Simon Hunt joined Mastercard as head of cybersecurity solutions unit
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- People Moves
Mastercard today announced that leading cybersecurity expert Simon Hunt will join the company as executive vice president to head its cybersecurity solutions unit. Hunt’s role will be to further enhance Mastercard security capabilities for cardholders, customers, merchants and other stakeholders in light of the growing cybercrime threat.
Dianrong supply chain finance offering added to R3 Corda
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
Dianrong, a leader in online marketplace lending in China, and R3, a global enterprise software firm, today announced that Dianrong’s next version of its supply chain finance solution will be made available on Corda, R3’s blockchain platform for finance and business. Dianrong has been a pioneer in leveraging fintech and blockchain to improve supply chain finance for small businesses. The new Corda app (“CorDapp”) will further expand Dianrong’s...
Intelligent Environments to rebrand as ieDigital
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
After a comprehensive brand review, Intelligent Environments, the global provider of financial services technology, is set to become ieDigital.
Quint launches company focussed on real-time data insights
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Data
Qunit Group, one of the leading fintech companies in the UK, has launched Infinian, a new data company, to leverage and commercilaise the Groups vast real time data assets. Infinian provides highly insightful data to financial services business, fintech companies and some of the biggest global data businesses and credit bureaus. The company’s suite of products enables its customers to enhance the quality of their credit decisions and existing...
SmartCash Announces Success of Community-Approved Initiatives Funded by SmartHive Project Treasury
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Cash management
SmartCash, a community governance, cooperation and growth focused crypto-asset created via blockchain technology, today provides a recap of its completed community initiatives. Each project was made possible via the SmartHive Project Treasury, which is funded by a portion of the block rewards and then directed via SmartCash holders who participate in SmartVoting. Building the Future
FundRequest Launches a Marketplace that Rewards Developers for Open Source Contributions
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Blockchain
FundRequest, a new platform for incentivizing open-source development, has officially launched their first product: a blockchain powered integration with GitHub that allows developers to directly solve open source project issues and be rewarded. The platform integrates directly with GitHub, allowing projects to fund ‘issues’ that developers can solve and be rewarded in cryptocurrency.
Bayern LB uses valantic’s Software for Electronic Swap Trading on Bloomberg
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Trading Systems
The Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) now uses valantic’s (previously icubic) software solutions for electronic trading of derivative financial instruments (swaps) via Bloomberg. This is realised with the innovative and versatile software iQbonds. iQbonds enables the Bayerische Landesbank to fulfil all regulatory requirements according to MiFID II and to realise numerous improvements at the same time. The implementation phase has progressed...
Moorwand Partners with Open Payments Cloud
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, IT Innovations
International payments company Moorwand has become the first fintech to offer its services to payment innovators through Open Payments Cloud (OPC).
French Capital Will Host Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference France – Large Blockchain Event with Top Experts
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Blockchain
On July 18, top crypto experts from huge international corporations will gather in Paris at the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference France – large-scale event dedicated to cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and ICO. The meeting will include conference and demozone. Presentations from leading specialists and expositions of the innovative solutions from blockchain-based startups are waiting for the guests. Blockchain in France: Big Changes
Revolut announces an app store for business banking - Connect
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Banking
Revolut strives to create a radically better banking experience for individuals and businesses alike. Revolut App has seen the addition of many new and exciting features over the last few months - and today we’re extremely proud to update our business users on one of our best-kept secrets yet! Revolut Connect is the easiest and fastest way to connect your Revolut for Business account to the tools and apps you use everyday.
RBS and Lloyd’s £5.5 billion investment in digital must avoid TSB nightmare
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Banking
Big banks are ramping up investment in digital services, as RBS announces a £ 2.5 billion investment and Lloyd’s announces an investment of £ 3 billion. However, with TSB still reeling from its IT meltdown, banks must understand the complexities of their existing infrastructure, before they can transition to a more modern IT system, warns Nick Hammond, Lead Advisor for Financial Services at World Wide Technology.
BondIT was selected by FIIG Securities Australia for the front office
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Security
BondIT today announced that leading fixed income house, FIIG Securities, has signed an agreement to use its bond portfolio solution for relationship managers.
Capita Pay360 launches Optimize as fraud and risk management solution
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Risk Management
Pay360 by Capita today launches Optimize, a state-of-the-art fraud and risk management solution to help financial services, retail and gaming organisations combat fraud, streamline customer authentication decisions and support revenue growth.
85 per cent of organisations report they could not survive for longer than four weeks without mission critical IT systems, warns Databarracks
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- IT Innovations
Six weeks since the TSB crisis and new research from business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks, has revealed that 85 per cent of organisations say they would struggle to survive if there was a loss of mission critical IT systems for longer than a month.
nexo standards announces ID TECH joined its membership as an Associate Member
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments
nexo standards, the international association dedicated to enabling fast, interoperable and borderless payments acceptance, today announces that ID TECH has joined its membership. Founded in 1985, ID TECH is a leading authority on the design and manufacture of point of sale (POS) peripherals and payment terminals, specialising in secure payment solutions for the unattended, mobile and tier two retail sectors.
