FinTech Association of Hong Kong Appoints Interim General Manager
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure, People Moves
The FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) has announced that Syed Musheer Ahmed has been appointed as its Interim General Manager. Musheer has an extensive background in financial services and technology. He is a global markets trading and strategy consulting professional with cross-functional, multi-asset, international experience in financial services, with a strong understanding of financial technology and digital innovation.
Ping An Technology Takes Part in Slush Shanghai 2017: Focusing on Need of Enterprises for Innovative technologies
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
The 2017 edition of Slush, an international enterprise and technology conference that started in Finland, recently came to a conclusion in Changyang Valley, Yangpu District, Shanghai. The two-day event brought together over 3,000 participants from 50 countries who were given the opportunity to be exposed to many unique ideas suggested by enterprises from different countries and cultures and from across a wide range of industries.
Team Pulse OS from the University of Toronto Wins SWIFT Institute university Challenge
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Team Pulse OS from the University of Toronto were announced as the winners of the SWIFT Institute Student Challenge 2017 at the closing plenary session of Sibos in Toronto. Javier Perez-Tasso, Chief Executive for the Americas and UK Region, SWIFT, presented team leader Nataliya Mykhaylova with a 20,000 CAD award.
Azimo’s Momentum Continues with Triple-Digit Growth As Online Remittance Booms
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Azimo, the leading online money transfer business, today announced triple-digit growth across virtually every metric-including transactions sent, gross transaction volume, and revenue-as online remittances from the diverse communities of Europe to the rest-of-the-world booms. For example, over the past 12 months, Azimo saw a 236% increase in the amount of money sent to Poland, with Moldova (225%) and Nigeria (207%) following closely behind.
SWIFT to Streamline Standard Migration Process with New Message Translation Offering
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
SWIFT is launching a message translation offering that will allow users to define and validate messages from any format to ISO 20022, streamlining the process of migrating to a new standard. As many market infrastructures (MIs) move to ISO 20022, financial institutions using older or proprietary message formats must ensure their messages remain compatible. Many legacy systems will need to be upgraded in order to process the new standards. This... more
Synaptic Software launches retirement modelling tool, Synaptic Analyser
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Synaptic Software, the company responsible for developing research software for professional advisers, today launches Synaptic Analyser, a retirement income analysis and drawdown product comparison tool, that will help financial advisers support their customers in planning for retirement.
BNP Paribas Chooses Enyx for Market Data and Market Access Technology
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Data, Infrastructure
BNP Paribas and Enyx are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to ensure market data stability and quality for BNP Paribas Global Markets’ market access infrastructure.
Appway Announces New Solutions for Financial Services
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Appway has released two new solutions for financial services based on its latest Appway 7 technology, already live with clients worldwide. After serving international and domestic banks with award-winning client onboarding for the past ten years, Appway is releasing the fully revamped Onboarding for Wealth solution, which integrates digital and physical interactions for hyper-connected customers in the Digital Age.
Lucera Banks on BSO to Boost Trading Access to Leading FX Hubs
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Leading market infrastructure provider Lucera has selected BSO’s connectivity route to expand its global FX trading reach, as trading volumes start to rise.
Avaya Powers Digital Transformation to Modernise the Customer Experience In the Financial Services Industry
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
With industry analysts forecasting unprecedented change for the Financial Services and Insurance (FSI) industry over the next three years,[1] companies need a highly flexible, open and secure communications foundation with which they can confidently embrace the future.
Salesforce Now Live on Amazon Web Services Cloud Infrastructure in Australia
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
CodeGen to Make ITB Asia Debut
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
For the first time ever, pioneering travel software provider, CodeGen, will be exhibiting at ITB Asia. The industry leader will be showcasing its signature reservation platform, TravelBox as well as the newest advancements in artificial intelligent led solutions.
DTCC Unveils Framework for Assessing Fintech's Impact on Financial Stability in New White Paper
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems, Infrastructure
As experimentation and development of new fintech applications continues to grow, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today unveiled a new framework of nine key factors to assess when considering its impact on financial stability.
Earthport PLC Chooses Broadridge Financial Solutions to host FX and Cash Management Processing
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Broadridge FXL is a market leading 24/7 FX solution that utilizes a rules- and exception-based system to reduce human intervention. The technology enables clients to rapidly scale to meet their customer needs around FX, options, money markets and cash/liquidity management. The best-in-class, web-enabled solution will allow Earthport to expand services in a controlled environment and incorporate flexibility to enable a fast-track, efficient... more
Nordic FinTech Giants SDC and Signicat Drive Dramatic Rise in Digital-only Mortgage Applications
- 7 years 10 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, Infrastructure
Signicat, the first and largest identity assurance provider in the world, and SDC, a full-service IT service partner for the financial sector in the Nordic countries, today announced that 83% of SDC’s Danish banking clients’ customers’ mortgage applications are processed wholly digitally. The fully digital process for application, approval and signing has reduced the time to complete the mortgage process from weeks to days — and sometimes, in... more
