MiFID II Forcing Buyside Firms to Work Harder to Protect their End-investors

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Trading Systems, Compliance

 A new report from GreySpark Partners, a leading global capital markets consulting firm, emphasises the importance of investment firms making changes to comply with MiFID II as soon as possible.

Just Eat Invests £3.5M in Flypay

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Investment

Flypay, the market leader in innovative, state-of-the-art technology for the hospitality industry has secured a £3.5M investment from Just Eat, the leading marketplace for online food delivery. This latest investment follows the £7M Series A funding the business secured from Time Out in July 2015. Just Eat also joins Flypay as the latest partner on its new Flyt platform. The investment and strategic partnership with Flypay will enable the...

FXecosystem Expands in Asia with Regional Headquarters in Singapore

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

FXecosystem, a leading provider of institutional and retail FX outsourced connectivity services, announces expansion into Asia, with the opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore and a point of presence (POP) in the prestigious Equinix SG1 Singapore data centre.

Graycliff Partners Invests in Dedoes Industries

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Investment

Graycliff Partners, an independent investment firm focusing on middle market private equity and mezzanine investments, today announced it has provided subordinated debt and equity financing to Dedoes Industries, a global leader in equipment for the automotive refinish market. Graycliff’s investment supported the acquisition of the business by Ashland Capital Partners, a Chicago based private investment firm.

Judopay Makes Key New Hires Ahead of Global Expansion

• 9 years 3 months ago
• People Moves

Judopay, the London based AppCommerce™ payments platform, today announces key appointments to a new-look leadership team, set to drive the consolidation of Judopay’s leadership in the in-app mobile payments space across EMEA, expansion in the US and also into new mobile and in-app sectors.

Citi to Sell its Consumer Banking Business in Argentina to Banco Santander Rio

• 9 years 3 months ago
• M&A Deals

Citi announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its consumer banking business in Argentina to Banco Santander Rio subject to regulatory approvals. Citigroup does not expect the financial terms of the transaction to be material to its earnings.

Eclipse Implements its Proclaim Practice Management Software Solution at Anderson Rowntree

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

Kyriba's Client Spotify Receives 2016 EuroFinance Award for Treasury Excellence

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Treasury

Kyriba Corp., the global leader in cloud treasury management solutions, today announced its client, Spotify, the world’s most leading streaming service, has won the 2016 EuroFinance Award for Treasury Excellence for its innovative, strategic and FinTech focused approach to corporate treasury.

SEQR Unveils Contactless Payments and Gocardless Service in the UK

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Payments

As of today SEQR customers in the UK are now able to quickly and simply link their bank account to the SEQR app and make payments directly from their bank account.  Until now UK customers have enjoyed the benefits of the SEQR pre paid account functionality, however enabling customers to connect their bank account opens SEQR up to millions more customers who prefer direct payment over a pre paid option. 

Europe Net Releases New Prepaid Card in Collaboration with Wirecard

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Payments

Europe Net, a subsidiary of ADAC Truck Service, is to offer its customers the Europe Net Service Card in cooperation with Wirecard from now on. The new prepaid card can be used for breakdown and workshop services as well as at domestic and international petrol stations. Fleet managers can top up their balance in real time, allowing professional drivers to make on-site payments in emergencies.

Schaeffler and IBM Enter Strategic Partnership

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

As part of its "Mobility for tomorrow" strategy, Schaeffler is digitizing its entire organization. With IBM as its strategic partner, Schaeffler is creating a digital platform for processing large amounts of data, generating valuable insight to transform its operations. From October 2016 the resulting Schaeffler Cloud will be available for the first user cases and applications.

Arria Announces Private Beta Launch of Articulator Lite

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

Arria NLG, a leader in artificial intelligence ("AI") and natural language generation ("NLG"), is pleased to announce the private beta launch of Articulator Lite, a cloud-based toolkit that allows users to build their own applications that create content from data. Arria recognizes the demand from users to be able to build their own NLG applications with the option of hosting on-premises or delivery via cloud Application Programming Interfaces (...

LightCyber Introduces Free Purple Team Assessment to Test Data Breach Readiness

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Security

-LightCyber, a leading provider of Behavioral Attack Detection solutions, today announced that it is partnering with leading security consulting firms to provide free Purple Team Assessment for determining “data breach fitness” and assess an organization’s ability to detect active network attackers. The exercise combines the Red Team attack simulation by the partner with a Blue Team evaluation using LightCyber Magna Behavioral Attack Detection....

Malin Corporation Appoints Peter Schwartzman to Senior Management Team

• 9 years 3 months ago
• People Moves

Malin Corporation, an Irish-based global life sciences company, today announced the appointment of Peter Schwartzman to the company’s senior team, effective immediately. Peter Schwartzman brings 30 years of experience in asset and risk management to Malin. He was most recently a Managing Director in the Leveraged Finance Group within BlackRock Financial Management - the world’s largest asset manager. From 1998 to 2016, Peter was a leading member...

Patrick Foley Joins the London Office of Marakon Management Consulting at Charles River Associates

• 9 years 3 months ago
• People Moves

Charles River Associates , a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services, today announced that Patrick Foley has joined Marakon, a management consulting practice at CRA, as a senior advisor. Mr. Foley has more than 30 years of experience advising on strategy, providing economic analysis, and forecasting in the financial services sector.