Automated Payments Systems in High Demand as UK Businesses Anticipate International Trade Growth

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Payments, Infrastructure

 AFEX, one of the world’s largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, today announced the results of its inaugural State of International Payments Report, finding that nearly half (44%) of UK companies engaged in international commerce expect to utilise international payments more this year than in 2015. As a result, around one in six companies (17%) are planning to start using or upgrade their online automated...

Miles & More Accepts Wirecard’s Mobile Payment Solution in Lufthansa WorldShop Stores

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Payments

The Wirecard Group is to enable Miles & More GmbH to accept Alipay barcode payments in their Lufthansa WorldShop stores via the new ‘Scan Alipay’ iOS app. Alipay is China’s most popular mobile payment solution. The pilot phase is set to begin on 1 October in four stores located in Munich and Frankfurt am Main airports in Germany – right in time for the start of the ‘Golden Week’, a holiday period during which millions of Chinese tourists...

ProSight Specialty® Insurance Solutions Partners with CMAA and SelectSolutions

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Insurance

Samsung and SAP Open Research Center for Next-generation In-memory Platform

• 9 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

Samsung Electronics and SAP SE, today held the opening ceremony for a joint research center where engineers will conduct R&D for memory solutions to be used in next-generation in-memory computing. The ceremony was held at Samsung Electronics’ Hwaseong campus in South Korea with Dr. Young-Hyun Jun, President of Samsung Electronics’ Memory Business and Adaire Fox-Martin, President, SAP Asia Pacific Japan participating, as well as other...

Western Union Unveils Mobile Money Transfer App in Canada

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 months ago
• People Moves

PDQ Enterprises Names Don Ross as CEO

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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

• 9 years 3 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.