FINRA opens office of Financial Innovation
- 7 years 2 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).
Investment app tickr marks major growth milestone with crowdfunding campaign
- 7 years 2 months ago
- Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management, FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Investment app, tickr, is today launching its crowdfunding campaign on leading investment platform Seedrs. Funds raised will be used to accelerate user acquisition, while building several new features including a visual newsfeed giving users an interactive overview of the companies in their portfolio and the work they are doing to make an impact on the world. tickr’s user statistics demonstrate the scale of appetite for disruption in the... more
Synectics Receives Royal Recognition
- 7 years 2 months ago
- IT Innovations
Synectics Solutions, the Stoke-on-Trent based Fintech, predictive analytics and data services company, has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. The award was made for its outstanding successes in innovation, including the application of technology to save the UK taxpayer hundreds of millions annually from potential fraud. The Queen's Awards, which are the highest official UK accolade for British... more
London on Track to Become Global Fintech Hub, New Report Finds
- 7 years 2 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
This year, London will be home to just as many fintech ‘unicorns’ as current global leader San Francisco – according to a new report from global recruiter Robert Walters and market analysis experts Vacancy Soft.
Temenos honors customers in ‘Best in Banking Awards’ at Temenos Community Forum 2019
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced the winners of this year’s customer awards. The awards recognize Temenos clients for best practice, achievements and a demonstration of excellence, innovation and a vision for the future of banking.
Financial Innovation Summit discusses new fintech developments in the region
- 7 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Organised by BII World the Financial Innovation Summit launched yesterday at the Hilton Doha. The two-day event covered over 20 fintech experts explore on the latest trends, developments and emerging technologies in the banking sector in the region.
Tinkoff Group builds the most powerful supercomputer among financial institutions for AI applications
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Banking, IT Innovations
Tinkoff Group built its own supercomputer in line with its AI First strategy and ambition to develop a platform for machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Kolmogorov cluster is designed to quickly train models on large datasets built since the company’s inception 13 years ago. Fast connections between computer nodes improve the efficiency of hardware resources in distributed training on huge data sets.
Kofax introduces automated process discovery and robotic lifecycle management
- 7 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Kofax, a leading supplier of Intelligent Automation software to automate and digitally transform enterprise business processes, announces the availability of Kofax Robotic Process Automation (RPA) 10.4, the latest version of the Kofax RPA solution that now includes Automatic Process Discovery and Robotic Lifecycle Management with Git (an open source version-control system for tracking programing changes).
Onguard continues to invest in UK growth strategy with latest appointment
- 7 years 3 months ago
- Cash management, IT Innovations
Onguard, the FinTech company that offers a platform which streamlines the entire order-to-cash process, has announced the appointment of Colin Sanders as senior business executive as it continues to invest in its UK growth strategy. Colin’s appointment comes after a successful year at Onguard which saw record sales which has continued into 2019. Thanks to this continued success, investing back into the company is high on Onguard’s agenda for... more
UK ranked third in global list for innovation, disruption and technology
- 7 years 3 months ago
- IT Innovations
The UK has risen one place, to third, in a global ranking of most promising countries in the world for technology breakthroughs that have a global impact.
Embedded World 2019: Paragon and Visuality Systems Partner to Deliver Integrated SMB Protocol
- 7 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
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Alibaba Cloud launches Tech for Change Initiative for Social Good
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Cloud, IT Innovations
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Alibaba Group, today announced the Tech for Change initiative at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The initiative calls for inspiring ideas and joint efforts from enterprises, start-ups and young entrepreneurs, to tackle global social and humanitarian challenges in areas such as education, economic development and the environment through technologies.
Tech of tomorrow revealed: Virtusa’s Trend Almanac identifies top digital investment trends for 2019
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Investment, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Virtusa xLabs, an innovation practice within Virtusa, has identified the 10 most influential technology trends that industry, business, and tech leaders need to know as they strategically plan their investments over the next 12 months. Virtusa xLabs collaborated with senior technologists and business leaders to identify the most influential technology trends that will help businesses to stay competitive and drive growth in 2019.
Sponsorship and Delegate Registrations are Open for IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition
- 7 years 4 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Sponsorship and delegate registrations are open for IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition that will be held on 09 - 10 April 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. IFINTEC is a global conference which is one of the biggest and most important conferences in EMEA region with its focus on Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Core Banking, Payment Systems, Banking Technologies, Banking IT Solutions, Digital Transformation and Finance Technologies.... more
Fingerprints Launches ‘Out of the Box’ Enrollment Demo for Biometric Payment Cards
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Payments, Authentication Technology, IT Innovations, Risk Management
World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards (Fingerprints™) has launched a new enrollment demo for biometric payment cards, a concept that enables consumers to quickly and securely add their fingerprints to cards before even taking it out of the box.
