The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, today pioneered mobile and online money transfers to Cuba via the Western Union app and wu.com in the U.S., paving the way for a new generation of tech-savvy customers to move money into Cuba in minutes.*

The move solidifies Western Union’s more than 15 years of serving Cuba and reflects its commitment to bring access to its global omni-channel strategy to the Cuban diaspora in the United States.

Software AG  reveals  the availability of a next generation Total Surveillance solution providing comprehensive monitoring and surveillance for investment banks and other financial institutions.

Risk Focus Inc., is pleased to announce it will now include support for CME Group’s European Trade Repository (ETR) European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) reporting validations on Validate.Trade, offering the industry’s first independent multi-repository validations.

 Chicago-based Rival Systems (Rival), a trading software company established last year, today announced that Bracken, LLC has selected Rival as the platform for its equity options market-making business on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).  Bracken is leveraging Rival Trader’s Electronic Eye and Auto-Quoting capabilities and building the group’s proprietary algorithmic strategies using Rival API.   Rival’s speed, customization, functionality and support were critical factors in Bracken’s decision to deploy the technology for all of its trading needs.

The flagship event of the Euro Banking Association and the publication of two EBA papers on Open Banking and cryptotechnologies contribute to the payments industry’s understanding of key change drivers

Digital transformation is here; changing how organisations work, collaborate and innovate. It is delivering clear benefits to businesses and with further increases in mobility and BYOD on the horizon; organisations of all sizes are embracing the power of technology to drive their transformation further.

BPC Banking Technologies, a world leading provider of payment solutions, today announces being voted as the best payments solution provider in East Africa by the Banker Africa publication. The award comes shortly after being voted as the best provider in South Africa a month earlier.

Infosys has been recognized as the 'IT Services Provider of the Year - Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Sector' by Frost & Sullivan. This is the second year in a row that Infosys has emerged as a leader in the BFSI sector. The award is testimony to the innovative and next-generation services and solutions offered by Infosys to financial services clients.

Token, Inc., a new kind of payment network and API ecosystem enabling banks to quickly transform the PSD2 compliance threat into a revenue generating opportunity, launches today.

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