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Calastone Successfully Completes First Phase of Blockchain Distributed Market Infrastructure

8 years 11 months ago
Blockchain

Calastone, the global funds transaction network, today announced the successful completion of the first phase of its distributed market infrastructure proof-of-concept (PoC) to test the feasibility of using blockchain to develop a common global marketplace for the trading and settlement of mutual funds. The tested distributed infrastructure model proved capable of processing transactions equivalent to a full day’s trading sourced from across...

AEVI and Moroku Join Forces to Mobilize Small Merchants

8 years 11 months ago
Payments

AEVI and Moroku today announced a partnership to bring their all-in-one small merchant POS software Marrakash to AEVI’s Global Marketplace; a B2B app store for smart Point of Sale (SmartPOS) devices.

Romania's BCR Improves Cash Management with Assistance of NCR and Printec

8 years 11 months ago
Banking

Banca Comercială Română (BCR), the largest financial group in Romania and a member of Erste Group has significantly improved availability and operation costs across its network of more than 2,600 ATMs and its cash processing centers with the help of NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) and its channel partner Printec.

YBS Group Deploys Aprimo Across All Product Development, Marketing and e-Commerce Functions

8 years 11 months ago
Infrastructure

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS), the UK’s second largest building society, is reeping the benefits of a new automated approach to marketing operations following its selection of Aprimo, a global leader in marketing operations software solutions. YBS completed its first project on the new marketing operations platform in November last year.

Supported by Mastercard and CDPQ AvidXchange Secures $300 Million Funding

8 years 11 months ago
Payments

AvidXchange, a leading fintech provider of accounts payable and payment automation for midsize companies, announced today its strategic partnership with Mastercard to deliver accounts payable and payment automation to small and midsize businesses.

Workday Is Ranked #3 As a Best Place to Work in Europe

8 years 11 months ago
Cloud

Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it ranked #3 on Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute’s list of the best workplaces in Europe.

ATM Security Team Changes Brand Name to Focus on Transaction Chain

8 years 12 months ago
Payments

The European ATM Security Team (EAST) is changing its name to the European Association for Secure Transactions (EAST). The announcement was made by EAST Executive Director Lachlan Gunn at the EAST Financial Crime and Security (FCS) Forum in The Hague. The name change is in line with a new strategic direction for EAST. EAST was formed in 2004 to focus on ATM security when card skimming was a rising issue in Europe.

CardPay Acquires JCB Cards Across SEPA Region

8 years 12 months ago
Payments

JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB, is pleased to announce that CardPay, a global player and a European leader in e-commerce and transactional services, has signed a direct License Agreement to acquire JCB's e-commerce card transactions across the SEPA region.

Synechron Partners with Misys to Demonstrate Corporate Banking and Capital Markets Expertise

8 years 12 months ago
Banking

Synechron, a global financial services consulting and technology service provider, today announced that it will join the Misys InFusion Partner Program. Synechron will develop two Centres of Excellence focused on Capital Markets and Corporate Banking to support clients across the United States, Europe, Middle-East and India.

Stratumn Raises Largest Funding Round to Date in the European Blockchain and Data Security Ecosystem

8 years 12 months ago
Blockchain

Stratumn, a leading provider of network solutions securing processes between enterprises and their stakeholders through blockchain technology and advanced cryptography, announces today the raising of €7M in a series A funding from Open CNP, the Corporate Venture arm of CNP Assurances, Otium Venture, Nasdaq and Digital Currency Group. Less than two years after its inception and one year after its seed financing, Stratumn has now accomplished the...

SumUp Welcomes Ryan O'Connor as US MD

8 years 12 months ago
People Moves

SumUp, the leading mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) company, today announces Ryan O’Connor as Managing Director of the U.S., underscoring the company's commitment to accelerating growth in the United States and North America.

Denmark Based OpenLedger Closes $1.6 Million Seed Funding

8 years 12 months ago
Infrastructure

OpenLedger Aps, based in Pandrup, Denmark, has received seed funding to the tune of 11 Million DKK ($1.6 Million USD) from a group of a group of Chinese, American and European investors, allowing four major projects managed by OpenLedger, namely eDEV.one (EDEV, JOYY), GetGame (REALITY), Apptrade (APPX), and OCASH (OCASH) to start immediate production.

Client Assets on Digital Advice Platforms Forecast to Exceed $400 Billion by End of 2018

8 years 12 months ago
Asset Management

A new wave of robo-advisors, an increasing number of partnerships between wealth managers and widespread usage of inorganic intelligence will drive significant change and opportunities for the wealth management industry in 2017 and beyond, according to a new report developed by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) in association with Aite Group.

Hewlett-Packard Hardware Partners with R3 to Bring Corda to HPE Systems

8 years 12 months ago
Blockchain

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership with R3 to bring Corda to Mission Critical HPE Systems. HPE and R3 will bring this leading Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), aka Blockchain, to workloads that must run at enterprise scale. A proof of concept created in collaboration with HPE Labs, HPE Mission Critical Systems and R3 demonstrates R3 Corda running on the HPE Integrity NonStop...