London Tech Week: Mayor of London Expresses Ambition to Make the Capital the World's Leading 'Smart City'
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Infrastructure
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today outlined his vision for London to become the world's leading 'Smart City' – with digital technology and data at the heart of making the capital an even better place to live, work and invest. Speaking at the launch of London Tech Week, Sadiq said technology is essential to solving many of the biggest economic, social and environmental challenges we face. He called on the global tech community to help...
Ipreo's Investor Access Reveals Significant Adoption
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Infrastructure
Ipreo, a leading global provider of workflow solutions and market intelligence to financial services and corporate professionals, releases growth statistics on usage of Investor Access among European investment banks and investors.
Mambu Wins Asian Banker Technology Innovation Award
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Cloud
Mambu, the core engine powering digital first banking and lending, today announced that they have once again been named to the FinTech50 and have won the Asian Banker Technology Innovation Award for Best Cloud Application 2017.
Blue Sky Network Upgrades Cloud Based SkyRouter 3
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Cloud
Blue Sky Network, an industry-leading global provider of cloud based tracking solutions, announced today the release of SkyRouter 3, version 2.6.0, which will become immediately available to all customers. This upgrade includes a targeted set of FAA aeronautical chart basemaps and real-time weather data now accessible on the SkyRouter 3 platform –widely regarded as the most intelligent fleet management tool in the industry.
Emirates NBD Reveals Clearing and Settlement Services for the UAE’s Equity Markets
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Banking
Today Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, reported that it is the first UAE-based financial institution to obtain a general clearing member approval from ‘SCA - Securities and Commodities Authority, UAE. As a General Clearing Member, Emirates NBD can now provide clearing and settlement services to trading participants of the UAE’s equity markets.
South African Bond Market to Explore New Clearing System
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Trading Systems
The South African bond market will soon receive a new clearing and settlement system that will replace the one that has served the market since 1991.
OCC Provides Guidance for Banks as US Prepares for T+2
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Banking
The OCC expects that as of the T+2 compliance date, in accordance with industry standards and applicable securities and self-regulatory organizations’ rules for securities clearance and settlement, banks will not effect or enter into a contract for the purchase or sale of an affected security that provides for payment of funds or delivery of securities later than the second business day after the date of the contract, unless otherwise expressly...
3W Infra Launches Modular Full Rack Colocation Solution with High-Availability and Scalability Features
- 8 years 5 days ago
- IaaS
3W Infra, one of the fastest growing IaaS hosting providers in Europe that managed to grow its server base by one third in just half a year to currently 4,000 dedicated servers under management, has announced the launch of its new Full Rack Colocation plan – a highly modular thus scalable colocation offering supporting dynamic hybrid cloud and fast-paced growth strategies.
ICC Banking Commission to Launch Digital Trade Finance
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Banking
In line with its 2020 Strategy, the ICC Banking Commission has launched a “Digitalisation of Trade Finance Working Group”.
Calastone Successfully Completes First Phase of Blockchain Distributed Market Infrastructure
- 8 years 5 days ago
- Blockchain
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, today announced the successful completion of the first phase of its distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept (PoC) to test the feasibility of using blockchain to develop a common global marketplace for the trading and settlement of mutual funds. The tested distributed infrastructure model proved capable of processing transactions equivalent to a full day’s trading sourced from across...
AEVI and Moroku Join Forces to Mobilize Small Merchants
- 8 years 1 week ago
- Payments
AEVI and Moroku today announced a partnership to bring their all-in-one small merchant POS software Marrakash to AEVI’s Global Marketplace; a B2B app store for smart Point of Sale (SmartPOS) devices.
Romania's BCR Improves Cash Management with Assistance of NCR and Printec
- 8 years 1 week ago
- Banking
Banca Comercială Română (BCR), the largest financial group in Romania and a member of Erste Group has significantly improved availability and operation costs across its network of more than 2,600 ATMs and its cash processing centers with the help of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) and its channel partner Printec.
YBS Group Deploys Aprimo Across All Product Development, Marketing and e-Commerce Functions
- 8 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS), the UK’s second largest building society, is reeping the benefits of a new automated approach to marketing operations following its selection of Aprimo, a global leader in marketing operations software solutions. YBS completed its first project on the new marketing operations platform in November last year.
Supported by Mastercard and CDPQ AvidXchange Secures $300 Million Funding
- 8 years 1 week ago
- Payments
AvidXchange, a leading fintech provider of accounts payable and payment automation for midsize companies, announced today its strategic partnership with Mastercard to deliver accounts payable and payment automation to small and midsize businesses.
Workday Is Ranked #3 As a Best Place to Work in Europe
- 8 years 1 week ago
- Cloud
Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it ranked #3 on Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute’s list of the best workplaces in Europe.
