Britain’s workplaces crave more action and less box-ticking in 2020
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Accounting
Managers and directors in British businesses want more action and less box-ticking in their workplace in 2020, according to a major new study conducted by YouGov for IRIS Software Group. The research, which looked at the views of over 500 respondents in multiple fields across business and education, revealed nearly half (48%) are yearning for software to reduce their administrative burden. Respondents highlight this as the one thing that would...
IHS Markit Adds Credit Benchmark Consensus Analytics to Securities Finance Platform
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Securities Services, Investment
IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced a collaboration with Credit Benchmark in which it will use Credit Benchmark’s credit risk analytics in its Securities Finance platform to offer additional performance measurement and reporting capabilities for global lending programs.
apoBank selects Avaloq's BPaaS for securities processing
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG (apoBank), headquartered in Düsseldorf, is further expanding its cooperation with the Avaloq group by offering securities settlement through Avaloq’s Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) solution.
E-Invoicing Exchange Summit: The Next Steps Towards Global Interoperability
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
72% of the E-Invoicing Exchange Summit participants 2019 feel that their organizations are impacted by global interoperability challenges. There are numerous successful regional and national initiatives and models for interoperability, but what does it need to build a truly global framework? Since so many different national approaches and regulations exist, this is a very complex issue. Which recognizable strategies already work consistently and...
Ecobank Group partners with Alipay to bring more inclusive financial services to users
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Banking
The leading pan-African bank, Ecobank, has signed a cross-border remittance agreement with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, that aims to bring more inclusive financial services by providing a fast, safe, affordable and convenient way for workers to transfer money back home.
Fenergo Closes Investment Round from ABN AMRO Ventures & DXC Technology
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Fenergo, the leading provider of digital transformation, customer journey and client lifecycle management (CLM) solutions for financial institutions, has announced today that it has closed its latest funding round. The award-winning enterprise software provider has raised capital from ABN AMRO Ventures and DXC Technology. ABN AMRO’s investment follows the investment by DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) into Fenergo in the summer of 2019.
RSA® Adaptive Authentication for eCommerce Improves Fraud Protection and User Experience
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Security and Compliance
RSA (@RSAsecurity), a global cybersecurity leader delivering Business-Driven Security™ solutions to help organizations manage digital risk, announces the general availability of RSA Adaptive Authentication for eCommerce version 20.5.
Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk & Compliance Division Voted Global Employer of the Year for Financial Technology
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Risk Management
Wolters Kluwer’s Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) division has won three major accolades, recognizing it as a “Global Employer of the Year”. The awards, all decided by independent editorial panels, “celebrate Wolters Kluwer GRC as an employer that values it’s staff, recognizes and promotes talent from within and fosters a collaborative and high-performing culture,” according to a statement from the company.
Chargebacks911 co-founder wins Women in Payments US Innovation Award
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Monica Eaton-Cardone, COO and Co-Founder of dispute management specialist, Chargebacks911, has been named winner of the Women in Payments US Innovation Award. The 2020 awards program, which took place at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, in Virginia this week, recognises the achievements of those that distinguished themselves as leaders and innovators in the payments industry throughout 2019.
TransPecos Banks Signs With Nymbus For Modern Core Banking Upgrade
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Core Banking
NYMBUS, a provider of the world’s most advanced financial services platform, today announced
Moving ESG Into The Mainstream: Drivers And Actions
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Investment, Insurance
Bank of America Merrill Lynch found in 2018 that firms with a better ESG record than their peers produced higher three-year returns, were more likely to become high-quality stocks and less likely to have large price declines or go bankrupt. However, study by NN Investment Partners1 showed that more than half of professional investors still think that incorporating ESG into their investment strategy will reduce their returns, with more than 70%...
Burrow partners with Saffron Building Society to Develop Digital On-Boarding Platform For Mortgages
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Core Banking
Burrow, part of the DPR group and provider of customer onboarding as a service technology, have announced their latest partnership with Saffron Building Society to launch a fully automated pre-application qualification solution for new mortgage customers. The Burrow platform offers a slick user interface that enables lenders and intermediaries to pre-qualify customer mortgage enquiries with an easy to adopt ‘plug and play’ solution, without the...
UK SIPP provider doubles customer growth using Cashfac Virtual Accounts
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Cash management, Banking
Leading provider of self-invested pension products integrates Cashfac’s flagship solution to drive process automation and increase productivity A leading provider of self-invested pension products (SIPPs) – has doubled customer growth of their business operations by integrating Cashfac’s flagship virtual accounts solution with its existing core systems.
Klarna Has Announced a Partnership with Fashion Activist and Celebrity Stylist Bea Åkerlund
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments
2020 is a leap year — the one year in four when tradition says it is acceptable for women to propose to their partner on February 29. Shopping service Klarna believes everyone should get what they love, and not have their decisions dictated by outdated rules or traditions. Launching today, Klarna and fashion activist and celebrity stylist Bea Åkerlund, have released a pair of limited-edition rings — the Knight Finger and Unification —...
Standard Chartered and Assembly Payments set up new venture in next generation payments for USD 29 trillion global e-commerce industry
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Standard Chartered and leading payments solution provider, Assembly Payments, have set up a new joint venture to deliver next generation payment solutions for the USD 29 trillion global e-commerce industry. The new company will be headquartered in Singapore with the intent to grow the business globally, and will offer a sophisticated digital payment platform to manage transactions across multiple payment types and countries, including online,...
