BSI survey highlights significant variations in data security readiness within UK Public Sector
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Infrastructure
A survey compiled by BSI‘s Cybersecurity and Information Resilience centre of excellence in conjunction with GovNewsDirect has unearthed a range of inconsistencies in how prepared the UK’s public sector organizations are for potential cyber-attacks and data losses. Actual security breaches
Lombard Risk announces early support of PRA 110 for Regulatory Reporting clients
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Security, Compliance
The PRA110, introduced to build upon existing liquidity returns including LCR and NSFR & C66.00, and to replace the existing FSA 47/48, requires the acquisition of additional data of greater granularity to facilitate the monitoring and measurement of daily cashflow mismatches.
IoT Africa Summit enables the race to connect one billion more devices by 2020
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Infrastructure
There are clear and universal businesses cases for the adoption of IoT across multiple industries in Europe and North America. The business case for Africa however, is not so simple. A continent comprised of many countries with vastly different economic, political and social environments, Africa requires a unique approach to the development of IoT penetration. The IoT Africa Summit, a division of the premier IT Leaders Summit which annually...
The United Bank of Egypt drives digital transformation with Finastra
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Banking
The United Bank of Egypt (The United Bank) has modernized its core banking infrastructure across its retail, corporate and treasury business using Finastra technology. The bank has upgraded to the latest version of Fusion Equation, integrating it with a new deployment of Fusion Teller to drive efficient in-branch retail operations.
Perkbox appoints Paul Schulz as CTO and doubles tech team in 3 months
- 7 years 4 months ago
- People Moves
Perkbox, Europe’s fastest growing employee engagement platform today announces a strategic expansion of its technology capability. As the company is set to scale both in the UK and internationally and launch a range of new products, it has appointed Paul Schulz, ex-Head of Mobile Technology at Yahoo! as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and doubled the size of its tech team.
MYPINPAD’S SECURE PIN CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY NOW EMBEDDED INTO THALES PAYSHIELD 9000 HSMs
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Payments
MYPINPAD, the global leader in payment acceptance and customer authentication solutions, is pleased to announce its software has been embedded into the latest base software release (3.4a) of the Thales payShield 9000 Hardware Security Module (HSM).
Tinkoff Bank adds movie ticket bookings to mobile app
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Banking
Tinkoff Bank continues to expand its ecosystem of lifestyle services by adding movie ticket bookings to its mobile app. Starting today, the service is available to iOS users, with the Android version to follow soon. With more than 300 participating movie theatres in 90 cities across Russia, tickets are now just a couple of clicks away. The new feature is available to the Bank’s customers in the Entertainment section of the Payments menu.
Sberbank reveals mobile bank for children and parents
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Mobile Banking
To mark the beginning of the school year, Sberbank is launching a mobile application called SberKids, which will be available from the AppStore and Google Play from 1 September. The app will teach children to manage their pocket money and help parents monitor their children’s spending. Using SberKids, parents can: Create a virtual prepaid card for their child. Instantly transfer pocket money to the card. See what the child is spending money on...
WorldRemit launches inter-African money transfer service
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Money Transfers
Leading international money transfer company WorldRemit has launched a new digital service within Africa, making it easier to send and receive money across the continent. The new digital service will reduce the cost of sending money across borders. The prohibitive charges that individuals and businesses pay to transfer money within Africa are recognised as a major obstacle to the growing regional integration promoted by the continent-wide free-...
Earthport welcomes Sunil Sabharwal to board
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Payments
Earthport plc (AIM: EPO.L), the leading payment network for cross-border payments, is pleased to announce that Mr Sunil Sabharwal, has agreed to join Earthport's Board as a Non-Executive Director, subject to regulatory approvals.
Cryptocurrency outfit Abra enters Europe through Coinify partnership
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Abra, the first and only all-in-one cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, has partnered with Coinify, the leading global technology gateway for virtual currencies, to extend their services of buying and selling cryptocurrencies to the European market. Abra wallets will now be powered by Coinify’s cryptocurrency-to-fiat trade engine, allowing for extended wallet services within the European region whereby users will have the option to buy bitcoin...
Nordea Economic Outlook: The wage engine
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Infrastructure
The escalation of the trade dispute between the US and the rest of the world has hit momentum in the global economy and that will only become more pronounced over the near- to mid-term. Wage pressures in the Nordic countries have been conspicuous by their absence because of a focus on competitiveness in wage negotiations. But with employment continuing to rise, wage growth originating from Germany will inevitably spill over to the Nordic labour...
Visionet and SmartPesa Roll Out Mobey mPOS in Indonesia
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Payments
PT Visionet Data International, a leading provider of IT managed services for the financial industry, and SmartPesa, the market leader in mPOS (mobile Point of Sale) solutions for emerging markets, announced today the launch of Mobey - a next-generation mPOS payment service across Indonesia. Mobey is a payment and agency banking solution designed for financial institutions and merchants in Indonesia challenged by limited infrastructure and...
Hungarian instant payments project progressing as planned
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Payments
In less than a year from now, on 1st July 2019, the instant payment system of Hungary will go live - fundamentally changing the way Hungarians make payments. The implementation of the instant payment system is an historic step not only for GIRO, a leading provider of services to financial institutions in Hungary, but for the entire Hungarian financial system, because it will bring changes and significant advantages to all participants in the...
Temenos a Leader in Global Digital Banking Platforms report
- 7 years 4 months ago
- Banking
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Global Digital Banking Platforms, Q3 2018. Temenos’ digital banking platform received the highest score in the current offering category after Forrester evaluated the strengths and weakness of the top 10 digital banking platform solutions against 40 criteria. Temenos also achieved the highest score in the market presence category.
