Thailand and Singapore Build Fintech Bridge
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Banking
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today signed a FinTech Cooperation Agreement (CA) and updated an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Banking Supervision.
FinancialForce Is Named To Second Annual Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 List
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
FinancialForce, the leading cloud ERP for the new services economy, is named to the
BRC Payment Survey: Supporting Data from Barclaycard Shows Contactless Rose 166% in 2016
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Data
Key insights include: - Barclaycard data shows that contactless spending jumped 166 per cent overall in 2016 - Supermarkets saw particularly strong growth, with spending up 136 per cent – largely due to the roll-out by Sainsbury’s in late 2016, as well as shoppers making higher value and more frequent purchases with their contactless cards and devices - In the first half of 2017, contactless spending was up by more than a third (34 per cent)
Santander InnoVentures Adds Two New UK and One US Fintech Businesses to Its Portfolio
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Santander InnoVentures, the fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, today announces it has added UK based Pixoneye and Curve and US based Gridspace to its portfolio in the latest round of strategic fintech investments. Pixoneye and Gridspace deepen the fund’s focus in artificial intelligence as one of the technologies that will transform banking in the years to come and complement other investments such as Elliptic and Socure. The news...
UK FINTECH LEADERS SEEDRS & NUTMEG JOIN FORCES WITH FIDOR BANK
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Banking
Today, Seedrs announces that it will be the sole equity finance provider in a new partnership with Fidor Bank, the first challenger bank to launch in the UK back in 2015. The Digital marketplace offered by Fidor signposts banking customers to innovative sources of alternative investment including equity crowdfunding on Seedrs in an ambitious bid to provide every financial service a customer could possibly want.
James G. Bach Appointed International Division President at Louis Berger
- 6 years 9 months ago
- People Moves
James G. Bach has been appointed as the International division president of Louis Berger, reporting to the chief executive officer. In this role, Bach oversees strategic and operational performance for the company's International division, which provides a broad range of engineering, planning, architecture, development, construction management and program management services to national, state, local and private clients outside of the United...
Worldline Partnership Enhances Paydentity Services Across EU
- 6 years 9 months ago
- RegTech, Security, AML and KYC
Australian Securities and Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX) (FRA : TA8) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary iSignthis eMoney Ltd (“ISXPay”) has entered into a partnership agreement with Worldline.
Apex Clearing Partners with InvestCloud to Deliver New Digital Advice Platform
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Wealth Management
Apex Clearing, an independent, full-service clearing firm and leader in the digital wealth space, has selected global FinTech firm InvestCloud as a technology partner to offer a new digital advice platform. Apex’s offering will allow FinTech startups and financial institutions alike to quickly take to market differentiated and personalized digital advisory services, using a fully featured, hyper-modular technology platform, with integrated, API-...
Microsoft Chooses Showpad for its Elite Channel Programme
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Platform Technology
Showpad - the world’s most powerful sales enablement platform - has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corp to participate in its elite channel programme. The programme will accelerate adoption of Showpad through the worldwide Microsoft reseller channel. Showpad was chosen due to its proven record of success, the power of its sales enablement solution and its ability to amplify the value of product integrations with SharePoint, Outlook...
Ingenico Helps Nando’s give a Red Chilli-hot Omnichannel Experience to Their Customers
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Payments
Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, has been selected by Nando’s UK and Ireland restaurants to provide its payment infrastructure. Nando’s, famous for bringing its great tasting PERi-PERi sauces from South Africa to the UK and go-to favoured restaurant of millennials, has responded to their customers need for speed and convenience by choosing Ingenico to implement a consistent payment experience across all channels.
CIBC Adds Currency Converter Tool to App
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Payments
With more than half of Canadian households packing their bags and travelling abroad* each year, making informed decisions around foreign currency exchange is key to ensuring peace of mind when overseas. Travellers want to know how much value they’ll get for their dollar against local currencies. Others wonder whether to pay for their purchases in local or Canadian currency when presented the option at checkout.
Mark Noone Joins EOH UK as Head of Sales
- 6 years 9 months ago
- People Moves
EOH UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Noone as Head of Sales. In his role, Noone will build on the company’s reputation for business-critical enterprise technology solutions for the office of the CFO as the company continues its growth in the UK and Ireland. Noone brings extensive and diverse experience in technology and business improvement, including starting his own business and working in finance, operations and sales...
Ripple Expands Japan Bank Consortium to 61 Members
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Banking
Less than a year ago, SBI Ripple Asia announced the creation of a Japanese consortium of banks who will use Ripple’s technology for payments and settlement. The set of banks set out to be the first in Japan to conquer the slow and costly pain points associated with sending payments using current rails. A few short months later, the consortium grew to 47 banks that successfully completed a pilot implementation of Ripple to enable real-time money...
Profile Software Acquires Treasury Management Outfit Login
- 6 years 9 months ago
- M&A Deals
Profile Software, the leading financial solutions provider, announced today the acquisition of Login SA, an international Treasury specialized provider.
QuantHouse Launches Algo-trading Stress Testing for MiFID II
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems
QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today announced the launch of its algo-trading stress testing solution to help financial firms meet their MiFID II testing requirements.
