Re-mortgaging reaches record level since 2008
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
According to Finance UK, there were 50,500 new homeowner re-mortgages completed in October which was 23.2 per cent more than in the same month a year earlier. The £9.2bn of re-mortgaging in the month was 22.7 per cent more year-on-year.[1]
Cisco and UBS to host ESG Conference Call/Webcast for the Financial Community on 12/17/18
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Cisco and UBS will host an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Conference Call/Webcast for the Financial Community, at 11:00 a.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. GMT on Monday, December 17, 2018. Kathy Mulvany, Cisco’s VP of Corporate Affairs, and Darrel Stickler, Cisco’s Environmental Sustainability Lead, will provide an overview of Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, priorities and goals, and explain why Cisco’s CSR initiatives play... more
Nordic Finance chooses Tieto’s leasing platform to start offering leases and disrupt the leasing market
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Tieto has signed an agreement with Swedish leasing broker Nordic Finance to provide a leasing system that disrupts conventional processes and gives customers a smoother experience through digitalisation and automation.
NEOXAM RECEIVES FINANCE INNOVATION ACCREDITATION FOR AI PROJECT
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Transaction Banking, Data, Infrastructure
NeoXam, a leading provider of data management and transaction software solutions dedicated to the financial industry, today announces it has received a “Finance Innovation Accreditation” by the French Public Authorities for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) offering. Finance Innovation is the unique cluster for innovation in the French financial sector. Its goal is to accelerate the creation and development of innovative projects devoted to... more
Swanest launches Risk & Return Scanner for financial media
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
Swanest, a robo-adviser that makes intelligent investing simple, today launched Risk & Return Scanner, an investment calculator for financial media that automates risk and expected return analysis through the use of algorithms.
Infosecurity Europe challenges CISO community to predict top trends and challenges for the industry in 2019
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
As 2018 draws to a close, Infosecurity Europe 2019, Europe’s number one information security event, which next year takes place at Olympia, London from 4-6 June 2019, has challenged its CISO community within financial services and other key industry sectors to predict the trends that will shape the industry in the year ahead.
NEW DTCC RISK SURVEY REVEALS GROWING CONCERNS OVER BREXIT’S SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
The slower than expected negotiating progress between the United Kingdom and the European Union and the ongoing uncertainty of the outcome has positioned Brexit as a top systemic risk concern for 2019, although cybersecurity and other geopolitical risks around the globe continue to dominate the risk landscape, according to a new survey published by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market... more
Equiniti Riskfactor wins US client Eagle Business Credit
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
Equiniti Group plc, the FTSE-listed share services and fintech business, is delighted to announce that its risk management business, Equiniti Riskfactor, has been awarded a contract with Eagle Business Credit, the Atlanta-based factoring company which launched in 2013 and provides flexible funding solutions for small businesses.
Data breaches threaten customer trust in Open Banking
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
TLT’s Opportunity Knocks report on Open Banking, which draws on research involving 130 senior decision makers across UK financial services, highlights a growing tension between data sharing – the basic tenet of Open Banking – and high profile data breaches, as customers grow increasingly aware of and sensitive to data security issues.
Ingenico Breaks New Ground with Domestic Processing and Cross-Border Settlement for International Payments in Russia
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, is transforming how international online merchants can do business in Russia, by offering domestic processing and cross-border settlement for international payments for the first time.
The Finnish Defence Forces authorized to sign an Agreement with Bittium Corporation’s subsidiary Bittium Wireless Ltd on Purchasing the Bittium Tough SDR™ tactical radios
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
The Finnish Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö has authorized the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command to enter into an Agreement with Bittium Wireless Ltd on the purchase of Bittium Tough SDR™ handheld and vehicle radios, and their related accessories. The value of the Purchase Agreement currently under negotiations is at the maximum approximately EUR 13 million (incl. VAT). The new software-defined-radio based tactical radios will be used... more
Inditrade Capital and Robocash Group sign MoU to join efforts in India
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
The Indian financial company Inditrade Capital and Robocash Group announced the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an independent NBFC business “Inditrade-Robocash” that will provide short-term consumer lending in India.
Bahrain Credit signs multi-year digital banking deal with Clayfin
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Bahrain Credit, a leading financial company in Bahrain and part of Bahrain Commercial Facilities Company has entered into a multi-year contract with Clayfin and Computer World to transform their retail digital banking business.
IDC urges Middle East's Banking & Finance industry to enhance provision of digital customer experiences
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
As the open banking movement gathers momentum and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to proliferate across the industry, 25% of financial institutions worldwide will be capable of processing transactions initiated by third-party digital personal assistants by 2022.
Crunchfish in partnership with a global AR solution provider for customer field tests
- 7 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Nasdaq First North-listed Crunchfish forms partnership with JoinPad – a global provider of Augmented Reality solutions for enterprises. Several field tests are initiated including use cases in logistics and warehouses as well as a marketing project using AR glasses for reading comics produced by one of the most successful Italian publishing houses. In a pilot for the international fashion house Marina Rinaldi, part of MaxMara holding, Epson... more
