Saxo Bank announces 2017 results
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Trading Systems
Saxo Bank Group (“The Group”) reported a positive net profit of DKK 401 million for 2017, an increase of 33 per cent compared to 2016. Client collateral deposits continued to rise to DKK 103.6 billion while the operating income for the group was DKK 3.0 billion, a three per cent increase compared to 2016. Saxo Bank Group continued to strengthen its capital position with the total capital ratio for the Group reaching 22.7 per cent as of the end...
63% of C-suite more concerned about paying for a cybersecurity breach than losing customers
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Security
For UK senior executives who admit their organisations have suffered at least one significant cybersecurity breach within the past two years, the associated costs of a breach are considered the most important consequence. This is according to a new study by Centrify, a leading provider of Zero Trust Security through the power of Next-Gen Access, commissioned through Dow Jones Customer Intelligence.
Pioneering biometrics service to help insurers, banks in £200m cyber fraud battle
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Security
Today marks the launch of SmilePass, the leader in a new category of ‘biometrics authentication as a service’ for insurers and financial services providers. Its game-changing technology helps build trusted communities, by protecting financial institutions and their customers from fraud, social engineering and theft.
J O Hambro Capital Management Selects FactSet’s Multi-Asset Class Risk Analytics Platform
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Risk Management
FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and industry-leading services, today announced that active asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) selected FactSet as its investment risk management and reporting solution.
Milestone Group appoints new CEO and creates President of North America role
- 7 years 12 months ago
- People Moves
Milestone Group, provider of managed technology solutions for the investment management industry, today announced changes to the senior management team as it aligns the business to focus on its evolving market, clients and successes.
Sageworks connects to Salesforce.com™ CRM platform
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Risk Management, CRM
Sageworks, a Raleigh, N.C., headquartered firm that offers lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions to U.S. banks and credit unions launched an integration with the Salesforce.com, inc.™ customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Institutions may be using this CRM for sales, service and marketing operations, and with the new integration with Sageworks, institutions can simplify information sharing between lending, credit and...
Hedge Trackers Supports Early Adopters of ASU2017-12
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Trading Systems
Hedge Trackers, a premier provider of hedge program management solutions for foreign currency, interest rate and commodity risk, today announced that early adoption of ASU2017-12 is being supported through its outsourcing services and its derivative accounting software, CapellaFX.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces ThreatMetrix Acquisition Close
- 7 years 12 months ago
- M&A Deals
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a global data technology and advanced analytics leader, announced today that its parent company, RELX Group, has closed the acquisition of ThreatMetrix. ThreatMetrix will become part of RELX Group’s Risk & Business Analytics segment, which includes LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
HCL Named a Leader for Digital Services in Consumer Banking by Everest Group
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
HCL Technologies (HCL) continues to be recognized for its global leadership in next–generation digital services for the financial services organizations. HCL has been named a leader for digital services in consumer banking by Everest Group ‘Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2018 for Digital Services in Consumer Banking’. In the study, HCL secured high scores for both ‘vision and capabilities’ as well as ‘market impact’.
IPC collaborates with GreenKey to bring a powerful, AI-based speech recognition solution that converts real-time voice into useable data for the financial markets
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, and GreenKey Technologies, creator of patented voice software with integrated speech recognition designed specifically for the financial markets, today announced that they have just signed an agreement for a significant
Lloyds Banking Group invest in digital as PSD2 extension period draws to a close
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Security and Compliance, Banking
Lloyds Banking Group today launched a new £3bn investment in a three-year strategy to bolster its digital capabilities. The bank is driving capital towards technology and its staff to compete against an increasingly competitive backdrop of other traditional banks, challenger banks and fintechs.[1]
Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK selects Avaloq to support future growth of KBank Private Banking
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Banking
KASIKORNBANK (KBank), one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand, has chosen the Avaloq Banking Suite to support the growth of its private banking and wealth management business. KBank Private Banking, the leading provider of banking and wealth services to High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) in Thailand with a market share of around 40%, has selected Avaloq to upgrade its customer service infrastructure and to improve internal processes. The...
International Colocation Company EvoSwitch Expands Amsterdam AMS1 Data Center Campus
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Data
EvoSwitch, an international and cloud-neutral colocation company with large data centers located in Amsterdam and Washington DC with their cloud interconnection platform EvoSwitch OpenCloud, announces its plans to build a new highly energy-efficient data center in Amsterdam. The new carrier-neutral facility in the Netherlands will be located adjacent to its existing Amsterdam premises, EvoSwitch AMS1.
Incident Detection, Email Attacks Continue to Cause Headaches for Companies
- 7 years 12 months ago
- Security
Over one-third of all security incidents start with phishing emails or malicious attachments sent to company employees, according to a new report published today by global cyber security company F-Secure.
Tieto acquires Petrostreamz to strengthen its position in the Upstream business of Oil & Gas
- 7 years 12 months ago
- M&A Deals
Tieto has signed an agreement to acquire Petrostreamz, a rapidly growing provider of advanced software and services for integrated asset modeling (IAM) onshore and offshore. The acquisition further expands Tieto’s growing portfolio of advanced solutions and capabilities in the upstream business of oil and gas industry. Petrostreamz has 15 employees with offices in Houston, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, London, Oslo and Trondheim.
