NTT Ltd. the world-leading global technology services provider, has today announced Andy Cocks as its Chief Go-to-Market Officer. Cocks joins NTT’s Global Executive team after successfully leading NTT’s Go-to-Market business in the Asia Pacific region, and more recently as Chief Technology Officer. He will be relocating from Singapore to his native UK, and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer, Jason Goodall.

Currencycloud, the leading global payments platform, has appointed Barbera De Jong to Chief People Officer (CPO), demonstrating the company’s commitment to talent development and its people as it ramps up its global growth strategy.

Barbera will be responsible for Currencycloud’s organisational evolution as it continues to increase its headcount, adding more than 100 staff since 2017 alone, and now over 200 employees across its offices in London, Cardiff, New York, Lviv and Amsterdam.

As data breaches continue to rise globally, protecting the integrity of customer data (especially in the payments world) is vital.

New research by global technology services provider Claranet has revealed that six in ten organisations (61 per cent) believe that their general workforces need much more training in cybersecurity awareness. Somewhat alarmingly, 38 per cent of respondents said that their software development teams also need a great deal more training in this area, and 29 per cent said the same is required for IT operations teams.

Today five°degrees; a digital core banking provider announces its partnership with Codat, a London based FinTech helping banks to integrate with the multiple accounting platforms their customers use to run their businesses – all through a single API.

The collaboration between five°degrees and Codat strengthens the position of the two companies within the SME lending industry, provisioning for the needs of banks and financial institutions to help them better serve small business customers.

Cyber security provider F-Secure and broadband networking solutions provider Zyxel are taking their cooperation to the next level by offering F-Secure SENSE connected home security to deliver fast, secure Wi-Fi that protects against the growing number of threats targeting connected home devices.

Captivating for some, horrifying for others – Artificial Intelligence has always been evoking ambivalent feelings. Sure, it’s useful, helpful and it makes our lives so much easier. Yet, at the same time: how can we make sure it will not get out of control? What about the ethical aspect of its exploitation? And finally: what if it falls into the wrong hands and is used to deceive us?

It’s little wonder that borrowers are nervous of the current interest rate environment in the UK. The tail end of last week was a reminder of how unforgiving the market can be as interest rate swaps surged over 15bps on more optimistic reports on the progress of the Brexit negotiations. Up until that time, the yield curve had implied interest rate swaps would average around 0.50% for maturities up until 10 years. So what can borrowers do to mitigate the risks in extremely volatile markets?

What’s hedging and what’s speculation?

QUO, the execution and workflow solution for investment managers from TradingScreen (TS), has today announced two new hires as part of its expansion into global markets. Kunal Singh joins as head of sales for South and Southeast Asia and Deepshikha Chaudhary as product manager. 

Singh will be responsible for growing QUO’s presence across Asia, selected for his in-depth knowledge and wealth of experience across the industry and region previously holding positions at Edelweiss, DE Shaw & Co and Wingate Group.