Citi today announced it has successfully completed the acquisition and conversion of Costco’s U.S. co-brand credit card portfolio from American Express. Citi acquired in excess of $10.5 billion of credit card receivables.

As of today, the new Costco Anywhere Visa Card by Citi and Costco Anywhere Visa Business Card by Citi are available exclusively to Costco members.

Kuberplay, an SDK-based service, offers a solution for app developers to monetize their applications, retain users and enhance consumer experience by empowering mobile users who choose to watch videos, subscribe to services, install applications and participate in other types of advertisements.

Total Group - a leading IT Support provider - has launched Wow WiFi, a fully-managed wireless network solution to help enterprise businesses mobilise their workforce with ultra-fast Wi-Fi.

 Coupa Software, a leader in cloud-based spend management, announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with ACANTIS to expand Coupa’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) brand in the German-speaking DACH markets - which includes Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Accenture has joined a new hub of financial technology (fintech) start-ups based in Tel Aviv, Israel dubbed “The Floor.” As a supporter, Accenture will evaluate potential innovations for its clients and potentially its own strategic investments, while mentoring start-ups and strengthening its ties to the growing Israeli technology community.

Parisian-based Powernext SA and the Austrian Central European Gas Hub AG (CEGH) have signed an agreement to jointly develop the Austrian as well as the Central and Eastern European (CEE) gas markets. In the context of this cooperation, the Austrian CEGH Gas Exchange spot and futures contracts will be offered via the pan-European PEGAS platform and operated under the Powernext rulebook. The cooperation is subject to competition and regulatory approvals. CEGH and Powernext expect closing in Q3 2016.

Silverfinch, the leading look-through and data distribution utility for client regulatory reporting, has launched a new capability to its data model in response to the upcoming Key Information Document (KID) regulation for Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Products (PRIIPs).

Aschheim (Munich). Wirecard, the leading payment service provider, and TeamViewer, Germany’s largest software company for remote monitoring and online meetings, are cooperateing in the field of payments: Wirecard is to provide credit card acceptance in more than 30 different countries for TeamViewer, handling payment processing and international risk management in its role as an acquirer.