Boku (BOKU): Simplifying Mobile Commerce
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Payments
Boku's FY21 results reflect continued strong momentum in the Payments business and improved performance in the since-sold Identity business. Local payment methods added to the Boku network over the last three years showed an accelerating contribution to monthly active user numbers, increasing ninefold over 2021, and made up nearly 10% of new users in the year. We have revised our forecasts to remove revenue from Russian carriers and estimate an...
ESET’s Move to Protect the Future of Technology
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Security, Cybersecurity
Global leader in cybersecurity is championing innovation and enabling progressive change by ensuring a safe digital future We’re moving into an increasingly complex digital world – technology is how we connect, how we work and how we express ourselves. Communities are built and businesses grown through digital innovations, but these are open to attack, putting the future of technological innovation at risk.
Citi Announces Referral Arrangement with Haball
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Banking
Referral Arrangement to Facilitate Clients’ Real-Time B2B Settlement Citibank N.A. Pakistan (“Citi”) announced today that it has entered into a referral arrangement with Haball Pvt Ltd (“Haball”) providing corporate clients a digital receivables solution which enables real-time reporting and reconciliation.
Paysend Helps People in the UK Improve Their Financial Health With Paysend Grow
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Payments
Paysend, the UK-based fintech with over 6.5 million customers, today announces the launch of two new products to help customers improve their financial health: Credit Builder and Pay Later. Credit Builder lets people in the UK with little or no credit history automatically improve their credit score by simply using their Paysend card for their daily spending when linked to their Paysend Credit Builder account in the Paysend app. The major UK...
Coutts and Natwest Launch Accelerator for Gaming and Social Media Entrepreneurs
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Wealth Management, Banking
Coutts and NatWest have launched a programme to help entrepreneurs in the Interactive Entertainment (IE) space build and develop their businesses. Starting in June 2022, the six-month accelerator is aimed at ambitious e-sports, gaming, social media and streaming entrepreneurs across the UK who have recently started a business or are thinking about forming a company.
Reassured Hires new Head of Digital Product from Klarna
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Insurance
Reassured, the UK’s largest life insurance broker, today announces that it has appointed Simon Towndrow as its new Head of Digital Product in a move to continue the development of their digital platforms.
Phos Appoints Chris Haincock as its new Chief Operating Officer to help Accelerate Growth
- 2 years 1 week ago
- People Moves
Phos, the fintech behind the leading software-only Point of Sale system, has appointed programme management leader Chris Haincock as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Government-targeted DDoS Attacks Surge by Over 1,800% in 2021
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Security, Cybersecurity, Data Protection
Nowadays, governments worldwide face the challenge of protecting their cyberspace in addition to their physical borders. Online presence creates an additional attack surface that can be used in coordinated attacks, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, the volume of DDoS attacks per customer aimed at the government sector soared by a whopping 1,881% in 2021 compared to 2020’...
UK Workers Scramble to Get to Grips With Their Finances as New National Insurance Rise Takes Effect
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Insurance
Storyline: 6th APRIL DUBBED THE ‘EYE’ OF THE UK’S COST OF LIVING CRISIS AS ENERGY BILLS SPIKE AND NEW TAX INCREASES PUT ENORMOUS STRAIN ON HOUSEHOLDS
WALLIX Reports 2021 Earnings Showing Sharp International Growth
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Cryptocurrencies
Alongside more customer wins and reduced operational costs, WALLIX appoints a new executive hire to drive its continued acceleration WALLIX, a European cybersecurity software developer and expert in privileged access management (PAM), has reported its 2021 full-year earnings. Alongside the results, the company has announced the appointment of Frédéric Sarrat as Deputy Managing Director, to continue to drive and execute the company's growth plans.
Alpian Obtains FINMA Banking License and Secures CHF19 Million Series B+ Financing
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Digital banking, Banking, IT Innovations
Alpian SA, an innovative digital private bank, today announced the granting by FINMA of a banking license and a successful CHF19 million Series B+ closing, enabling Alpian to shortly launch to the public in Q3 2022, becoming Switzerland's first digital private bank.
Newly Launched TPP Verification by Salt Edge Consolidates Security, Exactly as PSD2 Requires
- 2 years 1 week ago
- APIs, Open Banking
Salt Edge announces the launch of a new open banking solution on the European market – TPP Verification. The solution simplifies ASPSPs’ efforts in checking the third-party providers trying to access users’ account data.
Utimaco and Nokia Expand Partnership to Secure a 5G Future
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Security, IT Innovations
Global telecoms giant and cybersecurity innovators combine to create future-proof, secure implementations of fifth generation mobile networks
HSBC Counterparty Credit Risk and Valuation Adjustments on Google Cloud Case Study
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Cloud, Credit Risk
HSBC: Driving breakthrough compute capacity and speed with Dataflow running on Google Cloud HSBC delivers new counterparty credit risk (CCR) and derivative valuation adjustment (XVA) engine with in-house built analytics library NOLA 2.0, powered by Google Cloud. The cloud-native risk management solution boosts calculation speed 10x by combining Graph Theory from Mathematics and Dataflow Elastic compute from Google Cloud. Future-proofing risk...
DeFi, DAOs and CBDCs: 8 Crypto Innovators on What's Next
- 2 years 1 week ago
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, IT Innovations
In 2011, Brazilian software developer Lucas Schoch spent more than 1,100 bitcoin inside World of Warcraft, the popular online fantasy game. Cryptocurrency had yet to explode in value, but he quickly realized what a mistake he’d made.
