Diginex bolsters European leadership segment
- 6 years 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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 7 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.
Avelacom Launches Multi-Cloud Solution to Accelerate Connectivity to Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Infrastructure
Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, has launched its multi-cloud connectivity solution to simplify and accelerate how traders connect to cryptocurrency exchanges. It delivers secure, direct and ultra-low latency access to cryptocurrency exchanges hosted in Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud platform.
Nucoro announces plans to target insurers with white labelled wealth management technology offering
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Wealth Management
Nucoro, the Fintech company providing bespoke white-labelled technology focused on delivering wealth management solutions to third parties, has announced it plans to start targeting the insurance sector with its offering. It says the growth of digital wealth management means it’s now easier for insurers to offer this service than ever before.
Klarna partners with a new merchant every 8 minutes in 2019
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments
2019 to date has proven to be a record growth year for Klarna, and this is before the much anticipated shopping holidays. Each day thousands of new consumers are choosing Klarna, with especially strong preference building in the UK and the US markets. The unique online and offline customer-centric offering, providing a healthier, simpler and smarter alternative to credit cards, and with multiple services to smoothen the end to end shopping...
Discover and PayPal™ Collaboration Gives Cardmembers New Way to Redeem Rewards
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Financial
Discover cardmembers can now use their Cashback Bonus® or Miles to pay for purchases at millions of online stores through PayPal, giving cardmembers another convenient and flexible way to reward themselves.
Barclays opens new transaction banking branch in Luxembourg
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
As part of Barclays’ efforts to build its European Corporate Banking proposition, the bank has today launched a new branch in Luxembourg to provide multinational clients with transaction banking services. The branch will focus on offering corporates and financial institutions a range of banking products, including cash management, debt, foreign exchange and trade finance facilities.
Data breaches and account takeovers top worries as consumers prepare for the biggest online shopping season ever
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cybersecurity
A majority of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping online for the first time ever,* yet a new survey** from cyber security provider F-Secure finds that most internet users remain concerned about their exposure to cyber crime. The survey of shoppers highlighted 3 major trends among American consumers:
Orange Bank Launches in Spain
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Banking
French telco Orange is launching its mobile-only bank in Spain, tempting customers with a discount on their phone bills. Having launched in its home market of France two years ago, Orange Bank arrives in its second country this week, with customers able to open a current account with a Spanish Iban without any registration fee. The bank is also offering a one per cent interest rate for deposits of up to EUR20,000 and a EUR30 discount on...
Protecting Users Against ‘leakage’ of Private Information from Websites They Are Browsing is at the Heart of New South Australian Research, Which Aims to Reduce the Risk of Cyber Attack.
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Cybersecurity, Data Protection
The research will focus on microarchitectural threats where attackers can read or ‘sample’ data to potentially steal information. University of Adelaide cyber security expert Dr Yuval Yarom is leading the research, which aims to identify weak points in web-browsers that can leak private or sensitive information. “Whenever you visit a website, that website runs a programme on your computer,” Dr Yarom said. “If you visit multiple websites,...
MVIS and CryptoCompare Launch the MVIS CryptoCompare Institutional Bitcoin Index
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Bitcoins
MV Index Solutions (MVIS) in partnership with CryptoCompare, the global leader in digital asset data, today announced the launch of the MVIS CryptoCompare Institutional Bitcoin Index (ticker: MVIBTC), an index designed to measure the performance of a digital assets portfolio which invests in Bitcoin, priced on select exchanges. The MVIS CryptoCompare Institutional Bitcoin Index is a robust and transparent benchmark for Bitcoin, which will be...
