AfDB and ASEA Sign MoU to Develop Africa’s Capital Markets
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Financial, Infrastructure
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to amplify the impact of their strategically aligned joint efforts to promote resources mobilization to fund Africa’s economic growth. This MoU will provide a collaborative framework for harmonizing and coordinating the efforts of AfDB, the premier international development financial institution for Africa...
IBM to Establish Blockchain Innovation Center in Singapore
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
IBM plans to establish the first IBM Center for Blockchain Innovation in Singapore.
MGT Unveils Bitcoin and Blockchain Project
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Security
MGT Capital Investments, Inc disclosed the details of the initial phase of a large scale Bitcoin mining operation designed to position the Company as a leader in Blockchain technologies.
John Kim Joins Fiserv's Board of Directors
- 9 years 9 months ago
- People Moves
Fiserv announced the appointment of John Kim to its board of directors.
Computop Integrates Amazon Payments Interface
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
With the payment method, Amazon Payments, over 300 million Amazon customers worldwide can make an order online with just a few clicks, without having to complete the registration process on the online store. Customers simply login using their Amazon account during checkout, select a delivery address and payment method stored in their Amazon user account and click the purchase button.
ABBYY Makes Business Monitoring Add-on for its FlexiCapture Platform
- 9 years 9 months ago
- BPM, Infrastructure
ABBYY, a leading provider of recognition, data capture and language-based text analytics technologies today announced the availability of a new Business Monitoring add-on for solutions built using the ABBYY FlexiCapture platform. Providing service level metrics, real-time processing information, and historical process data, the Business Monitoring module adds transparency to business processes so that an organisation can more effectively...
EMVCo and FIDO Alliance Partner on Mobile Payment Authentication
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Authentication Technology
EMVCo, the global payment specification body, and the FIDO Alliance, an industry consortium developing open, interoperable authentication standards, have announced they will collaborate and review how FIDO authentication standards can support EMV® payment use cases. A key aim of the initiative is to investigate providing simpler and stronger authentication for cardholders making mobile payments using on-device authenticators, such as biometrics...
Contego Achieves Cyber Essentials PLUS Certification
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Security
Contego, the multi-source fraud detection platform, today announced that it had achieved the Cyber Essentials PLUS certification, a government backed, industry supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against cyber attacks.
State Street to Test GlobalCollateral's Margin Settlement Messaging Service
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd, a joint venture (JV) of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), today announced that State Street Corporation has agreed to participate in a pilot program to test the JV’s Margin Settlement Messaging Service.
Transatel DataSIM Continues its Global Expansion in Russia
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Transatel DataSIM's global connectivity solution is now covering the vast land of Russia, making it the 48th country under Transatel DataSIM's network. Comprised of 85 "federal subjects"[1], Russia's territories create obstacles for travelers toobtain a SIM card and understand the complex pricing. Transatel DataSIM's innovative technology allows travelers to overpass the hassle of swapping multiple SIM cards and paying different rates. Travelers...
Inalfa Roof Systems Taps Workday's HCM
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that Inalfa Roof Systems, one of the world's biggest providers of vehicle roof systems, has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to help transfo
WFW Advised North River on a US$5.6m Conditional Investment by Greenstone
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Investment
International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised North River Resources plc (“North River”) on a US$5.6m conditional investment by its majority shareholder Greenstone Resources LP (“Greenstone”). North River is a mineral exploration and development company operating in Namibia and Mozambique and currently focused on re-opening its flagship asset, the Namib Lead Zinc Project, on which it is targeting commencement of...
Ingram Micro Unveils Odin Service Automation Platform
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Cloud
Reinforcing its global cloud leadership through the expansion of its Ecosystem of Cloud, Ingram Micro Inc. announced at the 2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner (WPC) Conference the newest release of its Odin Service Automation platform.
Tech Bureau and Infoteria Announce Successful Experiment of Private Blockchain
- 9 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
Infoteria Corporation and Tech Bureau Corporation have successfully transferred loan and deposit account data in the main system of BC Finance, one of the largest microfinance institutions in Myanmar, to mijin (*1), the private blockchain (*2) placed on Microsoft Azure (*3) using ASTERIA WARP (*4) and mijin adapters (*5).
Avnet Appoints William Amelio Interim as its CEO
- 9 years 9 months ago
- People Moves
Avnet announced that William (“Bill”) J. Amelio, a member of Avnet’s Board of Directors, has been named as interim Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective immediately. Mr. Amelio brings more than 35 years of management and industry experience to his new role having served in senior positions at global publicly traded companies, and has spent most of his career managing global technology enterprises. Mr. Amelio is replacing Rick Hamada...
