NBAD is the 1st Bank in MENA to Introduce Payments on Blockchain with Ripple
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Banking
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is pleased to be the first Middle East bank to introduce real time cross border payments on Blockchain technology. The new channel is intended to facilitate regional customers with simple, real time and secure way to process their cross border payments within NBAD network.
BT Announces Acquisition With IP Trade SA
- 9 years 6 months ago
- M&A Deals
BT today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire IP Trade SA, a provider of unified communications and collaboration solutions for trading floor environments and command-and-control dispatch centres. Completion of the deal is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory clearance, and is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2017.
Carl Stern Joins BitPay
- 9 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Payments innovator BitPay, Inc. is pleased to announce that Carl Stern has been elected to BitPay’s board of directors. Carl has been shaping strategic business thinking for more than 40 years. He has spent most of his career with The Boston Consulting Group, serving 6 years as CEO and 8 years as Chairman. Currently Chairman of Carl W. Stern Associates LLC, Carl assists several global companies in developing competitive strategies for their...
Envestnet | Yodlee Partners With Varo Money
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Platform Technology, Mobile Banking, Cloud
Envestnet | Yodlee (ENV), a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, today announced it is partnering with Varo Money Inc., a mobile-only banking startup that helps consumers gain greater control of their financial lives, providing customers with a more customized mobile banking experience and better insights into their financial well-being.
Yapı Kredi Introduces Eyeprint ID for Mobile Logins
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Banking
Yapı Kredi, the first national private bank of Turkey co-owned by Koç Holding, one of the biggest conglomerates of Turkey, and UniCredit, the largest banking group of Europe, is the first bank in Europe to use Eyeprint ID for mobile login, and the first bank across the globe to offer Eyeprint ID for mobile banking login and cardless cash withdrawals.
Pelican Launches PelicanSecure Fraud Prevention Solution
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Security and Compliance, Banking
Pelican, a global provider of payments and compliance solutions for banks and corporates, today unveiled its PelicanSecure Fraud Prevention solution. Harnessing artificial intelligence technology the PelicanSecure Fraud Prevention solution actively and intelligently monitors, analyses, detects and prevents attempted fraud breaches – going far beyond existing static ‘check-box’ compliance systems.
Kickstart Accelerator Welcomes International Startups for Its Second Programme
- 9 years 6 months ago
- FinTech StartUps
Kickstart Accelerator, one of Europe’s largest multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators and an initiative of digitalswitzerland, has today announced that applications are open to international startups for its second programme, predominantly based out of ewz-Unterwerk Selnau, the old transformer station in centre of Zurich.
CPEC Fiscal Cost More Manageable Than Feared
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Our analysis of fiscal costs related to CPEC reinforces our positive view – We are more comfortable with fiscal risks associated with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor as a result of the analysis presented in this report; this reinforces our positive thesis on Pakistan equities. Our top stock picks are UBL, HBL, BAFL in Banks, INDU, PSMC in Autos, MLCF in Cement, KEL in Utilities.
Calibrate Management Investments to Crossflow Payments
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Investment
Crossflow Payments (Crossflow), the technology driven alternative finance platform delivering innovative supply chain finance solutions, has today announced a significant investment from Calibrate Management (Calibrate), a leading investor focused on early stage, high growth firms. The deal sees Calibrate take a minority equity stake in Crossflow and will provide further firepower as the business continues to execute against its ambitious...
Coupa Inspire 2017 Expects Speach From Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Cloud
Coupa Software, a leader in cloud-based spend management, today announced that Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak will be the distinguished speaker at Coupa Inspire ’17, taking place May 16-18 at the Westin St. Francis Union Square in San Francisco, CA.
iMeta Ends 2016 Successfully and With Further Partnership Plans
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Management, Technical
Renowned CLM provider iMeta ended 2016 with further strategic partnerships, new customers and CLM platform product innovation. iMeta, a leading provider of onboarding and client lifecycle management software to global financial institutions has completed a notable year of success:
Mobey Forum Welcomes Maikki Frisk as Executive Director
- 9 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Mobey Forum, the global industry association empowering banks and other financial institutions to lead the future of digital financial services, today announces the appointment of Maikki Frisk to the position of Executive Director, effective from 1st February 2017.
EDM Group Research Finds Mailroom Automation Will Drive Better Business Performance
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Management
Four-in-ten (40%) respondents to a new study1 by EDM Group believe that a digital mailroom would improve the overall performance of their business. Just a quarter (26%) thought that a digital mailroom would have no impact at all.
Path Solutions Named ‘Best Islamic Finance Technology Service Provider - Global 2016’
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Islamic Finance
Path Solutions is proud to announce that it was awarded by the universally recognized financial magazine ‘International Finance Magazine’ as ‘Best Islamic Finance Technology Service Provider - Global 2016’.
Equifax Study Shows 38% of People Rely on Comparison Website
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Data, Technical
Research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, discovered that 38% of people, in the UK, believe they always get the best deals through a comparison website. The online survey, conducted by YouGov also found that 70% of people use a comparison website when choosing a financial product.
