Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), one of the largest operators of restaurants, pubs and bars in the UK, has today announced a partnership with Flypay and its ground-breaking Flyt platform.

Responding to customer demand, M&B will be including frictionless payments across its estate of around 1,700 pubs, bars and restaurants, with the aim of revolutionising the customer journey. The partnership will enable M&B to access a range of different solutions, each offering an individual experience for customers and tailored to each brand's bespoke requirements.

Eurazeo, a leading global investment company listed in Paris, in partnership with West Street Capital Partners VII, a fund managed by the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division (“GS MBD”), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Dominion Web Solutions (“DWS”), an integrated platform of branded marketplaces and digital marketing solutions for the powersport, RV, commercial truck and equipment industries, for $680M. This is the first investment for Eurazeo in the U.S. since opening its North America headquarters in September 2016.

Cobalt, the FX post-trade processing network based on distributed ledger technology, today announced that Citadel Securities, a leading global market-maker across FX, fixed income, equities, ETFs and options, and XTX Markets, a leading quantitative-driven electronic market-maker, have signed up as Cobalt launch participants.

Cobalt’s FX solution is set to launch in 2017. There are currently 22 beta participants on Cobalt’s peer-to-peer network including Citi, which became a Cobalt investor in 2016, and Cobalt’s technology partners including SETL, First Derivatives and Tradepoint.

On May 19, the capital of the Czech Republic will host an exhibition of software and hardware for the crypto industry. The event is organized as part of Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Prague, the conference dedicated to the development of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

The mobile payments company Fortumo is today announcing the launch of Hosted Direct Carrier Billing (HDCB). The new payment product allows any digital content merchant to use the most advanced features of direct carrier billing, including dynamic pricing, 2-step and token based charging as well as recurring payments capabilities.

After the economic crisis shook the world in 2008, a wave of consumer protection initiatives hit the global financial industry like a tsunami. More than ever before, it became crucial to protect customers from bad investments, losses, and illegal conduct perpetrated by financial institutions.

CCH Tagetik, part of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of leading software solutions and information services for professionals, announced the availability of its IFRS solution portfolio, created to help finance teams meet the significant new and evolving reporting standards. CCH Tagetik IFRS 9, CCH Tagetik Revenue Accounting (IFRS 15), CCH Tagetik Lease Accounting (IFRS 16) and CCH Tagetik IFRS 17 solutions help professionals get compliant quickly, efficiently and confidently.

 Misys today unveiled its retail banking private cloud solution for the German market, at a company event in Frankfurt. The pre-configured and localised Misys FusionBanking Essence solution delivers core and digital banking functionality on the Misys FinCloud in line with regional specificities including language, currency and regulatory frameworks.

Many challenges will face organisations meeting their reporting obligations under MIFIR, none more so than the initial identification and verification of trades required to report. 

The provision of reliable data to determine whether a trade must be reported often proves onerous and difficult. 

UnaVista, as part of our MIFIR Trade Reporting suite of products, is offering an eligibility data file which can be used by firms not only to determine trade eligibility under MIFIR but also enrich their reference data.

This will include: