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Signicat and Rabobank Win Best Retail Banking System Integration Award

5 years 12 months ago
Digital Identity

Rabo eBusiness, the world’s first bank-led Digital Identity Service Provider, has been recognised by bobsguide as the winner of its Best Retail Banking System Integration Award. The partnership between Rabobank, a financial institution, and Signicat, a leader in verified digital identity solutions, has now been recognised by a series of award wins and shortlistings since its launch.

Helene Jepson appointed Chief Compliance Officer at Nordea

5 years 12 months ago
Banking, People Moves

Helene Jepson has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Group Compliance. She will report to Chief Risk Officer, Head of Risk & Compliance Matthew Elderfield. She will join Nordea by 1 September 2019.

Taking Blockchain Mainstream - Blockchain Live Returning to London Olympia

5 years 12 months ago
Blockchain

Taking blockchain mainstream, Blockchain Live is back and will be returning to London Olympia on 25th September as a festival of blockchain education. A one-day event, packed with engaging, thought-provoking and quality content, this year Blockchain Live will be moving away from the traditional exhibition model, into a ground-breaking festival of content and collaboration.

Somo Research Reveals Young Banking Customers Only Do Digital – Need for Both Online and In-Branch Services Remains High

5 years 12 months ago
Digital Identity

The rush to close high street bank branches may be premature, according to the latest research from digital product agency, Somo. Young adults (18-24) starting out on their banking journey claim to use a bricks and mortar branch more than 25-44 year olds.

Ingenico Group Announces Cooperation with Funidelia

5 years 12 months ago
Payments

Ingenico Group, the world leader in integrated payment solutions, has today announced its work with Europe’s leading fancy dress costume and merchandise shop,Funidelia. Funidelia was established in 2011 when co-founders Carlos Larraz (CEO) and Toño Escartin (chief business development officer) spotted a gap in the market for a Europe-based fancy dress supplier, having seen friends import costumes from the US and paying costly customs taxes and...

SunTec Xelerate elevates customer experience with MSB

5 years 12 months ago
Management, Banking

SunTec, the leader in revenue management, relationship-based pricing, billing, and customer experience orchestration, announced the successful rollout of Customer Centricity System, powered by SunTec Xelerate®, at MSB (formerly known as Maritime Bank), Vietnam. This implementation will further empower MSB with additional capabilities to innovate, offer and effectively manage customer centric products & services for each target segment as...

Glue42 Appoints Sean  Stephens as Chief Revenue Officer

5 years 12 months ago
Digital Identity

Glue42, the company bringing an entirely new desktop experience to financial institutions, has appointed Sean Stephens as its Chief Revenue Officer. The position was created to further capitalize on the market opportunity and guide the firm through its next growth phase.

CloudCheckr Appoints Tim McKinnon as Chief Executive Officer

5 years 12 months ago
People Moves

CloudCheckr, the largest privately held independent Cloud Management Platform (CMP) provider specializing in comprehensive cloud cost management, cloud security and compliance, announced the appointment of Tim McKinnonas CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors.

90% of banking and financial services CIOs find integrating new communications with legacy systems a challenge

5 years 12 months ago
Infrastructure

The majority (90%) of banking and financial services CIOs find integrating new communications with legacy systems a challenge, according to new research from global cloud communications software provider, IMImobile. This comes at a time when almost all (98%) banking and financial services CIOs feel under pressure to deliver the customer experience (CX) expected by both customers and the wider business.

Workplace IT issues are creating a £4 billion UK productivity ‘black hole’, Capita research reveals

5 years 12 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.

Axioma Introduces Next Generation Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Models in Axioma Risk

5 years 12 months ago
Risk Management

Axioma, the leading global provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio construction and regulatory reporting solutions, has launched the next generation of its Axioma RiskTM solution which significantly enhances its Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Risk Models. These new, bottom-up risk models are constructed using Axioma’s proprietary methodology for modeling global fixed income returns across both developed and emerging markets.

Trade Ledger Launches New Cloud Technology for Invoice Finance Providers

5 years 12 months ago
Digital Identity, Banking

Trade Ledger, the world’s first open banking business lending platform has launched a new turn-key Automated Invoice Finance Platform for banks and alternative finance providers looking to deliver faster and more flexible working capital solutions to their business customers. Launched to coincide with the commercial finance sector’s key event, the NACFB Expo, the solution is designed to help financial institutions adopt state-of-the-art...

La Fosse Associates Launches Pro Bono Cyber Security Recruitment Practice to Protect Vulnerable Charities From Cybercrime

5 years 12 months ago
Security and Compliance, Security, Security

Specialist provider of tech and cyber-security staffing solutions, La Fosse Associates, has launched a first-of-its-kind pro bono recruitment and advisory practice to help charities combat the threat of a cyber-attack on their organisations. La Fosse Pro Bono will operat

Robo.cash Marks the Milestone of 1 Million Funded Loans

5 years 12 months ago
Payments, P2P Lending

Since the launch in 2017, the European P2P platform Robo.cash has financed 1 million loans for the total amount of €89 million. It is notable that the number of loans funded through the platform has increased by 26% from 226,400 for the first five months of 2018 to 284,400 for the same period this year.