Coupa Software has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites. The company achieved the highest ‘ability to execute’ assessment this year and for two consecutive years has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, which is considered one of the industry’s most thorough evaluations of enterprise purchasing services solutions.

D3 Banking, the leading innovator in Data Driven Digital™ banking has raised $10 million in capital from West Partners. The investment will help D3 Banking strengthen its team, invest in research and development and continue expanding its hosted platform to keep up with increasing market demand.

 Teradata reports the certification of multiple business intelligence (BI) and visualisation solutions on the Teradata Distribution of Presto.  These include Information Builders, the L

 Berkshire Hills Bancorp  and First Choice Bank have signed a definitive merger agreement under which First Choice Bank will merge into Berkshire Bank and its subsidiary, First Choice Loan Services Inc., will become a subsidiary of Berkshire Bank in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $111.7 million.   

Resource Environmental Solutions (“RES”), a leader in the ecological solutions market, announced that global investment firm KKR is making a significant investment in RES to support its next phase of growth and development.

Opus Bank reports that Tom Bowers, Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Capital Group, has been appointed to the Opus’ Board of Directors, effective June 23, 2016, and appointed a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Bowers replaces Marcos Alvarado, formerly Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Starwood Capital Group, who concurrently resigned from Opus’ Board of Directors, effective June 23, 2016. Opus’ board membership remains at nine.

If you’ve picked up the paper or read the news in the last few months, then you’re probably aware of the impending IT skills shortage the UK is facing.Business leaders state their main concern is reducing the IT skills gap within their company, and have initiated plans to prioritise this issue in the near future.

Financial inclusion pioneer Accion reports the appointment of financial service industry leaders Raza Dean and Nick Talwar to the organization's board of directors.

"We are thrilled to welcome Raza Dean and Nick Talwar to the Accion Board of Directors," said Accion Board Chair Diana Taylor. "Both individuals bring unique and extensive experience in the financial services industry. This experience, combined with a global perspective developed over years of living and working abroad, will be instrumental in advancing Accion's effort to foster financial inclusion around the world."

CIBC has teamed up with MagnusCards, to help produce free step-by-step visual guides that help individuals with special needs bank on their own. 

WISeKey helps secure Internet of Things (IoT) devices with SAP, the world’s largest provider of enterprise applications. The collaboration aims to allow the integration of WISeKey’s Managed Cryptographic Root of Trust secure IoT Edge Device with devices leveraging SAP HANA® Cloud Platform for the Internet of Things (IoT).