Sanoma Group Taps Nixu as its Global Cybersecurity Partner
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Security
Sanoma Group aims at being a trusted and responsible operator in the media industry, emphasizing solid information security and data protection practices across all group functions. The group's business is undergoing a major transition, and the goal right now is to build group-wide information security solutions which, unlike traditional solutions, will not slow down the business but instead serve and support it even through the change.
Banif Selects Pelican for Payment Solutions
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Pelican, a leading provider of technology solutions for the financial services sector, today announced that Banif Bank (Malta) plc has selected its Pelican Transaction Banking platform. The solution will provide end-to-end automation of both SWIFT and SEPA payments, including integration with over the counter (OTC) instructions, Banif’s internet banking system and back office.
SIX Securities Services: 50% of Financial Institutions Face Increasing Client Requests for Asset Segregation
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Asset Management
Independent research commissioned by SIX Securities Services, has revealed that that over two thirds (64%) of financial institutions are concerned that agent banks have both custody and investment business lines. An inability to separate these two business activities introduce a potentially high level of risk with regard to asset safety.
Banque Saudi Fransi Partners with SmartStream
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Liquidity, Infrastructure
SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) specialist, today announced that Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), a leading provider of banking products and services headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has selected its Corona Cash & Liquidity solution.
Worldpay to Deliver Transformational Payments Analytics Tool to the UK Businesses
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Worldpay, the UK’s leading payment processor, is helping businesses unlock the full power of their payments data with the unveiling of a revolutionary big-data analytics tool, Your Marketplace.
Kite Consulting Group Unveils Blocktribe to Source dedicated Blockchain Recruitment Roles
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain
Kite Consulting Group, providing financial recruitment hires throughout Europe, today announced the launch of Blocktribe, a specialist site designed to list the best blockchain-related jobs around the globe. Blocktribe is a central go-to source of jobs in this area, and the first of its kind for blockchain in Europe.
The Body Shop Launches with Alipay in Three Major London Store Locations Powered by Wirecard Technology
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
China’s largest mobile wallet Alipay has started to expand in the UK. The Body Shop, one of Britain’s best-known and biggest cosmetics and skin care companies, will launch the service in three major London stores, Covent Garden, Oxford Street and Regent Street using the new Scan Alipay App provided by Wirecard. The launch takes place on October 1st, parallel to the start of China’s national Golden Week. This date marks a week-long national...
Banks and Corporates Recognise Role of AI in Addressing Inefficiencies in Payment Processing
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Pelican, a leading provider of solutions to the financial services sector, today released the findings of its global survey ‘Leveraging artificial intelligence for payments efficiency’, which explores the attitudes of senior payment professionals within banks and corporates towards the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in supporting the payments business and related processes. The survey of more than 120 payments professionals across 32...
Misys Helps Banks During the Phase-Out of SWIFT Accord
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Transaction Banking
At Sibos 2016, Misys is urging banks to think now about transitioning their confirmation matching processing ahead of the retirement of SWIFT Accord. With the service due to cease in October 2017, making provision to transition as early and as painlessly and as cost effectively as possible is absolutely vital for business continuity.
CGI advances blockchain adoption with implementation of Ripple Validator Node
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain
CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) today announced it is the first commercial enterprise to implement the Ripple Validator Node. Ripple validators are servers that confirm Ripple’s distributed financial technology transactions on the network. The CGI-hosted Ripple Validator Node provides banking clients with a trusted network partner for Ripple’s distributed financial technology that settles international and domestic transactions in real-time.
Ecobank Wins Trade Finance and Treasury Awards at Sibos
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Trade Finance, Treasury
Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African banking group, has won the awards for Best Trade Finance Services in Africa and Best Treasury Services in Africa in this year’s Treasury Services Awards, organised by financial trade magazine EMEA Finance. The awards were handed out in Geneva today on the margins of Sibos, the major annual banking conference organised by SWIFT. According to EMEA Finance, Ecobank’s strong pan-African platform and its...
SWIFT’s RMB Adoption Enjoys Growth in the UAE
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Data from SWIFT’s latest RMB Tracker shows exceptional growth in RMB adoption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) witnessing a 210.8% growth in payments value of the currency since August 2014, albeit from a low base. More than 80% of the direct payments made between the UAE and China/Hong Kong in August 2016 were in CNY, representing one of the highest increases worldwide.
Making Open & Instant Payments a Reality Worldwide: FIS Successes Cross Borders
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
Worldwide, people make more than $1.7 trillion in non-cash payments every year. Making those payments as instant and open as cash is a top priority for FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology and, it has made great headway toward such a goal by putting payments solutions in place around the world.
Raiffeisen Bank International AG goes live with SmartStream’s Corona Cash & Liquidity solution
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Cash management, Liquidity, Compliance, Regulatory Standards
SmartStream Technologies, the Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) specialist, today announced that Raiffeisen Bank International AG has taken a proactive approach to Basel III and implemented a cash and liquidity reporting solution – to monitor and manage cash positions on an intraday basis, throughout the group.
ACI Worldwide and VocaLink Team Up to Speed up Adoption of Immediate Payments Around the World
- 8 years 10 months ago
- Payments
ACI Worldwide , a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, and VocaLink, a global payments systems company, today announced a partnership to offer a complete end-to-end immediate payments solution to launch a domestic or regional immediate payments network.
