UK FinTech companies announced for trade mission to Latin America
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Financial
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced 7 British FinTech companies have been chosen for the third trade mission to Finnosummit, the largest FinTech conference in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. The conference, which will have over 3000 entrepreneurs, financial services innovators, financial executives, and international investors in attendance, will take place in Mexico City from 9-13 September, and will offer UK... more
Avaloq appoints New Head of Asia; announces its 2019 Community Conference in Singapore
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Digital Identity, Financial
Avaloq, the global fintech leader, has appointed Imad Abou Haidar as the firm’s new Head of Asia. Imad joins from London-headquartered software firm Finastra, where he was Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific region based in Singapore. The appointment coincides with Avaloq releasing details of its 2019 Singapore Community Conference to be held on 5 September at The Westin Hotel.
GovMoney 2019 - Driving Public Finance Forward
- 5 years 11 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Victoria Park Plaza, London. 4th December 2019 Drawing on the disruptive force of technology, GovMoney is a brand-new conference exploring how the finance sector can provide quality public services and value for money with tools fit for the 21st century.
Early adopters lead in ownership of VR headsets, smartwatches and smart speakers
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, IT Innovations
Early adopters in various economies are dominating demand for leading-edge electronics devices, with these elite consumers owning 61 percent of all virtual reality (VR) headsets, 49 percent of all smartwatches and 43 percent of all smart speakers, according to a multinational survey conducted by IHS Markit.
EIT Director appointed by EIT Governing Board
- 5 years 11 months ago
- IT Innovations, People Moves
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) today announced that Martin Kern has been appointed as EIT Director by the EIT Governing Board. This decision will help the EIT deliver on its mission to increase Europe’s ability to innovate in 2020 and beyond.
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) announcing new tour dates in FinTech Abu Dhabi’s search for global fintech talent
- 5 years 11 months ago
- IT Innovations
FinTech Abu Dhabi, MENA’s leading FinTech festival, hosted by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM),the award-winning international financial centre, is pleased to announce that its global FinTech tour will be reaching even more cities ahead of the main event in Abu Dhabi in October 2019. The FinTechAD Tour, which is co-organised by the ADGM and Unbound, is visiting global financial hubs to identify the most exciting FinTech start-ups and talent in the... more
Esme Loans reaches £70 million of lending to UK SMEs
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Financial
Esme Loans, the standalone digital lending platform for SMEs and scale up businesses, has today announced that it has now lent over £70million to UK businesses. The lender has seen a sustained period of rapid growth in lending to small businesses, with the most recent milestone representing over £20m of lending in the space of four months, an increase of 40% in the lender’s total loan book. At its current trajectory, the provider will have... more
Most financial services firms ‘not prepared’ for digital transformation, research suggests
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Financial
Tens of thousands of financial services businesses are avoiding upgrading their digital systems because they don’t deem digital transformation to be important, research suggests. Six in 10 (62%) business leaders believe there are other priorities over the next 12 months, according to a nationwide survey of managers and C-suite executives. Alarmingly, nine in 10 (92%) business leaders said they were not well-equipped or prepared for digital... more
Qatar Innovation Week: Celebrating The Value Of Future Technologies This November
- 5 years 11 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Reiterating what the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai had said, “AI may become more profound than fire or electricity.” Artificial Intelligence, in all probabilities, is becoming an economic arsenal for most countries around the world today, including the West Asian country that sits on the Arabian Peninsula. Yes, we’re talking about Qatar, the country with one of the richest economies in the world. With a blueprint already in place to set the... more
Poll reveals low confidence in month-end close process
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Management, Financial
Almost three-quarters *(73%) of respondents to an MHR Analytics Twitter poll revealed they are not confident about their data and numbers on month-end closes and audit submissions. The findings from the survey of 1,000 respondents underline the increasing pressures facing finance teams. A separate **survey showed the new IFRS 16 lease accounting legislation to be taking its toll, with 30% of respondents calling it ‘complex,’ 17% ‘resource heavy... more
Micron Unveils Industry’s Highest-Capacity Monolithic Memory for Mobile Applications
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today unveiled the industry’s highest-capacity monolithic 16Gb low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) DRAM. Capable of delivering up to 16GB1 of low-power DRAM (LPDRAM) in a single smartphone, Micron’s 16Gb LPDDR4X extends the company’s leadership in memory capacity and performance for current and next-generation mobile devices.
Abacus Group Named to Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the 2019 Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine today revealed that Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions and services for alternative investment firms, has been named to the 2019 Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.
Banking on your voice
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Banking, IT Innovations
NatWest customers will be able to bank from home using just their voice with the launch of a pilot using innovative voice technology enabling customers to do banking through the Google Assistant on their Google Home smart speaker or smartphone. The pilot of 500 customers will run for three months.
The Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group Welcomes Largest Investment Bank in Latin America to its Organising Committee
- 5 years 11 months ago
- Investment, Banking, Technical
The Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group, which brings together major post-trade industry participants and regulators to drive the transformation of distributed ledger technologies within the post-trade landscape, welcomes BTG Pactual the Brazil based investment bank to its organising committee.
TIBCO Named an Enterprise BI Leader in Two Industry Reports for its Client-Managed and Vendor-Managed Platform
- 5 years 12 months ago
- Data, IT Innovations
TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics, today announced it was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise BI Platforms (Vendor-Managed), Q3 2019 by Forrester Research.
