Workplace IT issues are creating a £4 billion UK productivity ‘black hole’, Capita research reveals
- 7 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
A new report, ‘The State of IT – The Employee Verdict’, reveals that more than half (55%) of financial services workers in the UK lose at least an hour a month to IT problems, with an average 1 hour 23 minutes lost. Although 95% of financial services workers stated they had IT issues at work, less than two thirds (62%) actually reached out to IT support or service desks to solve them.
TIBCO Expands Capabilities to Deliver High Performance Analytics
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Data, IT Innovations
TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced new and enhanced capabilities for TIBCO Spotfire®, one of the industry's most comprehensive analytics platforms.
Mobey Forum Report Dissects the IoT Opportunity for Financial Institutions
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Digital Identity, IT Innovations
Financial institutions (FIs) should act now to determine the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) or risk losing their competitive edge, according to a new report published today from the IoT Expert Group at Mobey Forum, the global industry association empowering banks and other financial institutions to shape the future of digital financial services.
Finnovex West Africa 2019, organized under the Patronage of the Central Bank of Nigeria - The Leading Summit on Financial Services Innovation & Excellence
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Financial Institutions and banks, in West Africa, driven by innovation, are harnessing region’s widespread mobile-phone coverage to create low-price offerings and innovative distribution models and are tapping the intrinsic opportunities that lie within these challenges the West African digital banking revenue growth could accelerate significantly over the coming years.
Bank Leumi, CIBC and National Australia Bank Launch Online Portal to Drive Collaboration with Fintechs
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Digital Identity, Banking, IT Innovations
As part of an international banking alliance, Bank Leumi of Israel (TASE: LUMI), CIBC and National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) today introduced Global Alliance Fintech Link, a global online portal developed to help drive client-focused innovation by facilitating collaboration between the banks and financial technology firms (fintechs).
Evarvest launches Stock Trading App Uniting the World’s Stock Exchanges to Investors Across the Globe
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Evarvest, a Lithuania-based start-up established with a goal of uniting the world’s stock exchanges and making them more widely accessible, reveals plans to launch a unique trading solution addressed to the next generation of investors. The soon-to-be-released app will provide users with an easy to use, transparent and low cost way to access stocks, bonds and ETFs in over 30 stocks markets around the world. Evarvest has already confirmed... more
Abacus Group Launched Third-Party Patch Management for AbacusFLEXä IT-as-a-Service Clients.
- 7 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations
Abacus Group, a global provider of IT services for alternative investment firms, today announced it has launched a new third-party patch management feature for its AbacusFLEXä IT-as-a-Service clients, as well as enhanced compliance reporting within the Abacus Client Portal. Abacus continues to invest heavily in its premium service, technology solutions, cybersecurity and R&D to meet the unique and stringent compliance requirements for... more
Haltia Uses AWS IoT Greengrass Technology to Launch Smart Factory Solution
- 7 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Technical
Haltian Oy is the first vendor on the market to offer in
Billon Solutions and Microsoft to Bring DLT to Polish Universities
- 7 years 5 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Jobs Listings
Billon Solutions sp. z o. o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Research on Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology, operating at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. Under the agreement, the parties will be able to support each other in their academic and expert work on blockchain. The cooperation can be also expanded to include joint initiatives... more
During the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2019, New NRI Solutions for Margins and Derivatives Recognized
- 7 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations
Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, was recognized by the 2019 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards for innovation in financial technology and has been awarded “Best Collateral Management Solution” and “Best OTC Derivatives Solution.” Post-trade processing and collateral solutions have been a primary emphasis for their global business, and in 2018 NRI introduced two new solutions, GX... more
UK Cash Deposit FinTech Raises £11m to Drive Growth
- 7 years 5 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
London based FinTech, Flagstone, developer of the UK’s largest cash deposit platform which provides clients with access to over 550 deposit accounts from 30 banks through asingle application, has raised £11m in growth capital from investors including Kindred Capital, Moneysupermarket Group plc, VentureFounders and a number of private individual investors.
Spotcap Fintech Fellowship 2019 Open for Applications
- 7 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations
Fintech and other financial services firms must work harder to be able to secure the skills they need for the future. That is one of the main findings from a recent report from TheCityUK and recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson.
Collision technology conference now seven times the size of last year’s US event and already larger than its European flagship event, Web Summit
- 7 years 5 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
In its first year in Canada, North America’s fastest-growing technology conference has officially announced it has now reached maximum capacity for this year’s Collision event, to be held in Toronto’s Enercare Centre from May 20 - 23. The size of Collision’s now sold-out floor space is set to be seven times larger than Collison 2018, formerly held in New Orleans. The size of the space has also surpassed its flagship event, Web Summit. This year’... more
FINRA opens office of Financial Innovation
- 7 years 5 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
FINRA today announced the formation of an Office of Financial Innovation that will serve as a central point of coordination for issues related to significant financial innovations by FINRA member firms, particularly new uses of financial technology (fintech).
