Canada to Modernise National payments infrastructure
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
The Canadian Payments Association has hired global consulting firm McKinsey to draw up plans to modernise the nation's core payments infrastructure. McKinsey will conduct stakeholder interviews and prepare a fact-based analysis to support the multi-year project to renew the CPA's payments clearing and settlement infrastructure. "By mid-2016, our goal is to identify user needs and priorities, as well as likely go-forward requirements, and to...
Intelliflo expands Wealthlink partners to include the Seven Investment Management platform
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Investment
Intelliflo has expanded its number of Wealthlink partnerships, which includes Cofunds and Zurich, to include Seven Investment Management, providing advisers with two-way integration between Intelliflo’s award winning business management system, Intelligent Office, and Seven Investment Management’s platform. Available now, the two-way integration allows users to send information between both Intelliflo’s and Seven Investment Management’s’ systems...
Lombard Risk announces appointment of Kieran Lees as Global Sales & Marketing Director
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Risk Management, People Moves
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CTC sales driving Gresham total software revenues ahead 38%
- 9 years 2 months ago
Gresham Computing plc, a leading provider of real-time financial transaction control solutions, today announced its unaudited half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. Highlights include: · Group software revenues up 38% · Total revenues up 11% to £7.1m · CTC becomes best-selling product in portfolio · Positive traction in U.S. market following investment in 2014
Financial Synergy To Provide CRM Software for Australian Super Funds
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
Industry leading superannuation and investment software provider, Financial Synergy announces today its Acurity™ member online, reporting and compliance platform will enable the delivery of a larger scale and integrated customer relationship strategy for the merged Tasplan and Quadrant super funds. Tasplan, a leading Tasmanian multiindustry fund and Quadrant, with roots in Tasmanian local government, will operate as one entity from November...
Redline's InRush Ticker Plant supports Bloomberg's real-time consolidated data feed, B-PIPE
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Data
Redline Trading Solutions, the provider of market data and order execution systems for automated trading, has announced that Bloomberg's consolidated B-PIPE market data feed is now supported in its InRush accelerated ticker plant. Redline worked with Bloomberg to connect its ticker plant technology to Bloomberg's B-PIPE as a registered participant in Bloomberg's Enterprise Solutions Partner Program, a group of more than 125 financial technology...
Virgin Money to Open Branch in the Style of Airline
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Retail Banking
Not content with having an actual airline, Richard Branson has decked out the newest Virgin Money branch in the style of a plane cabin, complete with a cockpit simulator playroom for kids. The sixth Virgin Money 'lounge' on Haymarket in London has an entrance level where customers can watch TV, browse through banking information on a huge interactive touch screen display, or relax in front of a virtual fish tank, complete with virtual Richard...
Mindtree Named amongst the Top 10 Outsourcing Service Providers in USA and EMEA by ISG
- 9 years 2 months ago
Mindtree, a leading digital transformation and technology services company, today announced it has been named a Top 10 Outsourcing Service Provider in USA and EMEA by Information Services Group (ISG), a leading technology insights, market intelligence and advisory services company.
Spectra Logic Granted 100th Industry Patent
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
Spectra Logic, the deep storage experts, announced today that it has been awarded its 100th United States patent. This achievement marks a significant moment in the company’s more than 35 year history and reflects its continued commitment to technological innovation and development.
Taiwan's CTBC Bank To Pilot Face Recognition ATM Machine
- 9 years 2 months ago
- ATMs
Taiwan's CTBC Bank has launched a pilot version of an ATM that uses both facial recognition and finger-vein scanning to verify identity. Should the trail be successful, users will be able to withdraw funds without the use of a card or a PIN. The pilot project comes just weeks after engineers in China claimed to have developed the first ever cash machine to use facial recognition technology.
RedCloud and Insiyabi sign contract for mobile-banking solution in Africa, Asia and the Middle East
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Wholesale Banking, Mobile Banking
RedCloud Technologies and Insiyabi sign a Partnership to bring secure Mobile Financial Solutions to the Banked and Bankable across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Faisal Gill, Executive Director, MEA & Asia at RedCloud had this to say about the partnership; “RedCloud support those organisations who launch highly disruptive digital financial services whether they are; Banks, Financial Technology (FinTech) business, mobile network...
Informatica Corporation Announces Completion of Acquisition by the Permira Funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
- 9 years 2 months ago
- M&A Deals
Informatica Corporation, the world's number one independent provider of data integration software, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition by a company controlled by the Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Additionally Informatica announced that Microsoft Corporation and Salesforce Ventures have agreed to become strategic investors in the company alongside the Permira funds and CPPIB. The...
SimCorp CXO Corner: Neuberger Berman’s David Eckert Discusses What Makes a Successful Global Operating Model
- 9 years 2 months ago
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, has released a new CXO Corner relay titled, “Technology as Strategic Enabler - a Global Operating Model in Action.” The piece features David Eckert, Managing Direc
Rockwell Collins Acquires International Communications Group
- 9 years 2 months ago
- M&A Deals
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) today announced it has acquired Newport News, Virginia-based International Communications Group, Inc. (ICG), a leading provider of satellite-based global voice and data communication products and services for the aviation industry. The initial purchase price was $50 million and additional post-closing consideration of up to $14 million may be paid.
Recall Continues UK Expansion Through Acquisition of C21 Data Services
- 9 years 2 months ago
- M&A Deals
-Recall Holdings Limited (ASX: REC), a global leader in document storage, digital information solutions, data protection and secure destruction services, today announced the acquisition of C21 Data Services Limited, an independent secure records management
