Infrastructure

Barclays Supports UK TV Production with £100m Fund

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

In its aspiration to provide UK TV production companies improved access to finance and enhance their ability to compete internationally, Barclays has launched a £100m fund. The fund, the first of its kind from a major UK bank, has been established with new, innovative financing products that have been designed to meet the evolving needs of the TV sector.

ClauseMatch unveils next-gen document workflow collaboration platform to Transform Policy Management and Compliance Within Banks

8 years 7 months ago
FinTech StartUps, Infrastructure

Today ClauseMatch, major financial technology company that provides software-as-a-service platform for smart document management, announced the launch and global availability of its innovative online editor. London-based ClauseMatch, a successful 2014 graduate of the inaugural Barclays Accelerator programme, shall be working with Barclays to enable the bank to manage policies and standards in one place at a global level.

Allen & Overy's Fuse: New tech innovation space

8 years 7 months ago
Regulatory Standards, Infrastructure

Allen & Overy is opening Fuse, a new tech innovation space where tech companies, Allen & Overy lawyers, technologists and their clients will collaborate to explore, develop and test legal, regulatory and deal-related solutions.

UK's FCA selects Cognizant to transform technology portfolio and quality assurance processes

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

Wishworks reaches consulting & reseller gold partner status with hortonworks

8 years 7 months ago
IT Innovations, Infrastructure

WHISHWORKS, the global IT services company that designs, builds and supports technology for the data-driven enterprise, has achieved gold reseller and consulting partner status with Hortonworks, a leading innovator of the connected data platforms that allow customers to create actionable intelligence for business transformation.

Supermicro unveils latest IT building blocks for software defined data centers

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

Super Micro Computer, Inc., the world leader in computer, storage and networking technologies, including green computing, announces participation at World Hosting Days, the global event for cloud services and internet infrastructure providers being held in Europa-Park, Germany from March 25 to 31. Supermicro will showcase enterprise and data center solutions in the Arena exhibitor space, Booth #F09.

ThinkMarkets Cuts Latency on ThinkTrader Mobile App with Neumob Solution

8 years 7 months ago
Trading Systems, Infrastructure

ThinkMarkets, an advanced financial services provider of forex, CFDs and financial spread betting has enhanced its ThinkTrader mobile trading app through the implementation of Neumob’s SDK, an app acceleration framework, to significantly reduce latency for global forex and CFD traders.

UK Banks Can Learn from their U.S. Counterparts in Response to PSD2

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

Banking executives will gather to discuss the challenges of PSD2 implementation at a Congress in London tomorrow. Early signs point to a battle between financial services institutions and technology firms over the new legislation’s customer data access requirements.

Arvato Financial Solutions Doubles Its Stake in Brazilian Financial Services Provider Intervalor

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

Arvato Financial Solutions, the globally acting financial services provider, is taking its step-by-step option and has increased its holdings of Intervalor shares to 81.5 per cent. After initially acquiring 40 per cent of interest in Intervalor shares in June 2015, this is a further important step within the consistent internationalization of Arvato Financial Solutions. Both parties have come to an understanding that the financial details of... more

HID Global Shares Identity Technology Trends Anchoring Today’s Connected Health Transformation

8 years 7 months ago
Security, Infrastructure

A shift in how trusted identities are used across the healthcare continuum is fuelling the demand for advanced smart card technologies and mobile solutions, as healthcare institutions become more connected. The new focus on ID technology is changing how institutions operate, how they manage access to patients, data and equipment, how they protect patient privacy, and how they improve billing accuracy – all without compromising the quality of... more

Systemax upgrades operations to focus on Its North American industrial Products and France IT Businesses

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

Today Systemax Inc. unveiled it has executed a definitive agreement with a management team backed by Hilco Capital Limited ("Hilco") to sell all of its unprofitable European Technology Products Group businesses. Systemax will retain its highly profitable operations in France. This step focuses the Company's ongoing operations on its profitable Industrial Products Group ("IPG") and France businesses.

Global-IP forms outstanding sales team to develop services its African Markets

8 years 7 months ago
IT Innovations, Infrastructure

Global-IP Cayman, advanced satellite communications company, comissioned to bring affordable Internet and related value-added services to Sub-Saharan Africa, is delighted to announce its outstanding sales team brought on board to develop channel partners and offer new types of communications services in the area. The sales team is headed by Senior Group Vice President, Yaron Tchwella, a seasoned executive who previously served in various... more

Lords Committee Calls For UK Government to Tackle Financial Exclusion

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

The House of Lords Financial Exclusion Committee has today published its report in which it asks the Government, the Financial Conduct Authority and banks to give greater priority to tackling financial exclusion. It calls on them to end the scandal of the poorest being excluded from even basic financial services and forced to rely on expensive and substandard products.

Thirty Percent of UK Jobs at Risk From Robotic Automation - PwC

8 years 7 months ago
Infrastructure

UK economic growth held up better than expected in the six months following the Brexit vote, but this began to ease in early 2017 as inflation has risen, squeezing household spending power. In our main scenario, we project UK growth to slow to around 1.6% in 2017 and 1.4% in 2018 due to slower consumer spending growth and the drag on business investment from Brexit-related uncertainty.