Credits Partners with Skyscape Cloud Services to Provide Blockchain-as-a-Service to the UK Public Sector
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Blockchain, Cloud, Infrastructure
Credits, a blockchain infrastructure provider is partnering with Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, to deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to UK public sector organisations.
Wick Hill Named Distributor of the Year’ at the IT Europa European IT and Software Excellence Awards
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Infrastructure
Wick Hill has won the strongly contested ‘Distributor of the Year’ title at the IT Europa European IT and Software Excellence Awards 2016. These are the only pan-European awards that recognise best practices and service excellence in the IT community. Wick Hill won in the supplier section which recognises the distributor who best supported its channel partners to deliver excellence.
UK Outruns Singapore As the Second largest Offshore RMB Clearing Centre
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Trade Finance
According to SWIFT’s latest RMB tracker, the United Kingdom’s RMB payments value increased by 21% between March 2014 and March 2016, positioning the United Kingdom as the first offshore RMB clearing centre after Hong Kong. Singapore overtook the United Kingdom in February 2014, but the trend started to reverse as of January 2016. Hong Kong still remains the world’s largest offshore RMB centre, processing 72.5% of all RMB payments, followed by...
NSD Pilots E-proxy Voting System Running on a Blockchain Technology
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Blockchain, Infrastructure
National Settlement Depository, Russia’s central securities depository, has successfully finished developing and testing an e-proxy voting system running on a distributed ledger (blockchain technology). The prototype is based on the NXT distributed cryptographic platform, and uses ISO 20022 international standard for messaging. NSD has been working on the project together with DSX Technologies. The project's open-source code is available on...
InvestCloud enhances digital client experience for Portolani
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Cloud, CRM
Portolani, an independent family office based in Belgium, has selected the InvestCloud digital document portal to enhance client communication capabilities and improve their overall digital client experience. The launch of the portal is also a growth celebration of Portolani’s 10-year anniversary and a major enhancement to the overall Portolani platform.
Azul Systems and Pontus Networks Release Zing Based Edition of PontusVision Thread Manager
- 9 years 8 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Azul Systems the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, and Pontus Networks, a specialist in improving the performance of software in financial institutions, have launched an Azul Zing®-based edition of PontusVision Thread Manager (PVTM), Pontus’s flagship product which reduces capital and operational IT infrastructure expenditures by improving the wa
European Investment Bank Helps UCL with New Investment Boost
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Investment Management, Banking
UCL (University College London) has agreed a £280 million loan with the European Investment Bank to develop its Bloomsbury and UCL East campuses, the largest sum ever lent by the bank to a university. The 30-year loan will provide funding for UCL’s Bloomsbury campus in central London which is undergoing an ambitious programme to upgrade and expand its historic buildings as well as finance for the building of UCL East, the university’s new site ...
Nxchange Unveils a Next Generation Stock Exchange
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
The arrival of Nxchange makes it possible to place and trade securities on a regulated platform without the intervention of a bank or broker being required. Companies can activate their network and communities to raise capital both on the central trading platform of Nxchange and using an integrated module on their own websites. A traditional IPO is usually an expensive and complex matter.
Elixium Will Go Live in May
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Trading Systems
Elixium, a new EU-regulated Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for collateral and secured deposits, has announced it will launch in May 2016. Elixium has been developed to address the growing need for a transparent, open to all, peer-to-peer, regulated marketplace. It seeks to address the growing liquidity concerns that have emerged as a result of changes in regulation and the subsequent composition and availability of balance sheets.
JPX Selects Cinnober for Risk Monitoring
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Risk Management
JPX, one of the world’s largest financial marketplaces, has chosen Cinnober for risk monitoring across the entire Japanese market of equities, bonds, futures, options, CDS and IRS. This follows an announcement earlier this year where JPX selected Cinnober for the clearing of the exchange’s listed derivatives market.
FICO and iboss Cybersecurity Partner to Fight Malware Breaches & Data Loss
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Security, Data
Analytic software firm FICO today announced that its groundbreaking AI-based Cyber Analytics will be available as part of the iboss node-based, direct-to-cloud, containerised platform, a leading solution for cybersecurity and malware protection. FICO’s Cyber Analytics models will improve detection of attacks, including new or “zero-day” attacks. The announcement was made during the FICO® World 2016 conference in Washington, DC.
The Co-operative Group Taps ACI Worldwide to Boost Data Security
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Security, Data
ACI Worldwide announced that The Co-operative Group (Co-op), one of the UK’s largest food retailers, has selected the company to run its card payments processing operations and maximise card data security across all of its UK food stores and fuel sites. The retailer, with over 2,800 stores, will utiliseACI’s UP Merchant Payments solution to secure its payment data with the latest version of its point-to-point encryption (P2PE) and ...
Computershare and SETL Reveal First Working Blockchain Solution in Australia
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Blockchain
Computershare and SETL have today demonstrated Australia’s first working blockchain solution at Computershare’s annual Investor and Analyst day. The two companies are also pleased to announce a joint initiative to establish securities ownership registers using blockchain technology.
Visa Boosts Up Digital Payments for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- 9 years 8 months ago
- Payments
Visa celebrated the 100 day milestone to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In its 30th year as the exclusive payment provider of the Olympic Games, Visa is creating and managing the entire payment system infrastructure and network throughout all venues including stadiums, press centers, point-of-sale (POS), the Olympic Village and Olympic Superstores. This year Visa will implement 4,000 POS terminals across key Olympic venues, as well as 11 ATMs in...
FICO Introduces Decision Management Suite for Businesses of All Sizes
- 9 years 8 months ago
- BPM, Infrastructure
Analytics software firm FICO (NYSE:FICO) today introduced the FICO® Decision Management Suite 2.0, at FICO® World 2016 in Washington, DC. The expanded, cloud-based suite of analytic tools and applications represents a major leap forward in the practice of prescriptive analytics and decision management, providing everything businesses of all sizes need to rapidly develop innovative analytic applications and improve business decision agility.
