Western Union Unveils Mobile Money Transfer App in Canada

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Transaction Banking

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, today announced the launch of its mobile platform in Canada for domestic and cross-border money transfers, available for iOS and Android. The new app allows users instant, anytime, anywhere access to Western Union’s sophisticated physical and digital money transfer infrastructure, allowing them to send money to nearly every corner of the world in just a few clicks.

BlackLine Appoints Cloud Software Veteran as its Chief Customer Officer

• 8 years 11 months ago
• People Moves

PDQ Enterprises Names Don Ross as CEO

• 8 years 11 months ago
• People Moves

PDQ Enterprises, operator of a U.S. equity trading platform that utilizes a patented on-demand auction trading process, announced today that the Board of Managers appointed Donald Ross, III, as CEO. Don Ross will succeed D. Keith Ross, Jr., whom the Board elevated to executive chairman. As chief strategy officer, Don Ross headed PDQ Enterprises’ research and development division where for the last two years he oversaw the creation of an advanced...

TMD Security’s Card Protection Plate Protects from ATM ‘Deep Insert’ Skimming

• 8 years 11 months ago
• ATMs, Security

TMD Security, the global leader in anti-skimming for ATMs and SSTs, announced today that its patented Card Protection Plate (CPP) is actively protecting cardholders from ‘deep insert’ skimming, a new type of skimming attack that is spreading fast from Europe to North America and Asia Pacific.

Major European Bank selects Temenos UniversalSuite

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Banking

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces that a major European bank has selected UniversalSuite, its front-to-back solution for retail, commercial and corporate banking.

Prime of Prime Brokerage, Stater Global Markets is Formed

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Trading Systems

Ramy Soliman has been appointed CEO of new London-based Prime of Prime Brokerage, Stater Global Markets. Ramy is a well-known industry figure, with over a decade of experience in senior sales roles at Citi, IG and Integral. Backed by Stater Holdings in New Zealand, Stater Global Markets offers clients institutional access to the FX market. The FCA-regulated brokerage launches with direct access to top tier bank and non-bank liquidity, market...

GFT appoints David Collins as Head of Financial Services with pan-Atlantic remit for marketing, sales and delivery

• 8 years 11 months ago
• People Moves

 GFT, the leading provider of business, design and technology consulting to the financial services community, has appointed David Collins as Head of Financial Services across the GFT Atlantic Region, a senior hire that marks a key milestone in GFT’s strategy to service clients in the UK and North America.

Multifonds Delivers New Single Investment Accounting Platform for Great-West Life

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Investment Management

Multifonds, the leader in single-platform, multi-jurisdictional investment fund software, has today announced the ‘go live’ of its partnership with The Great-West Life Assurance Company, a leading Canadian insurer, with over C$400 billion in assets under administration.

Eurogiro and TransferTo to link mobile money with 500,000 bank and postal branches

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Payments

TransferTo, the leading B2B mobile payment network, and Eurogiro, a global payments network, have connected to provide access to Eurogiro members to transfer money to mobile money and bank accounts through the TransferTo payments network.

Bill Wrest Joins The B2 Group as Director, Strategy and Business Development

• 8 years 11 months ago
• People Moves

 The B2 Group, provider of cloud based payments, FX and funds STP software and consultancy solutions to administrators, transaction banks and corporates across the globe today announced the appointment of Bill Wrest to the position of Director, Strategy and Business Development.

OTAS Technologies Partners with ExtractAlpha to Provide Enhanced Trading Factor Analytics

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Trading Systems

OTAS Technologies (OTAS), a specialist provider of market analytics and trader intelligence, today announced it has partnered with ExtractAlpha the independent fintech research firm to provide unique, actionable trading factor analytics. The content will be available to buy-side and sell-side clients including quants and asset managers.

Blockchain in Financial Industry and Business

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Blockchain

On November 10, for the second time this year, Moscow will host the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia – a conference dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based services. The main subject of interest will be blockchain in banking sector, management and different business areas. Bitcoin, Ethereum blockchains, and individual blockchain implementations interest not only the major banks, but medium enterprises as well. Implementation...

Silicon Valley Bank Expands its Presence in San Francisco

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Banking, IT Innovations

BitScan Introduces an ICO for Its 'Incent' Blockchain Loyalty Rewards Token

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Blockchain

 BitScan announces the launch of its crowdfunding initiative for the new blockchain loyalty token, Incent through an ICO.

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev 2016: Results and Impressions

• 8 years 11 months ago
• Blockchain

Friday, September 23, the major blockchain event – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev 2016 – took place. It is major not only due to the amount of participants and guests amounting to around a thousand but also due to the range of blockchain and cryptocurrency topics.        As the program promised, the audience was divided into three sections: for newcomers, experts, and developers. The Pro block consisted of three sections: Fintech,...