Percentile, leading innovator in risk management and RegTech, today announced the launch of RiskMine FRTB Standardised Calculator, a tool which allows banks to meet the key requirements of BCBS’s new market risk capital standards.

Financial IT speaks with Tristan Blampied, Senior Product Manager, Pelican at Sibos 2016.

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced impressive results for its FICO^® Enterprise Security Score, which assesses the forward-looking cybersecurity risk of trusted third parties and business partners. The company’s research shows that its score is twice as accurate as competing scores in terms of forecasting the likelihood that a company will suffer material data loss from a breach.

In the coming months, mainstream media headlines will continue to feature political developments that at least appear more momentous than those of previous years. However, taken together, the articles in this edition of Financial IT indicate that the pace of change in that part of the universe where IT intersects with financial services is accelerating. Some of the developments that are discussed will give rise to headlines in the trade press, if not the mainstream media, within weeks.

2C2P, the leading Southeast Asian (SEA) payments services company, and Diners Club International, a subsidiary of Discover Financial Services and part of the Discover Global Network, announced that 2C2P is a global acquirer for all cards running on the Discover Global Network. 2C2P’s SEA merchants can now tap Diners Club International, Discover and other Discover Global Network cards as an additional payment method. 2C2P will increase acceptance in the SEA region allowing Discover Global Network cardholders to use their cards at an increased number of merchants in the region.  

Fenergo, the leading provider of Client Lifecycle Management, Compliance, Data and Digitalization solutions for investment, corporate and private banks has been ranked in the Chartis RiskTech100® for the third consecutive year, moving up 25 places since last year.

Now in its eleventh year, Chartis RiskTech100® is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive independent study of the world’s major players in risk and compliance technology.

 Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that First Financial Bank in Bessemer, Alabama, has selected Fiserv as its new technology partner.

Plaza Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Michael T. Anderson, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Anderson assumed this role upon the retirement of the Bank’s previous CEO, Michael J. Clabby, on November 23, 2016. In his new role, Mr. Anderson will provide overall leadership to the Bank’s management team and work closely with the Board of Directors, while also maintaining relationships with the Bank’s clients.

Zafin, a leading financial technology company serving financial institutions of all sizes, is pleased to announce that Chris De Bruin has joined the firm’s Executive Leadership Team as Pres

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces the latest version of its LinqUs Device Management solution, designed to help mobile operators provide subscribers with a seamless journey to LTE. It now offers operators real-time identification and automatic over-the-air configuration of their subscribers' 4G devices and instant promotion of targeted tariff plans and offers. Key benefits include increased 4G adoption and usage by customers, faster return on investment in LTE networks, and improved subscriber retention.