Scorable launches second product release to enhance risk monitoring of corporate bonds amidst severe market volatility
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Covid-19, Credit Risk
Scorable has launched its second product release to further enhance the scope and accuracy of its credit risk analysis, helping fixed-income managers make better investment decisions. The company's innovative artificial intelligence (AI) solution enables asset managers to monitor corporate bonds and credit spreads and to anticipate rating changes before they occur or markets price them in.
SmartSearch rises to 15th in the Sunday Times Profit Track List
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Financial
Anti-money-laundering pioneers SmartSearch this Sunday achieved 15th position in the Sunday Times Profit Track list. The list recognises the British companies with the fastest-growing profits over the last three years. SmartSearch’s success comes on the back of an increase of more than 80% in profits over the past year, and a sixfold rise over the three-year period looked at by the Sunday Times.
Four in Hand: PXP Financial Bolsters Senior Team
- 6 years 3 months ago
- People Moves
PXP Financial, the global expert in acquiring and payment processing, today announces four major new hires. Following a successful expansion into the US earlier in 2020, PXP Financial welcomes Arne Matthias as Chief Operating Officer, and Anschana Caravaca as Head of Gaming to the team. Additionally, Dave Janse joins as Head of Business Development, and Armin Pichler as Head of HR.
CLS appoints Keith Tippell as Head of Product
- 6 years 3 months ago
- People Moves
CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, announced today that Keith Tippell has been appointed as the new Head of Product. He will be responsible for overseeing CLS’s existing product suite and all new product development in the Settlement and Processing business lines.
Northern Trust Names New EMEA Chief Technology Officer
- 6 years 3 months ago
- People Moves
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has named Alison Pain as chief technology officer (CTO) for the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region.
TLcom invests $1mn Pre-Seed Funding into Okra, Africa’s first API fintech “super-connector”
- 6 years 3 months ago
- FinTech StartUps, IT Innovations
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1mn pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Ca
Open Banking UK (OBIE) Commercial Executives join competitor Konsentus
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Open Banking, People Moves
Konsentus today announced that two senior members of the commercial team at the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE), have joined Konsentus as VP, Business Development, to scale up operations as Open Banking takes off across the UK and Europe. Paul Hughes, most recently, Head of Business Development at the OBIE, also held senior positions at Vocalink, U.S. Bankcorp (Elavon), RBS and Barclays. He is joined by Peter Mortlock, a senior Sales...
British Business Bank Announces Four New Lenders Under The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Covid-19, Lending, Banking
Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), which provides financial support to smaller businesses (SMEs) across the UK that are losing revenue and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. The new CBILS lenders are Allied Irish Bank (GB)/AIB (NI), ThinCats, Paragon Bank and IGF (Independent...
Wolters Kluwer Poised for Round Two of Paycheck Protection Program Funding
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments, Banking
Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions today revealed that its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Supported by TSoftPlus™ solution, designed to help banks, credit unions, and other lenders support small businesses with payroll funding during the COVID-19 crisis, has so far assisted in PPP loan approvals supp
Instarem Launches Cash Payout Option In The Philippines
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
InstaReM, the consumer and SME arm of global financial technology platform Nium, announced today the launch of cash payout options for recipients in Philippines.
Western Union Expands Global Real-Time Payments Network
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, announced continued expansion of its Global Network for real-time money-movement and payments, benefiting the Company’s consumers an
Chip sees record crowdfund and strong growth despite current economic crisis
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Crowdfunding
Chip, the clever app that automatically saves up money for you, shares its growth opportunity with its investor community as 4,240 people invest £2,575,096 to fuel the firm's progress. Working with Crowdcube, the private round exceeded its £1 million target within hours, making it the largest equity crowdfund to be completed in the UK since the lockdown started.
Wirecard helps merchants and restaurants introduce takeaway and delivery services with contactless payment options
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments
Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and mobile payment specialist Stampay are helping restaurants and retailers to expand their services by offering cashless delivery and takeaway options. The contactless payment options offered by Wirecard via the payment platform stampayGO enable SMEs to quickly and easily begin offering their customers safe takeaway and delivery services, for instance during the Covid-19...
Fast, informative detections power F-Secure’s performance in 2nd MITRE ATT&CK evaluation
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Cybersecurity
Cyber security provider F-Secure has successfully completed its second MITRE ATT&CK® evaluation. F-Secure’s comprehensive protection against a wide variety of the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used in targeted attacks, as well as its ability to quickly arm defenders with actionable intelligence to help them respond to incidents, affirms that the company’s detection and response capabilities are among the best the industry has to...
Currencycloud leads as one of the first non-banks to introduce new payments tracking technology
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Payments, SWIFT
Currencycloud today announced a pilot programme to provide SWIFT gpi tracking capabilities to their clients through a new API. This new service, one of the first offered by a non-bank, will allow Currencycloud clients to track their customers’ cross-border payments directly, much like an Amazon parcel. They can even pass the service further onwards to their own customers so they can track their payments themselves. Early participants in the...
