BullGuard: New Study Reveals One in Three SMBs Use Free Consumer Cybersecurity and One in Five Use No Endpoint Security at All
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Cybersecurity
New research commissioned by and published today by cybersecurity company,
BIS appoints Innovation Hub heads in Singapore and Switzerland
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Banking
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced two key appointments to the BIS Innovation Hub, a new initiative designed to support central bank collaboration on new financial technology.
StepChange brings Money Coaching to clients with innovative new partnership with OpenWrks
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking
StepChange Debt Charity has today confirmed that it is entering into an exciting new partnership with fintech innovator OpenWrks to bring the opportunities offered by Open Banking into its services.
Eventus Systems Raises $10.5 Million in Series A Funding Round
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Financial
Austin-based Eventus Systems, Inc., a multi-award winning global trade surveillance and market risk software platform provider, announced that the firm has just raised $10.5 million of growth capital in a Series A investment round.
Temenos to Host Temenos SCALE, the Global Developer Conference for the Banking Industry, on April 27 – 28 in Madrid
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, invites developers to attend Temenos SCALE, the global developer conference for the banking industry, taking place April 27 – 28 in Madrid, Spain.
Kahina van Dyke joins Standard Chartered
- 5 years 2 months ago
- People Moves
Kahina van Dyke, one of the leading women in the Fintech sector, has joined Standard Chartered’s Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking division (“CCIB”) as Global Head, Digital Channels and Client Data Analytics. Kahina joins from Ripple, the blockchain-based enterprise payments company, where she was Senior Vice President, Business & Corporate Development. She was previously Global Director, Financial Services and Payments at...
Northmill appoints Arash Eftekhari as Chief Product Officer
- 5 years 2 months ago
- People Moves
The Swedish tech bank Northmill hires Arash Eftekhari as its new Chief Product Officer. Arash has extensive experience from scaling up and boost efficiency in product organizations and most recently he held the role of Product Manager at Klarna. In that position, Arash led the development of services such as Shipping Service and Instant Shopping. Previously, Arash held similar roles at Qliro and Schibsted. His mission at Northmill is to lead...
Worldline chosen by Subway® to provide omnichannel payment solutions
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Worldline, the European market leader in payment and transaction services, has been selected to provide state-of-the art payment solutions to Subway® restaurants across Europe. Worldline’s solution includes POS and E-Commerce acceptance as well as payment terminals operating with the new NEXO retailer protocol. This sets the standards for easy interoperability with all NEXO-compliant cash registers. The roll-out is planned across multiple...
OTB Ventures Launches $100 million Fund for Growth Capital Investment in Technology
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps
OTB Ventures (OTB), a leading venture capital fund specialised in investments in technology companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), today announces the launch of its early growth technology fund – the largest venture capital fund in CEE - with $100m in commitments from international institutional investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF), and high-profile backers including Greg Jankilevitch.
DTCC's SFTR Community Grows to Over 160 Firms as Industry Readies for 2020 Deadlines
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Trading Systems, Infrastructure
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that 138 clients have signed up to adopt, and more than 30 vendors have partnered with, DTCC’s multi-award winning Global Trade Repository (GTR) service, in order to meet their regulatory obligations under the forthcoming European Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR).
Israel Discount Bank Implements Integral BankFX Workflow Automation & Trading Technology
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Israel Discount Bank announced today that it has partnered with Integral to deploy new eFX workflow automation and trading technology to drive business growth.
Real Time Payment Engine (RTPE) digitalises transactions for commercial bank Česká spořitelna
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Services in real time are already part of the customers’ everyday life – financial institutions also follow this trend. Česká spořitelna, the biggest commercial bank in the Czech Republic, is a company of the Viennese Erste Group Bank AG and, since autumn 2019, provides real-time payments for its customers. For this purpose, valantic’s Real Time Payment Engine has been implemented. For more than 20 years, the technology company develops software...
Opel Bank in Germany Becomes First European Bank to Choose FIS Modern Banking Platform
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Banking
FIS™(NYSE: FIS) announced today that Opel Bank in Germany has chosen its next-generation core banking system, FIS Modern Banking Platform, to power its online bank. Opel Bank is the first European-based bank to choose the new platform since its introduction in January.
Standard Chartered commits USD75bn toward Sustainable Development Goals
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Banking
Standard Chartered today announced business targets for supporting its clients as they transition to a low- carbon economy as part of the Bank’s sustainability aspirations. By the end of 2024, the Bank commits to:
The Emerging Payments Association Asia outlines how Asia Pacific can lead innovation in Open Banking
- 5 years 2 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments
The Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA), the leading pan-Asian payments association in Asia, has released a ground-breaking research report on Open Banking in APAC, outlining challenges, opportunities and recommended approaches for Asia-Pacific’s financial sector. The report was presented to ABAC (APEC Business Advisory Committee) in Sydney on February 14, 2020 to assist with APEC Interoperability policy.
