Global-IP forms outstanding sales team to develop services its African Markets
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Global-IP Cayman, advanced satellite communications company, comissioned to bring affordable Internet and related value-added services to Sub-Saharan Africa, is delighted to announce its outstanding sales team brought on board to develop channel partners and offer new types of communications services in the area. The sales team is headed by Senior Group Vice President, Yaron Tchwella, a seasoned executive who previously served in various...
Lords Committee Calls For UK Government to Tackle Financial Exclusion
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
The House of Lords Financial Exclusion Committee has today published its report in which it asks the Government, the Financial Conduct Authority and banks to give greater priority to tackling financial exclusion. It calls on them to end the scandal of the poorest being excluded from even basic financial services and forced to rely on expensive and substandard products.
Wolters Kluwer Wins Risk Reporting Tender From Nordea Bank Russia
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Risk Management
Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX Risk and Management Information Systems (MIS) Reporting solutions will be implemented at Nordea Bank Russia (NBR). The bank has selected Wolters Kluwer’s product following a competitive tender. OneSumX is a system of complementary and comprehensive solutions and services designed to manage finance, risk and compliance and improve organizational efficiency and profitability. NBR will specifically use OneSumX Risk...
Lupo Holdings Selects Rival Risk for Vast Improvement in Risk Management
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Risk Management
Rival Systems (Rival), an award-winning provider of trading and risk management software, today announced that Lupo Holdings has selected the Rival Risk platform to manage its futures, equities and options trading business. Lupo, which manages multiple trading groups, is using Rival Risk extensively for real-time enterprise risk management, advanced market scenario analysis and optimization of its cross-margining capabilities.
ING in Poland Introduces HCE Mobile Payments
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments, e-Payments
Forgotten your wallet or purse? No problem. ING in Poland customers can now pay for goods or services using only their Android smartphones following the launch this month of a ‘MasterCard on your phone’ payment service. Available for customers with a Moje ING mobile app, the contactless service was developed in less than a year by teams from Poland, the Netherlands and Spain. It is one of the first global projects of this type to provide a...
Thirty Percent of UK Jobs at Risk From Robotic Automation - PwC
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Infrastructure
UK economic growth held up better than expected in the six months following the Brexit vote, but this began to ease in early 2017 as inflation has risen, squeezing household spending power. In our main scenario, we project UK growth to slow to around 1.6% in 2017 and 1.4% in 2018 due to slower consumer spending growth and the drag on business investment from Brexit-related uncertainty.
Tieto Creates Services for People With Special Needs and Disabilities
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- IT Innovations
Technology is an enabler for new innovations and services making everyday life easier. In line with the view that digitalization can be used to create socially equal services for all, Tieto innovates a customer service system oriented for people with special needs. The unique project is conducted through a hackathon, together with Finland´s leading service provider for disabled people, Rinnekoti Foundation, as part of a programme highlighting...
Blockchain Conference to Take Place in Kazakhstan
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Blockchain
The capital of Kazakhstan will host Blockchain Conference Astana on June 14 - 15, 2017. The conference organizers have chosen Astana to be the conference location for several reasons. Firstly, Kazakhstan has a great potential for development of the fintech industry. The country has shaped its course for accelerated technological modernization of the economy.
Huawei integrated Infosys Finacle into KunLun server environment
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
Today Huawei showed the availability of the Infosys Finacle core banking solution on Huawei KunLun.
Worldpay US boost consolidates BillingTree Payrazr Marketplace
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Today BillingTree revealed that Worldpay US, the world's leader in payments processing technology and solutions, will extend its omni-channel payment solutions to their growing customer base with the Payrazr Marketplace. Available immediately are robust myPayrazr payment acceptance technologies including myPayrazr IVR.
Coinbase receives NYDFS's approval to offer Ethereum and Litecoin trades
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Infrastructure
Today, Mari T. Vullo, financial Services Superintendent, reported that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Coinbase, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., to offer Ethereum and Litecoin for New York customers. DFS has also approved Coinbase to offer users in New York to access “Shift Card”, a Coinbase linked debit card service.
PaySimple sets up POS software for services
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Platform Technology, Payments, Infrastructure
PaySimple, the major service commerce platform for businesses, has reinforced point-of-sale software for service businesses with their new release of Service Point of Sale (sPOS) platform.
SS&C reveals Vision FI customer communications platform
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Financial, Infrastructure
Today SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. a leader in providing financial services software and software-enabled services, announced the official release of Vision FI. SS&C demonstrated the Vision FI platform at The Summit for Asset Management (TSAM) in London. This revolutionary product advances the Varden eReportal platform providing SS&C's customers a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for designing, producing, and distributing...
Samsung makes wearable payments play
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments
Samsung is bidding to expand NFC payments beyond phones to a host of wearable devices by teaming up with POS manufacturer Ingenico and app developer Smartlink to launch the Contactless Companion Platform (CCP). The platform aim to boost financial inclusion by helping to bring digital cash to everyone, including those without payment cards and bank accounts. The system lets users make digital cash payments via any enabled contactless device of...
Figo unveils XS2A enabler for PSD2
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
The Payment Services Directive 2 will be made national law SEPA-wide. After months of controversy and polarising debate, banks and FinTech companies can see positive but challenging conditions to come.
