Visa Europe Provides Novation Hub In Israel

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Payments

Fresh from the launch of Visa Europe Collab in London earlier this month, the card scheme has exported the idea to Israel with the opening of an innovation hub in Tel Aviv.

Leading Global Asset Manager For Emerging Economies Selects eFront’s FrontPM Solution

• 9 years 7 months ago

eFront, a leading software provider of financial solutions for managing alternative investments, has announced that responsAbility Investments AG, a global leader in development investments, has chosen eFront’s FrontPM portfolio monitoring solution. FrontPM streamlines and automates the collecting of portfolio company data. For responsAbility, the eFront solution will allow the firm to grow efficiently while providing exceptional management for...

Capgemini Selected As State of Georgia’s Multi-Sourcing Service Integrator

• 9 years 7 months ago

US And LatAm Treasurers Confident On Business Prospects For Year Ahead

• 9 years 7 months ago
• FinTech StartUps

Almost two-thirds of senior treasury and finance professionals in the US and Latin America region said they feel more confident about their own business’s prospects in the next year. 62% answered 'yes' to the question 'Compared to last year, do you feel more confident about your business’s prospects in the next year?' A similar percentage – 61% – also said they feel more confident about the US's prospects in the year ahead.

‘Just Eat Effect’ has Brits Purchasing More Meals Online Than Ever Before

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Payments

The popularity of online food delivery services such as ‘Just Eat’ has Brits turning off their ovens and turning on their internet browsers in record numbers.  According to Worldpay, takeaway only businesses have also seen online sales leap by 22% in the past year, as ordering online becomes the default option for hungry Brits.

ABN AMRO Clearing Clears EURO STOXX 50® Variance Futures on Eurex

• 9 years 7 months ago

 ABN AMRO Clearing will offer clearing services for the EURO STOXX 50® Variance Futures on Eurex. This future on the EURO STOXX 50® Index volatility is the onexchange complement to OTC variance swaps. These innovative contracts replicate the payoff profile of OTC variance swaps. The new contract offers exposure to the difference between implied versus realized volatility. It allows users to expand their equity portfolio hedging strategies. This...

eBay and Village Capital Provide Three-month Fintech Accelerator For Startups

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Retail Banking

The eBay Foundation and Village Capital are running a three-month fintech accelerator for startups developing alternative technologies for serving low-income households and individuals.

CNS & CSFi Sign a Partnership Agreement

• 9 years 7 months ago

CNS (Computer Network Systems) a Leading system integrator and solution provider of end to end payments solutions for banks in the Middle East signed a  new Master Value Added Reseller (MVAR) agreement with the US Based CSF International (CSFi) a leading global provider of ATM driving and management, electronic payment and transaction switching software.

Equinix Will Invest $40 mn To Build 3rd Phase of 2nd Data Center In Hong Kong

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Infrastructure

Equinix will invest over $40 million to build the third phase of its second data center (HK2) in Hong Kong. It will also build the ninth phase of its first data center (HK1) – to meet demand from cloud and content and digital media (CDM) companies for data center and interconnection services in Hong Kong.

FICO and NBKI Claim Russians' Credit Performance Is Worst in Seven Years

• 9 years 7 months ago

The credit performance of Russian consumers reached a seven-year low last month, according to data from FICO, the predictive analytics and decision management software company, and the National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI), Russia's leading credit bureau. Continuing a three-year slide, the FICO® Credit Health Index fell in April to 94 points, two points lower than January 2015 and 21 points lower than the peak of 115 in January 2012. The...

Al Rajhi Bank Chooses Diebold's Technology To Drive Branch Automation Strategy

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Islamic Finance

 Al Rajhi Bank, one of the largest Islamic banks in the world, has selected Diebold's technology to migrate transactions from the traditional teller line to the self-service channel and transform the in-branch banking experience for its customers. In Saudi Arabia, the vast majority of transactions are performed with cash. Approximately 70 percent of all banking transactions are performed inside the bank branch, which leads to long teller queues.

JLT Employee Benefits signs up to RiskFirst’s PFaroe to manage pension risk in real-time

• 9 years 7 months ago

JLT Employee Benefits – one of the UK’s leading providers of employee benefits services – has adopted RiskFirst’s real-time analytics and reporting platform, PFaroe, enabling another 400+ UK pension schemes to benefit from PFaroe’s analytics. JLT Employee Benefits will use it as a tool to add value to its advisory services, allowing it to provide defined benefit (DB) pension scheme clients with up-to-date funding valuations and real-time...

Mercer Selects Bravura Solutions’ Sonata To Modernise its Wealth Administration Business

• 9 years 7 months ago

Mercer, one of Australia’s largest providers of outsourced superannuation administration services, and a Bravura Solutions Pty Limited (Bravura) client for more than 20 years, has chosen Sonata, Bravura’s unified wealth management platform, to underpin a major transformation program in its benefits administration division.

Mobey Forum Provides ‘Snapshot of NFC Mobile Payments’ for Banks

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Payments

Latest comparison paper depicts an NFC ‘moment in time’, contrasting Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, HCE, Google Wallet and SIM-based mobile payment deployment options 

Advanced Field Service Offers Top Tips For Businesses Wanting To Make M2M Technology

• 9 years 7 months ago
• Data Management

As service management organisations face greater demands to improve customer service, increase first-time fix rates and cut costs, many are evaluating evolving machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies to help them meet these challenges.