Global Study: Majority of Organizations Plan to Digitally Transform, yet 84% of Businesses Stalled by Integration Challenges
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
MuleSoft, provider of the leading platform for building application networks, today announced the findings of the 2019 Connectivity Benchmark Report on the state of IT.
Cloud Elements Secures $25 Million Funding to Virtualize API Integration, Accelerate Digital Innovation
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
Cloud Elements today announced $25 million in new funding to accelerate market adoption of its breakthrough API integration platform for software providers. The Series C round was led by Mercato Partners, with additional funding from existing investors Access Ventures, American Express Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Harbert Growth Partners, Rally Ventures, and Upslope Ventures. The new round brings Cloud Elements’ total capital raised to $46.2... more
SWIFT gpi reaches $40 trillion milestone at two year anniversary
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Security, Infrastructure
SWIFT today announces a major milestone in the take-up of gpi with more than $40trn transferred over the service in 2018. Rapid adoption saw the share of cross-border messages using gpi soar from 15% at the start of 2018, to 56% by the end of the year, a year-on-year increase of 270%. More than 3,500 banks, accounting for 85% of SWIFT’s total payments traffic, have committed to adopting gpi, evidencing how the service has achieved the near total... more
Horizons ETFs to track Solactive Index for Canadian Preferred Share ETF
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Solactive is pleased to announce that Canadian ETF provider Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (“Horizons ETFs”) utilizes the Solactive Laddered Canadian Preferred Share Index as the underlying index for the Horizons Laddered Canadian Preferred Share Index ETF (“HLPR”), which lists on the Toronto Stock Exchange today. The index includes more than 170 Canadian preferred share securities that generally have an adjustable dividend rate.
ConsenSys' PegaSys releases first Ethereum blockchain client for enterprise
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
PegaSys today announced the release of Pantheon 1.0 with permissioning and consensus features built specifically with enterprise requirements in mind. Pantheon 1.0 allows users to create private blockchain networks, with new customer support and training offerings.
Embedded World 2019: Paragon and Visuality Systems Partner to Deliver Integrated SMB Protocol
- 7 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Paragon
Nivaura poised for growth following $20m strategic seed investment round
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Compliance, Infrastructure
Nivaura, a regulated FinTech company focused on automating the issuance and administration processes for financial instruments, has closed a strategic funding round, raising $20m in seed and seed extension capital from a number of prominent partners.
Financial Services Firms Update In-house Technology on a Reactive Basis
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
More than half (52%) of senior decision-makers in financial services organisations across the US and Europe, said they look to update or replace in-house solutions because they become technologically outdated. That’s according to a new in-depth study, commissioned by Asset Control. Further underlining the ongoing need to adapt their in-house technology, 49% of the sample said they were driven to schedule changes by ‘the increase in... more
More Than Half of UK SMEs Struggle with Spend Visibility
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Less than a third (31%) of UK SMEs claim to have a clear picture of business spend at the end of each month but little visibility on a day-to-day basis, according to a new report commissioned by fintech provider Fraedom. The report also revealed that this lack of visibility is leading more than half (57%) of the sample to spend more than two hours per week on expense or financial management tasks, while 22% admitted having to regularly ‘spend... more
Attack on critical national infrastructure is imminent, say over half of respondents to Infosecurity Europe poll
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Security, Infrastructure
More than half (59 per cent) of respondents to the latest social media poll conducted by Infosecurity Europe 2019 – Europe’s number one information security event – believe that an attack on the UK’s critical national infrastructure is likely this year.
Dimelo, a RingCentral Company announces integration with WhatsApp Business solution
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
Dimelo, a RingCentral Company, the leading cloud-based digital customer engagement platform, announces its integration with the WhatsApp Business solution that allows businesses to interact with customers in a fast and simple way directly through WhatsApp.
Treasury ‘cash grab’ ‘frustrating and misguided’ – R3
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Commenting on today’s publication of a Government consultation on plans to repay HMRC ahead of pension schemes, trade creditors, and lenders in insolvency procedures, Stuart Frith, President of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3, says:
Perkbox continues global expansion, opening offices in Australia
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Perkbox, Europe’s fastest growing employee experience platform, is today announcing the continuation of its global expansion plans by opening new offices in Sydney, Australia.The announcement follows only months after the company’s expansion into France, which achieved faster success than expected, and the launch of its three new products in the UK.
STYLE ANALYTICS EXPANDS GEOGRAPHICALLY WITH NEW OFFICES IN PARIS AND SHANGHAI
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Style Analytics, the provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, announces the opening of new offices in Paris and Shanghai. The Paris office will be run by Zenja Sabah Randjelovic who joins as Sales Director for Continental Europe. Zenja has over 20 years in selling financial software solutions. Zenja will be based in the new office located at 6 rue Duret, 75116 Paris and will focus on extending the Style... more
Citi Launches Digital Onboarding for Institutional Clients through CitiDirect BE®
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Infrastructure
Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) has launched CitiDirect BE® Digital Onboarding setting new standards of excellence for client experience. The new digital account opening experience for institutional clients is now available in North America and across six countries in Western Europe. This ground-breaking solution will be rolled out across the rest of EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America in the coming quarters.
