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Advantech Opens Expanded European Service Center in Eindhoven to Drive Industry 4.0 Growth

Advantech Opens Expanded European Service Center in Eindhoven to Drive Industry 4.0 Growth

Global Intelligent Systems leader Advantech today officially opens its new European Service Center — with dignitaries from Taiwan and ..

Can 2018 herald a new era of good governance in financial services?

Can 2018 herald a new era of good governance in financial services?

By Alister Esam, CEO, eShare (www.eshare.net) Alister Esam, CEO, eShare (www.eshare.net)  Governance is more in the spotli..

Why leading financial institutions are relying on video to meet compliance needs

Why leading financial institutions are relying on video to meet compliance needs

By Paul Herdman, Vice President, Qumu EMEA How you communicate regulatory changes to your employees can make a difference as to how qu..

Mobile wallets in India: What the world can learn

Mobile wallets in India: What the world can learn

Elina Mattila, Executive Director, Mobey Forum India’s emergence as a digital payment powerhouse is an unlikely story. El..

Investment eggs in alternative baskets

Investment eggs in alternative baskets

Surrenden Invest offers a more balanced, profitable and counter-cyclical portfolio 51% of survey respondents considering alternative..

Fintech inertia: consumers not unhappy with traditional banks

Fintech inertia: consumers not unhappy with traditional banks

New research explores reasons for consumer inertia in fintech sector New research conducted by True in partnership with Strive, to exp..

Compliance and regulation are top CFO priorities for 2018

Compliance and regulation are top CFO priorities for 2018

CFOs remain confident about growth prospects with 89% making investments to manage change In the face of new regulatory requirements, ..

KAL makes ATMs futureproof with nexo standards protocols

KAL makes ATMs futureproof with nexo standards protocols

Introduction KAL is a world-leading ATM software company that specializes in solutions for bank ATMs, self-service kiosks and bank bra..

Dash Announces Partnership with Mercury Cash to Enhance Accessibility in US and South America

Dash Announces Partnership with Mercury Cash to Enhance Accessibility in US and South America

Integration provides safe financial alternative for residents in economically challenged countries like Venezuela   Dash, the top digi..

Cryptocurrency Pioneer Charles Hoskinson Joins StormX as Senior Advisor

Cryptocurrency Pioneer Charles Hoskinson Joins StormX as Senior Advisor

Hoskinson to provide counsel on building a decentralized e-commerce marketplace aimed at global inclusion StormX, the blockchain token..

SimplyBiz Group launches complimentary end-to-end investment advice system

SimplyBiz Group launches complimentary end-to-end investment advice system

The SimplyBiz Group has today announced the launch of a new and exciting end-to-end financial planning system called Centra. Powered b..

Balancing Cybersecurity and Individual Privacy – New Whois Data Protections in 2018

Balancing Cybersecurity and Individual Privacy – New Whois Data Protections in 2018

By Tim Chen, CEO, DomainTools Who is data is at a crossroads in 2018, under duress from EU data protection regulations, from within IC..

The CFO and mastering the art of Digital Process Transformation

The CFO and mastering the art of Digital Process Transformation

Shantanu Ghosh is global business leader, CFO Services, and Transformation, at Genpact, a global professional services firm focusing i..

Getting Authentication Right – A Challenge For The Financial Sector

Getting Authentication Right – A Challenge For The Financial Sector

By Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance  What is online authentication?  For the sake of this article; online authe..

BAWAG Group and Spotcap announce strategic partnership to boost small business lending in Austria

BAWAG Group and Spotcap announce strategic partnership to boost small business lending in Austria

Online lender Spotcap and BAWAG Group announce a market-leading strategic partnership to offer online loans and credit lines to give A..

Three-quarters of brands experienced trademark infringement in past year

Three-quarters of brands experienced trademark infringement in past year

Four in 10 companies report trademark infringement has increased CompuMark, the industry leader for trademark research and protection,..

CES 2018 – How will new technologies affect markets?

CES 2018 – How will new technologies affect markets?

By Soteris Phoraris, Market Commentator for easyMarkets We frequently hear the idiom “The future is now!” especially in th..

Why Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology is the Future of the Gaming Industry

Why Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology is the Future of the Gaming Industry

By Egor Gurjev, CEO at Playkey Gamers all over the world are unable to play some of the biggest titles in the industry, due to the lac..

The Banking and Financial sector ends the year on a high, new research reveals

The Banking and Financial sector ends the year on a high, new research reveals

The UK’s Banking and Financial sector has ended the year on a positive note, with the growth of new companies up 18.56% to 5,775 and f..

Dash Kicks Off 2018 With Three Business Partnerships, Teaming Up With Crypto Payments Processor GoCoin, Leading Adtech Firm Strike Social, and Mobile Recharge Provider Piiko

Dash Kicks Off 2018 With Three Business Partnerships, Teaming Up With Crypto Payments Processor GoCoin, Leading Adtech Firm Strike Social, and Mobile Recharge Provider Piiko

Integrations and partnerships flood in for the top digital currency for payments Dash, the top digital currency for payments, today an..

Nucleus Vision Adds Blockchain and Technology Experts as Advisors

Nucleus Vision Adds Blockchain and Technology Experts as Advisors

Microsoft executive Ausaf Ahmad, blockchain veterans Jaron Lukasiewicz and David Wachsman join as advisors Nucleus Vision, the blockch..

Snapped Up – Snaptrip.Com Acquires Last Minute Cottages Limited And Closes A £2.1 Million Investment Round

Snapped Up – Snaptrip.Com Acquires Last Minute Cottages Limited And Closes A £2.1 Million Investment Round

Last minute holiday rental provider, Snaptrip.com has secured a £2.1 million investment round and completed the acquisition of Last Mi..

Senior Managers & Certification Regime Presents an Opportunity for IT Transformation to Insurers

Senior Managers & Certification Regime Presents an Opportunity for IT Transformation to Insurers

By Henry Umney, CEO, ClusterSeven The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), via its recently published proposals to extend the Seni..

Is it time to get off the cyber investment train?

Is it time to get off the cyber investment train?

With Fintech thriving and more than $1bin (£760m) already been ploughed into technology firms by venture capital investors hoping to d..

MiFID II: How Regulation Updates will Change Finance Communications

MiFID II: How Regulation Updates will Change Finance Communications

Alex Tebbs, founder, VIA The impending updates to the MiFID regulation will affect all finance businesses, from the smallest startups ..

Banking in 2018: Plus ça change

Banking in 2018: Plus ça change

Alex Kwiatkowski, Senior Industry Consultant, Global Banking Practice, SAS UK Another year’s over, a new one’s just begun. And it’s ti..

The digital transformation of the financial services: what to expect in 2018

The digital transformation of the financial services: what to expect in 2018

By Jim Schulenberg, Market Development Executive, financial Services, DMI 2017 saw many functions within the finance industry being tr..

Top 10 financial services roles set for highest salary increases in 2018

Top 10 financial services roles set for highest salary increases in 2018

High- performing financial professionals remain in high demand as the skills deficit grows in the financial sector The Robert Half 201..

New Squirro solution uses power of AI to bring deep customer insight to financial services firms

New Squirro solution uses power of AI to bring deep customer insight to financial services firms

Squirro for Corporate Financial Services uses AI to maximise the potential of unstructured data, unearthing new deals and improving th..

Coindirect makes digital currency trading simple, now live in UK, South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya

Coindirect makes digital currency trading simple, now live in UK, South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya

Coindirect.com, the easiest and fastest way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies online, is pleased to announce the initial launch of its ..

Collinson Group strengthens its European team with appointment of Mike Caidan

Collinson Group strengthens its European team with appointment of Mike Caidan

Caidan joins as European Sales Director after four years leading global client relationships with Allianz Global leader in influencing..

Bank of Baroda’s new digital Supply Chain Finance solution from iGTB to open up raft of working capital opportunities for clients of all sizes

Bank of Baroda’s new digital Supply Chain Finance solution from iGTB to open up raft of working capital opportunities for clients of all sizes

India’s International Bank now offers its extensive client base a host of automated supply chain finance products via iGTB’s platform,..

Broadridge Enhances Focus on Global Growth, Creates Broadridge International to Accelerate Next Wave of Growth in EMEA and Asia Pacific

Broadridge Enhances Focus on Global Growth, Creates Broadridge International to Accelerate Next Wave of Growth in EMEA and Asia Pacific

Tom Carey to Head International Efforts and Join Executive Committee Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced th..

PatSnap enhances access to patent insights with Smart Search

PatSnap enhances access to patent insights with Smart Search

PatSnap, the world’s leading provider of research and development (R&D) analytics, has today announced the launch of Smart Search,..

Canada’s Volaris Group acquires Sicap

Canada’s Volaris Group acquires Sicap

The Canadian Volaris Group Inc. has acquired Sicap Schweiz AG, including of all its subsidiaries. Sicap will become a Volaris Business..

Workday expands security toolset with Duo partnership

Workday expands security toolset with Duo partnership

Integration of Duo’s multi-factor authentication strengthens customer security to help ensure the right people access Workday Workday,..

Houlihan Lokey Acquires Quayle Munro Limited And Establishes A New Global Data & Analytics Group

Houlihan Lokey Acquires Quayle Munro Limited And Establishes A New Global Data & Analytics Group

Acquisition substantially expands service offering to assist clients in dynamic, growing sector Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the g..