and Paytm, India’s largest mobile payments and commerce platform, today announced that the Finacle Core Banking solution has been selected to power Paytm’s new payments bank business.

 Regulatory SaaS technology leader Opus announced today thatAlacra, its KYC and reference data management platform, has signed a distribution partnership with 

Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Halifax and Lloyds Bank are working with Zapp, VocaLink’s payments innovation team, to deliver “Pay by Bank app” that makes paying with your mobile safe, secure and convenient

VocaLink today announces its new “Pay by Bank app” service is soon to be available to customers of four of the UK’s biggest banks.

SIFMA has launched an interactive database that displays information about the capital markets in each state.  The database is designed to be a resource for audiences seeking to learn more about capital markets and their impact on states’ economic growth, infrastructure and innovation.

The database includes several downloadable data points for each state, including:

BioCatch™, the global leader in Behavioral Authentication and Malware Detection, announced today the integration of additional Microsoft Azure capabilities into its behavioral biometrics technology, enhancing BioCatch’s ability to detect and fight financial fraud at some of the largest banks and ecommerce sites around the world.