With the heightened focus on regulation, growing cross-border investment and reducing securities trade settlement cycles globally, we welcome the initiative by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to promote payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement to mitigate settlement risk. This reaffirms Japan’s commitment to strengthening settlement and operational risk management and will help enhance growth in its domestic currency market.

WEX Inc., a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, and MyFlightSolutions, an innovative leader in aviation software, announce the launch of a new all-in-one virtual payments application called My CopilotTM. The My CopilotTM app offers innovative new technology and maximum flexibility for pilots and aviation industry professionals, such as fixed-base operators (FBOs), international trip-planning companies, fuel distributors and more.

H.I.G. Capital ("H.I.G."), a leading global private equity investment firm with more than $20 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Office Total S.A. (“Office Total”), has acquired Xsol Soluções Tecnológicas (“Xsol”). Office Total is a leading independent provider of Managed Print Services (MPS) in Brazil.

Karl Roe has been appointed VP Services and Cloud Solutions for pan-EMEA high value distributor Nuvias Group.

Compass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced the successful completion of stress testing its open development payment platform, TranzAxis, on Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

Misys, provider of the broadest portfolio of lending, treasury, trading and risk management solutions available on the market, is helping to transform the global financial services industry by making financial institutions more resilient, more efficient and more competitive. Misys solutions are used by some of the world's leading global financial institutions, including 48 of the world's 50 largest banks.

TotalBank announced the launch of TotalFlex, a new proprietary residential loan offering designed especially for South Florida borrowers with complex income structures, such as attorneys, physicians and business owners.

TotalFlex can be used for both purchases and refinances, providing the ability to address the evolving needs of local borrowers. TotalBank’s management team developed this program drawing on in-depth local market knowledge and expertise.

BCA Research, the leading provider of independent investment research, today announced the expansion of the firm’s Equity Trading Strategy (ETS) to cover equity markets in the MSCI World Index. ETS is an equity analysis platform that ranks companies by analyzing a proprietary mix of macro, fundamental and market data to explain stock price performance and identify mispriced assets.

Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange announced the extension of their current technology contract, which includes X-stream INET Trading technology for all SIX markets, including equities, ETFs, structured products, funds and fixed income, as well as SMARTS Market Surveillance and Nasdaq Pre-Trade Risk Management. In addition, the new SIX Swiss Exchange At Midpoint (SwissAtMid) dark pool was launched on Nasdaq trading and surveillance technology earlier this month. The two companies have been partners for more than 10 years.