Investing in the Automation Revolution
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Data Management, Infrastructure
AutoRek are excited to reveal that they have recently partnered with Worldwide Business Research (WBR) to create an industry report focusing on the trends and insights of automation and data management within the financial services sector. 100 individuals within the operations, IT, business change, finance and data management business functions were surveyed in order to get an insight into their thoughts on automation and how it will affect the... more
Traydstream and Standard Chartered to Digitise Documentary Trade Matching Processes
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Traydstream and Standard Chartered Bank today announced a strategic agreement to introduce Traydstream’s digital trade document matching services to the Bank’s clients, delivering increased efficiency and transparency to document trade processing and improving the trade finance experience for buyers and suppliers globally.
Digital Transformation Projects Continue to Be at Risk, Couchbase Research Finds
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Despite rising optimism in digital transformation, the vast majority of organizations are still suffering failure, delays or scaled back expectations from digital transformation projects, research from Couchbase has found. In the survey of 450 heads of digital transformation in enterprises across the U.S., U.K., France and Germany, 73 percent of organizations have made “significant” or better improvements to the end-user experience in their... more
Mirada to deploy Iris multiscreen solution for Plataforma Multimedia de Operadores in Spain
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Mirada plc (AIM: MIRA), a leading provider of integrated software solutions for Digital TV operators and broadcasters, is delighted to announce it has won a new customer in Spain. Mirada has started working for Plataforma Multimedia de Operadores for the development of its new OTT-based TV platform. Plataforma Multimedia de Operadores (the “Customer”, the “Operator”) is a new Spanish OTT enabler whose main shareholder is Procono S.A.U., and... more
Inefficient Procurement Processes are Costing UK Businesses Almost £2m per Year
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
Research from Ivalua, a leading provider of global spend management cloud solutions, has shown that procurement, supply chain and finance professionals are spending almost a third (31%) of their time dealing with inefficient paper-based or manual procurement processes, which is costing UK businesses on average £1.94m annually* and limiting procurement teams’ ability to deliver more strategic value.
GovMoney 2019 - Driving Public Finance Forward
- 5 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Victoria Park Plaza, London. 4th December 2019 Drawing on the disruptive force of technology, GovMoney is a brand-new conference exploring how the finance sector can provide quality public services and value for money with tools fit for the 21st century.
Buy Bitcoin with credit card easily in Lumi Wallet
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Lumi wallet has expanded its functionality: now Lumi users can buy Bitcoin and Ethereum for USD and EUR. One of the most secure and anonymous wallets on the market has partnered with Simplex, to provide seamless risk-free transactions from a credit card to crypto wallet.
Qatar Innovation Week: Celebrating The Value Of Future Technologies This November
- 5 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Reiterating what the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai had said, “AI may become more profound than fire or electricity.” Artificial Intelligence, in all probabilities, is becoming an economic arsenal for most countries around the world today, including the West Asian country that sits on the Arabian Peninsula. Yes, we’re talking about Qatar, the country with one of the richest economies in the world. With a blueprint already in place to set the... more
Connected Insurance Report: Industry Weighs in on Future of Technology in Insurance
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
To some, it is magic. To insurance, it is reality. The ability to accurately discern the past and predict the future based on nothing but data points and the long-lived experience of actuaries and adjusters has served the industry well up to now, allowing insurance to become the multi-billion-dollar industry it is today. The past few years, however, have witnessed in a dramatic shift to this picture, prompted by the advent of the Internet of... more
Agenda of IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition is Announced
- 5 years 6 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
The Agenda of IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition (09-10 April 2019 - Istanbul, Turkey) is announced on the event website. IFINTEC is a global conference which is one of the biggest and most important conferences in EMEA region with its focus on Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Core Banking, Payment Systems, Banking Technologies, Banking IT Solutions, Digital Transformation and Finance Technologies. With 900+ attendees,... more
SIA and Supply@ME partners to launch - through the SIAchain infrastructure - the new “Inventory Monetization” platform
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Management, Infrastructure
SIA, the European hi-tech company, leader in payment services and infrastructures, and Supply@ME, the scale-up of the AvantGarde Group, have signed a partnership agreement to launch - through the SIAchain infrastructure - the new “Inventory Monetization” platform, created by the Milan-based fintech soon to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Proposed all share acquisition of Refinitiv by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Data, Infrastructure
Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, today announces that its shareholders have agreed definitive terms with the London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) under which LSEG will acquire Refinitiv in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately US$27 billion. The full LSEG announcement can be found here.
Allevo Named as One of Europe’s Best ‚Ones to Watch’
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Allevo, a Romanian financial software company, has been nominated, for the second year in a row, as ‘Ones to Watch’ in Europe in a list of business excellence published by the European Business Awards, one of world’s largest and longest running business competitions.
WorldStream Revamps Executive Leadership Team to Support Projected Global Growth
- 5 years 6 months ago
- IaaS, Infrastructure
WorldStream, a fast growing provider of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hosting solutions with more than 15,000 dedicated servers installed and a global network with 10Tbps of bandwidth available, is preparing itself for further global growth in response to increased customer demand by announcing a major revamp in its management lineup and promoting six of its employees to the role of company director.
TriOptima Announces Completion of First Cleared Inflation Swap Compression Run in LCH SwapClear
- 5 years 6 months ago
- Derivatives and OTC Derivatives, Infrastructure
TriOptima, a leading infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, today announced that it has completed the first cleared inflation swap compression run at LCH SwapClear. The compression run was completed on July 19 with Euro cleared inflation swaps being compressed through the triReduce service. TriOptima will go live with Sterling and US Dollar cleared inflation swaps compression in LCH SwapClear... more
