Japan's Aeon Bank Selects Mofiria for Biometric ATMs and Teller Windows
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Aeon Bank Ltd., a Japanese new style bank, has announced that they had introduced a whole new biometrics authentication system to their ATMs and teller windows, which allows the customers to do any bank transactions without using a bank card nor entering PIN number. Enabling any transactions with identity verification using biometrics only is the first trial in Japan.
PAIR Finance Raises € 4,5M and Wins New Strategic Investors
- 8 years 6 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
The Berlin-based Fintech company PAIR Finance raised €4,5M in series A funding from strategic investors and financial investors. Among others, Zalando, Hitfox Group and a prominent selection of business angels from the German industry participated in the funding round (some being Maximilian Zimmerer, former management board member of Allianz and Marc Stilke - former CEO of Immoscout). Existing investors like the Company Builder FinLeap, yabeo...
Nanopay Reveals B2B Payments Platform
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Nanopay Corporation, a real-time payment platform that provides instant settlement across a variety of currencies, is announcing a new solution to enable international trading partners to easily and securely process B2B payments between bank accounts. In addition to domestic payment opportunities in Canada, users can begin using the platform in February for business cross-border payments between the United States and Canada, with India and...
China's UnionPay Supports the Upgrading of the Payments Industry Abroad
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Nowadays, China's financial technical standards have become an important impetus for the upgrading of the payments industry abroad. The payment switch networks in Serbia, Belarus and Tajikistan are being built or upgraded as per the UnionPay standards. More than ten countries including Albania, Bulgaria and Tanzania have expressed their wish to have UnionPay help them build up payment switch network.
Appsolutely Launches Token Generation Event (TGE) for its Blockchain-backed Loyalty Platform
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Blockchain
Appsolutely, the leading blockchain loyalty system and creator of LoyalCoin, today announced the launch of the Token Generation Event (TGE) for its LoyalCoin (LYL) digital token. LoyalCoin is the token that powers the blockchain-backed LoyalPlatform, which allows users to redeem points from any participating brand, anytime, anywhere.
Mastercard Launches Kionect for Nairobi’s Smallest Shopkeepers
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Mastercard today unveiled Kionect, a digital ordering system that empowers small kiosk owners in Nairobi to order and pay for products from wholesalers via SMS. Orders submitted via a feature phone helps create a digital record for kiosk owners to get access to micro-loans to stock inventory and grow their business.
Alipay Launches “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in Hong Kong
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Alipay, the world’s largest online, mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, today launched this year’s “Double 12” Global Shopping Festival in 15 countries spanning across four continents. In addition, Ant Financial’s strategic partners in Hong Kong, India, Thailand and the Philippines will introduce campaigns for their local e-wallet users for the first time. These partners include Paytm in India,...
NYMBUS COMPLETES SOC 2 TYPE 1 CERTIFICATION
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
NYMBUS®, the core banking modernization company, announced today that it has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 1 examination for its flagship SmartCoreâ and SmartDigitalÔ platforms. Conducted by data security compliance leader 360 Advanced, Inc., this rigorous audit and certification attests to NYMBUS’ high security protocol and effective compliance with today’s stringent regulatory environment.
Intuit to Acquire TSheets: It’s About Time QuickBooks Ecosystem to Add Leading Employee Time Tracking Solution
- 8 years 6 months ago
- M&A Deals
Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) is taking the next step in making the QuickBooks platform the smarter way to do business by signing an agreement to acquire TSheets, a leading platform that small and medium businesses, self-employed, and accountants use to automate time tracking and scheduling for them and their workers. Intuit QuickBooks leverages the world’s largest small business and self-employed ecosystem to simplify and automate key business...
New OXIAL GDPR EXPRESS Provides 100% GDPR Compliance for Mid-market FS Firms
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Compliance
Mid-market Financial Services (FS) firms can now benefit from a fast, intelligent and effective solution to achieving GDPR compliance, thanks to the new GDPR EXPRESS from new generation GRC solution provider OXIAL.
Corlytics to Join Next Round of FCA Sandbox
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Compliance, Risk Management
Corlytics, the global leader in determining regulatory risk impact, is involved in the next round of Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) sandbox. It is supporting a top-tier global bank as part of the third cohort of participants.
Governor Software Successfully Completes Industry TechSprint
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Regulatory Standards
Governor Software Ltd has successfully completed the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England convened TechSprint. The event was designed to tackle the increasing challenges that financial institutions face in implementing their regulatory and compliance obligations - specifically exploring the potential for model-driven machine-readable regulation.
Al Baraka Banking Group overhauls Islamic core banking systems with iMAL
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG), a leading international Islamic banking group and one of the largest Islamic banking players in the world, today announced that it has opted for Path Solutions’ iMAL, the multi-award winning Islamic core banking system. ABG runs a number of Islamic core banking systems. iMAL was selected to be the new Islamic core banking system in four of its subsidiaries, in addition to its newly established subsidiary in Morocco.
Skybox Security Names Uri Levy As New Vice President of Worldwide Channels
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Security
Skybox(TM) Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management, announced today that Uri Levy will be taking on a new responsibility as the Vice President of Worldwide Channels to lead the growth of the company's global reseller network. Levy, who has been a longstanding member of the senior leadership team at Skybox, will drive the strategic direction of Skybox's channel program in 2018, which the company expects to be a key driver of future...
CSPi Named a "Best New Security Product" at VMWorld 2017
- 8 years 6 months ago
- Security
CSPi (NASDAQ:CSPI), a provider of advanced security products and security services, as well as IT technology managed services, announced today that it was named a finalist in the "Best New Security Product" category for its ARIA(TM) Software-Defined Security (SDS) platform. CSPi's ARIA SDS platform is the only solution on the market that can meet the agile and scalable nature of DevOps processes by automatically securing both containerized and...
