Finance and real estate expert joins WMCA to drive investment in the region
- 6 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
An expert in finance and real estate will be driving major investment programmes in the West Midlands. Ian Martin has been named as investment and commercial activities director for West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). He will lead the development of the WMCA’s investment strategy and ensure its capital investment programme is on track to deliver £ 8bn worth of benefits to the region over the next 30 years.
Data Protection World Forum releases third issue of Data Protection Magazine, featuring exclusive Max Schrems Q&A
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Data
Data Protection World Forum is delighted to announce that the latest instalment of Data Protection Magazine now free to view online. Issue three features an exclusive Q&A with data privacy activist and noyb.eu co-founder Max Schrems; Brexit / data privacy analysis from Ivana Bartoletti, Head of Data Privacy at Gemserv; many more features, exclusive articles and discussion from industry leaders. Ten months on from GDPR’s implementation, we...
Success of Thales offer for Gemalto shares
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Reference is made to the joint press release by Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) and Gemalto (Euronext Amsterdam and Paris: GTO) dated 27 March 2018 in relation to the launch of the recommended all-cash offer by Thales for all the issued and outstanding shares of Gemalto (the Offer), the publication of the Offer Document, and the joint press release of Thales and Gemalto dated 14 March 2019 in relation to the Acceptance Closing Time. Terms not...
RBC Insurance, Wawanesa, Great-West Life and Aviva Canada on Leveraging Transformative Products, Services and Experiences for Outstanding Customer Experiences
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Insurance
Leading Canadian insurers to share strategies for exceeding customer expectations in exclusive webinar, April 3rd, 10am CDT
CAPPITECH LAUNCHES INSIGHTS PRODUCT, OFFERING FIRMS A COMPETITIVE EDGE
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Regulatory Standards
Cappitech, a leading provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the launch of Insights, a product that enables compliance teams and risk managers to gain a competitive advantage by improving regulatory reporting and allowing them to benchmark their performance to their peers.
Linedata expands data and analytics offering through agreement with ICE Data Services
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Asset Management
Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, announced an agreement with ICE Data Services to provide a broad set of high-quality data and analytics to Linedata’s clients on the occasion of its Linedata Exchange industry conference in New York today. Linedata’s strategy of combining technology, services, and data takes a significant step forward with this addition of...
Making Tax Digital: Unaccountably expensive, but don’t be misled by publicised deadline
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Accounting, Infrastructure
Ahead of the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT on 1 April Androulla Soteri, tax director at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, says MTD could be far too costly for small businesses and the only consolation is that the deadline is further away than you think.
Daniel Clayden joins BEQUANT as Head of Product Development
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
BEQUANT, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that it has hired Daniel Clayden as its new Head of Product Development. With 25 years’ experience in Capital Markets and Financial Services Technology, Daniel’s appointment will strengthen the company’s growing roster of products in the cryptocurrency market. Daniel has previously held roles at a number of Tier 1 Investment Banks, including J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse. Before...
Commerzbank completes first Marco Polo pilot
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Commerzbank and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) have today announced that they have – for the first time – successfully executed the necessary data transfers to complete two commercial transactions via blockchain-based trade finance network Marco Polo.
Global Cryptocurrency Exchange IronX Announces Public Launch Following Successful $26M ICO
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
The IronX Exchange is a joint venture between IronFX, the global multi-asset broker and EmurgoHK, the Cardano (ADA coin) creator. The Exchange has a full range of both crypto and fiat wallet funding options available.
InvestCloud announces Mark Trousdale as Chief Growth Officer
- 6 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Global FinTech firm InvestCloud has announced Mark Trousdale as Chief Growth Officer. The appointment will see Trousdale lead InvestCloud’s growth in EMEA as the firm looks to capitalize on growth. Part of InvestCloud’s founding team, Trousdale has held various positions at the FinTech firm since joining in 2012, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer, based out of the firm’s San Francisco office. Prior to InvestCloud, Trousdale held...
Leading Brazilian healthcare company uses AI to forecast demand
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Grupo Fleury, one of Brazil’s largest diagnostic medicine companies, has created an automated demand planning management platform – the Fleury Forecaster – with the help of FICO® Xpress Insight. Using this platform, Group Fleury has slashed the time needed to create a sales forecast. Forecasts have also become more accurate and granular in detail, with the overall margin of error now less than 10 percent.
SigFig unveils digital advice platform for banks
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
SigFig, a financial technology company that is reimagining customer experiences in financial services, today announced the launch of SigFig Atlas, a financial advice and software-guided sales platform for banks and customers. The platform empowers banks to provide consistent, personalized financial advice and engage in high-quality customer conversations - improving customer satisfaction and loyalty.
ACI Worldwide and Western Union Announce Early Termination of HSR Waiting Period in Connection with Proposed Acquisition of Speedpay U.S. Domestic Bill Pay Business
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Banking
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, and The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 with respect to ACI’s previously announced acquisition of Speedpay...
Esme Loans to begin offering loans to sole traders
- 6 years 10 months ago
- P2P Lending
Digital lending platform Esme Loans, has today announced that it will now offer its loans to UK businesses operating as sole traders. Under its extended proposition, sole traders will be able to obtain loans from £25,500 - £150,000, for up to five years.
