ACD and Alchemy Launches ACD Cryptocurrency Tokens Across Asia

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Payments, Bitcoins, Cryptocurrencies

Alchemy Global Payment Solutions Limited ("Alchemy"), a global cryptocurrency payment pioneer that powers businesses with Asia's first hybrid cryptocurrency and fiat payment solutions ("Hybrid Payment Solution"), has partnered with Tokyo-based ACD Inc. (a Joint-Venture Group Company of ANA Holdings, TSE:9202) ("ACD"), a company that provides cross-border e-commerce and global air cargo delivery, logistic services in Japan, to enable ACD tokens...

Finland Becomes the First European Country to Certify Safe Smart Devices – new Cybersecurity Label Helps Consumers Buy Safer Products

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Cybersecurity

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has today launched a Cybersecurity label. The label guarantees to consumers that the labelled devices have basic information security features. The Cybersecurity label can be awarded to networking smart devices if the devices meet the certification criteria, which are based on EN 303 645. With the label, Traficom aims to raise consumer awareness of information security and the safe use of...

Wolters Kluwer Launches Consumer Lending Online Applications Offering for Community Banks, Credit Unions

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Digital Identity, Banking

 Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business has launched Online Applications for Consumer Lending (CLA), a digital offering that enhances the online loan origination capabilities of U.S. community banks and credit unions. CLA allows consumers to begin a loan application from any digital device, at any time. It integrates seamlessly with Wolters Kluwer’s ComplianceOne® solution, an industry-leading loan documentation and processing system...

Napier Recognised in the Regtech 100 List for 2020

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Artificial Intelligence, RegTech

London-based Regtech firm Napier, specialists in AI for compliance and AML, announced today that it has been recognised in the 2020 edition of the annual RegTech 100 list of the world’s most innovative RegTech companies. The RegTech 100 list acknowledges companies for their innovative use of technology to solve a significant industry problem, or to generate cost savings or efficiency improvements across the compliance function.

BlackLine CEO named Entrepreneur of the Year

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Accounting

Therese Tucker, CEO and founder of BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the 16th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business held earlier this month in New York City.  

Cardpay Extends Reach into Mexican eCommerce Market

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Payments

Cardpay – global fintech provider and fast-growing payment processor is expanding into the eCommerce market of Mexico. Providing its payment solution to millions of unbanked customers and eCommerce businesses alike. Through Cardpay, businesses can take payments using local payment methods commonly accepted by popular retailers like Walmart, 7eleven, Superama and Extra.

Credit Suisse Goes Live with AccessFintech’s Global Exception Network

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Trading Systems, Banking

Credit Suisse announces the internal launch of AccessFintech’s trading exception management solution. Following a successful pilot, Credit Suisse has gone live with AccessFintech’s Global Exception Network, taking an important step towards streamlining exception management resolution across the Prime Brokerage industry. The new technology will reduce the time needed to resolve exceptions and help clear bottlenecks that could prevent trade...

Fintech Particeep closed a €1.2 million Venture Loan funding with La Banque Wormser Frères

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Banking, FinTech StartUps

The French Fintech Particeep has closed a Venture Loan funding agreement with La Banque Wormser Frères. This innovative funding brings the amount raised by the FinTech since its inception to 2.5 million euros and will enable it to strengthen its business development in France and abroad as well as its efforts in research and development.

Xero ramps up new apps to save businesses time and money

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Cloud, Accounting

Diginex bolsters European leadership segment

• 6 years 5 months ago
• People Moves

Diginex, a blockchain technology and digital assets services and advisory company, has appointed Thibault Verbiest as Head of Regulatory Affairs for Europe & Africa. He will oversee the legal and compliance functions of the company in the region while managing its relations with regulators across those continents.

Ripple makes final $20 million investment in MoneyGram equity

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Investment, Payments

MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer services, today announced that Ripple, a provider of leading enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments, has made the final $20 million investment in MoneyGram equity pursuant to Ripple's original $50 million equity investment commitment made earl

Koine appoints former SDX CEO as Chair of advisory board

• 6 years 5 months ago
• People Moves

Koine, the institutional custodian and settlement service for digital assets and fiat money, has appointed former CEO of SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), Martin Halblaub, as Chair of its advisory board, effective 1st January 2020. As former CEO of SDX, Switzerland’s digital assets exchange, Martin shaped the business’ strategy, model and core technology, as well as the client and product portfolio, and built the operating company.

Black Friday Alert: 16 Tips for Avoiding Fraud

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Security

Whenever people are buying more, it’s an opportunity for criminals to strike, which makes Black Friday a dangerous time. With new scams on the increase, FICO’s fraud experts have added new tips for staying safe, taking the total to 16.

Judopay reveals Brits would rather queue up in store on Black Friday than pay on their mobile.

• 6 years 5 months ago
• Payments

Black Friday is just around the corner with even more UK bargain hunters expected to pounce on big discounts this year. But new research from Judopay shows that not all of these sales will happen online or on mobile, with over a quarter of Brits admitting that they’d rather queue in store than make a purchase on their mobile as it’s ‘too stressful’.

Encompass named in RegTech 100 list for 2020

• 6 years 5 months ago
• RegTech

Encompass Corporation, a fast-growing provider of intelligently automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has been named within the RegTech 100 - a list recognising the world’s most innovative technology solution providers. Now in its third year, the RegTech 100, announced today [26 November] by specialist research firm RegTech Analyst, highlights “RegTech companies that every financial institution needs to know about” in the year ahead.