IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that MarkitSERV has expanded its global network of derivatives clearinghouses by connecting to Asigna, the clearinghouse for Mexican listed and standardized derivatives. With the new connection, MarkitSERV provides standardized workflow and connectivity for matching, confirming and clearing Mexican peso TIIE 28 swaps. Asigna, Compensación y Liquidación... more Read more »
Deal complements ITRS’ existing real-time monitoring and investigation technology, meeting customer demand to prevent outages and reduce costs ITRS Group, the leading provider of real-time monitoring and IT operations analytics, has announced it has acquired capacity management firm, Sumerian. The move comes after a successful nine-month partnership with Sumerian and the development of ITRS Insights Capacity Planner. Read more »
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and KPMG Lower Gulf Limited “KPMG LG” are pleased to launch the second edition of FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge (the Challenge) and push ahead with efforts to drive innovation in the financial services industry. Read more »
Hosted by the Asian Banker magazine, the 2nd Future Global Finance Summit and the 19th Asian Banker Summit was held in Beijing from May 23 to 25. Representatives of the industry from Chinaand abroad including Johanna Chua, the Asia-Pacific chief economist of Citibank; Kartik B. Arteya, the executive vice president of the US Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Yuanzheng Cao, chairman of BOC International Research Co., Ltd. Read more »
Latest AI technology advances from global Fujitsu Laboratories’ resources on show for the first time in Europe. One-day “Fujitsu Innovation Gathering” event takes place alongside the Swedish stop of the Fujitsu World Tour, one of the world’s largest annual road shows with over 20 stops across 6 continents ‘Social Innovation’ theme highlights project examples and collaborations that are solving real-world social problems, including Finnish... more Read more »
IFINSEC Financial Sector IT Security Conference and Exhibition (www.ifinsec.com) will be held on 13-14 November 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. IFINSEC is a global and niche conference with its focus on IT Security technologies and solutions for the financial sector. IFINSEC is one of the most important conferences in EMEA region in its category. Read more »
Elemica, the leading Digital Supply Network for process manufacturing industries, announces the company's first-quarter results of 2018 highlighting substantial network growth and new product innovations. Read more »
The unique environment for financial services in Africa is fertile ground for innovative FinTech players who are capitalising on the opportunities to disrupt or leapfrog established business models to make financial services more affordable, accessible and profitable across the continent. Read more »
Finda System (Asia) Pte Ltd (Finda), a fintech company offering Know-Your-Customer (KYC) solutions to the banking sector, today announced receiving grant from Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) through the central bank’s FSTI (Financial Sector Technology and Innovation) Proof of Concept (POC) Scheme. This scheme is aimed at supporting the creation of “industry-wide technology infrastructure” for new products and services, a category that... more Read more »
Iliad has launched an upgraded version of its certification platform to simplify and speed the certification and on-boarding requirements of card schemes, clearing houses, PSP’s and banks. The solution can be deployed on premise or as a SaaS model hosted in the cloud. Read more »
Software intelligence company, Dynatrace, today announced the findings of an independent global survey of 249 CIOs in the financial services sector, which reveals that 77% of financial services organizations say the need for speed in digital innovation is putting customer experience at risk. The study found that on average, financial services organizations release new software updates twice per working hour, as they push to keep up with... more Read more »
ITRS Group, the leading provider of real-time monitoring and IT operations analytics to financial services firms, has announced a partnership with MapR, a pioneer in delivering the industry's leading data platform for AI and analytics, both on site and across the cloud. The collaboration will see MapR software integrated with ITRS Geneos. Read more »
Partnership with leading institutions including Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard Capitolis, the pioneering technology provider for the capital markets, announced today that it has launched a groundbreaking novation service in foreign exchange (FX). Citi, HSBC, BlueCrest and Brevan Howard, among many other market participants, have collaborated with Capitolis on this service, which is the first of its kind in FX. Read more »
The 7th China Forex Expo, which was held from May 18-19 in Great China International Square, was a huge success with over 7,000 visitors attending and 102 thousand clicks on the live streaming platform. This time, we also added this year’s hottest trend ‘blockchain’ into the exhibition as well as the conference. The clashes of western fintech and Asia markets brought a great many opportunities for brokers, technology and services providers,... more Read more »
Key Dates and Details Competition Now Open, CLICK HERE to Enter for Free Closing date: 17:00 on Thursday 31st May 2018 Following two years of success, the PIMFA FinTech Solutions Competition, held by the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association (PIMFA), is holding its third open competition for companies to present their ‘FinTech Solution’ at the PIMFA Fintech Conference 2018 on 12th September 2018. Read more »
