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Dataiku Raises $28M Series B to Help Democratize Data Science and Analytics across Organizations

Dataiku Raises $28M Series B to Help Democratize Data Science and Analytics across Organizations

Led by Battery Ventures and supported again by FirstMark, Serena Capital and Alven Capital, the company will continue to empower analy..

Metapraxis launches accountancy training course ‘Accounting Intuition’ in partnership with CIMA

Metapraxis launches accountancy training course ‘Accounting Intuition’ in partnership with CIMA

Metapraxis, the business performance management and financial analytics firm, today announces the launch of Accounting Intuition, a ne..

MyFirmsApp to Take on Irish Market with Help from Industry ‘Sage’  

MyFirmsApp to Take on Irish Market with Help from Industry ‘Sage’  

Former CEO, Sage Ireland, is appointed to help largest global App platform for accountants break into Irish market Liam Mu..

Montenegro Implements the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

Montenegro Implements the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System

A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Statistics Department visited Podgorica during June 28–July 4, 2017 to assist the..

INNIS & GUNN Growth Plans Attract Investment Offer

INNIS & GUNN Growth Plans Attract Investment Offer

The World’s leading consumer goods private equity firm has made an offer to buy a stake in the craft brewer following outstanding busi..

Baillie Gifford champions value for money in active management  

Baillie Gifford champions value for money in active management  

Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh based investment management partnership, has reduced investment management fees across its range of UK ..

Board changes

Board changes

Walker Crips Group plc, the listed financial services group, with activities including stockbroking, investment and wealth management,..

IMF Executive Board Concludes the Ex-Post Evaluation of the Second Precautionary and Liquidity Line Arrangement for Morocco

IMF Executive Board Concludes the Ex-Post Evaluation of the Second Precautionary and Liquidity Line Arrangement for Morocco

On August 1, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Ex Post Evaluation (EPE) of exceptional ..

Sicap Enters The World Of Artificial Intelligence To Reduce Telecom Churn

Sicap Enters The World Of Artificial Intelligence To Reduce Telecom Churn

Mobile operators lose millions of euro every year, due to customer churn. Global telecom solution provider, Sicap is pioneering AI Eng..

Redwood Bank launches four months after securing its initial banking licence

Redwood Bank launches four months after securing its initial banking licence

Offices open in Letchworth and Warrington Warrington Borough Council is a major shareholder New products launched include SME mortgag..

Cryptocurrency Heavyweights Jehan Chu and David Drake Join Ambrosus Advisory Board

Cryptocurrency Heavyweights Jehan Chu and David Drake Join Ambrosus Advisory Board

The advisors join as Harvard-alum Esther Amstad takes on the role of Lead Scientist Ambrosus, the world’s first trusted blockchain-bas..

Dash &BlockCypher Partner to Launch Grant Program For Companies Exploring Blockchain Technology

Dash &BlockCypher Partner to Launch Grant Program For Companies Exploring Blockchain Technology

Program provides funding for software, services and support for blockchain projects Dash, the leading payments-focused digital currenc..

Synechron Partners with R3 in One of the Largest Distributed Ledger Consortium Projects of the Year

Synechron Partners with R3 in One of the Largest Distributed Ledger Consortium Projects of the Year

12 global banks sign on to create the foundation for corporate self-sovereign identity in financial services Synechron, Inc, the globa..

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of Bahrain

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of Bahrain

On June 5, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Kingdom o..

SmartContract.com, Used by SWIFT, Announces Technical Leaders as Advisors, Launches ChainLink to Connect Smart Contracts to Off-chain Data & Payments

SmartContract.com, Used by SWIFT, Announces Technical Leaders as Advisors, Launches ChainLink to Connect Smart Contracts to Off-chain Data & Payments

Announces first fully decentralized Oracle network, created by industry leaders SmartContract.com, the secure blockchain middleware pr..

MyFirmsApp Shortlisted for Top Accountancy Practice Product of the Year

MyFirmsApp Shortlisted for Top Accountancy Practice Product of the Year

UK software company is leading global mobile transformation in the accountancy profession by giving accountancy practices their own br..

Lasernet grows UK based partner network

Lasernet grows UK based partner network

As part of aggressive expansion plans, customer communication management specialist, Formpipe Lasernet, has added UK-based IT reseller..

Sompo International Deploys Guidewire System For London Market Policy Management

Sompo International Deploys Guidewire System For London Market Policy Management

GuidewirePolicyCenter® implemented by global specialty carrier to enhance operational efficiency and client service Guidewire Software..

IMF, AMF, AFESD and Government of Morocco To Host Regional Conference: “Opportunity for All—Promoting Growth, Jobs, and Inclusiveness in the Arab World”

IMF, AMF, AFESD and Government of Morocco To Host Regional Conference: “Opportunity for All—Promoting Growth, Jobs, and Inclusiveness in the Arab World”

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (AFESD) and Government ..

Asia records $10bn economic loss as severe flooding continues in July, according to Aon catastrophe report

Asia records $10bn economic loss as severe flooding continues in July, according to Aon catastrophe report

Japan suffers $1bn flood loss amid series of devastating global flood events during month Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s cat..

Leading global trade finance specialist becomes adviser to GFG Alliance firm, Wyelands Capital

Leading global trade finance specialist becomes adviser to GFG Alliance firm, Wyelands Capital

The relentless international growth of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance has received a further boost with the appointment of leading globa..

Former Barclaycard CEO joins award winning payment start-up APEXX

Former Barclaycard CEO joins award winning payment start-up APEXX

Valerie Soranno Keating bolsters senior team of UK start-up aiming to transform global payments market Valerie Soranno Keating, CEO of..

Aon announces agreement to acquire UnirobeMeeùsGroep

Aon announces agreement to acquire UnirobeMeeùsGroep

Aon Groep Nederland today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire UnirobeMeeùsGroep (UMG) from Aegon for EUR 295 million..

New Report Reveals New ‘Resetting’ Social Trend As People Take Control Of Their Lives

New Report Reveals New ‘Resetting’ Social Trend As People Take Control Of Their Lives

One third of ‘Resetters’ set up their own business The rise of Hobbypreneurs A new report launched today by Britain Thinks and Inves..

Fidor Invests Invests Close To S$800,000 (€500,000) To Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Student Academy Programme For Polytechnics In Singapore

Fidor Invests Invests Close To S$800,000 (€500,000) To Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Student Academy Programme For Polytechnics In Singapore

More than 500 polytechnic students and lecturers to be trained on developing FinTech applications using Fidor’s API sandbox and fidorO..

ID Finance and Da Vinci Capital launch $200m fintech fund

ID Finance and Da Vinci Capital launch $200m fintech fund

FinTech Credit Fund to provide affordable debt financing for scaling fintechs Financing available within four weeks following approval..

Financial crime professionals believe that increased personal liability has been good for the UK financial services industry, according to research from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Financial crime professionals believe that increased personal liability has been good for the UK financial services industry, according to research from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

The Senior Managers Regime (SMR) has already had a positive impact on the financial services sector, despite making the day-to-day job..

Ion Pacific strengthens global leadership team as it launches new European headquarters in London

Ion Pacific strengthens global leadership team as it launches new European headquarters in London

Ion Pacific chooses London to become its fully regulated European headquarters, led by Claire Hoey, former Lehman Brothers and Rothsc..

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

Byrne to replace outgoing MD Robert Francis He joined easyMarkets as COO in May easyMarkets CEO Nikos Antoniades praises Byrne’..

AWS Customers Access New Global Cellular for IoT Devices

AWS Customers Access New Global Cellular for IoT Devices

New Eseye Connectivity AmongFirst Featured Products onAWS Marketplace IoT Product Listing  Eseye announced details of a new, fully int..

Legal & General Insurance appoints Nick Frankland as the Managing Director for its new Fintech business     

Legal & General Insurance appoints Nick Frankland as the Managing Director for its new Fintech business     

Legal & General Insurance (LGI) has appointed Nick Frankland into a new role of Managing Director, Fintech, effective from 1 Augus..

How much!? Council tax, train tickets and rent voted worst value for money things in the UK

How much!? Council tax, train tickets and rent voted worst value for money things in the UK

Over half (53%) of the UK thinks their council tax is overpriced Over three quarters (76%) feel their monthly bills are too expensive..

Qualtrics launches “Qualtrics Pulse”

Qualtrics launches “Qualtrics Pulse”

New quarterly satisfaction index benchmarks UK employee engagement Qualtrics, the leader in experience management software, today anno..

ID Finance’s chatbot cuts client services workload by a third

ID Finance’s chatbot cuts client services workload by a third

ID Finance, the digital finance, credit scoring and emerging markets company has developed and introduced a self-learning chatbot for ..

UniCredit prepares for multinational roll-out of instant payments

UniCredit prepares for multinational roll-out of instant payments

UniCredit has started testing with the first pan-European instant payment solution, RT1, in preparation for its instant payments go-..

Kodak Alaris partners with UK Software

Kodak Alaris partners with UK Software

Kodak Alaris Information Management has announced a new partnership with UK Software, which will enable clients within the healthcare ..

Capita Asset Services appoints Steve Lemka

Capita Asset Services appoints Steve Lemka

Capita Asset Services has appointed Steve Lemka as managing director of its investor relations business. Steve will be based in London..