Trescon’s World AI Show Goes Virtual Amidst Pandemic Crisis
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Artificial Intelligence
After the Jakarta edition of World AI Show, Trescon hosted the MENA edition of the global AI conference on Monday. The show saw a high-level participation from 400+ global technology leaders and AI experts who came together to discuss emerging trends, intractable challenges and the future potentials of artificial intelligence in a post COVID-19 era.
Fixed Income Pioneer David E. Rutter Launches LedgerEdge
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Liquidity, Data
David E. Rutter has gathered an expert team of financial market and technology professionals in a new company, LedgerEdge, to build an ecosystem for the exchange of data and assets in the corporate bond market.
ACI Worldwide to deliver fraud prevention in the cloud to all customers globally
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Fraud Detection
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that ACI Proactive Risk Manager and
New lenders accredited to British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Loan Schemes
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Covid-19, Lending
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has accredited the Bank of India under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), and Silicon Valley Bank under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). New CBILS lender Bank of India will be able to provide financial support to smaller businesses across the UK that are losing revenue and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the Covid-19...
Onyx CenterSource announces global partnership with WEX to expand digitized payments options
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Onyx CenterSource, a leading global provider of B2B payments and business intelligence to the hospitality industry, today announced a new partnership with WEX Inc., a leading financial technology service provider, to streamline payments to travel agency partners.
Digital Reasoning and Google Cloud announce global strategic partnership to deliver financial services solutions in the cloud
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Cloud
Digital Reasoning, the global leader in artificial intelligence solutions that understand human communications and behaviours, and Google Cloud today announced a global strategic partnership to help banks and other financial institutions leverage the global scale, reliability, and performance of the cloud.
AWS and HSBC Reach Long-Term Strategic Cloud Agreement
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Cloud
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced that HSBC Holdings plc has selected AWS as a key, long-term strategic cloud provider to drive their digital transformation and deliver new and personalised banking services. As part of a multi-year, global agreement, HSBC will make AWS technology available across the bank’s lines of business, starting with customer-facing applications and application modernisation in its Global...
Ziglu Launches Insurance Programme
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Insurance
Ziglu, the new cryptocurrency challenger, has launched an insurance programme for customers holding cryptocurrencies, providing greater security and peace of mind. Each Ziglu customer’s cryptocurrency holdings are insured against cyber-crime up to a value of £50,000 at all times and held in a segregated account. The vast majority of customer assets are stored in offline ("cold") wallets, meaning they are not accessible via the internet and...
AML specialist SmartSearch breaks into US market
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- RegTech, AML and KYC
Leading UK anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch is today launching operations in the USA. Expansion into the US market follows a period of sustained growth that has seen the firm frequently named among the UK’s fastest-growing companies, and a leader in the increasingly important ‘RegTech’ sector.
Xignite introduces new development program offering financial data APIs to early stage fintechs
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- APIs, Covid-19, Management, Data
Xignite, Inc., a provider of market data distribution
Scotland’s business recovery to be powered by contactless payments post pandemic
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
As more businesses across Scotland take the first steps on the road to recovery and prepare to open their doors on July 15th as part of Scottish Government’s route map, research from newly launched ‘Tyl’ has demonstrated the scale of the acceleration towards contactless payments.
UK eCommerce Sales Rise 20 Percent in June - Largest Increase Since Start of COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- E-Commerce
The UK saw a steep jump in eCommerce sales in June 2020 — up 20 percent compared to June last year, the largest increase since the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, according to an analysis of hundreds of millions of transactions by global payments software company ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW).
Onguard expands UK sales team with Andy Bass
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- People Moves
Onguard, the FinTech company dedicated to redefining the order-to-cash payment process, has announced the appointment of Andy Bass as New Business Development Manager as the company continues its UK expansion and exploits new opportunities in the region.
MYPINPAD secures Android certification for its specific hardware-free payments solution
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
MYPINPAD, the global leader in secure personal authentication solutions is the first company in the world to achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC) certification for its Android software-based Contactless Payments on Commercial off-the-shelf (CPoC) solution, enabling contactless payments on smart devices.
Backbase expands APAC presence with new ANZ offices
- 6 years 3 weeks ago
- Banking
Digital banking software provider, Backbase, has today announced the launch of its new offices in Sydney and Melbourne. With the expansion, Backbase is well positioned to cater to the evolving digital banking landscape in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
