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Retail banking

Bank of England launches banknote app

07 March 2014 | 814 views | 0

The Bank of England has today launched an interactive guide to banknotes, as part of its ongoing commitment to building awareness of the security features the public should look for in Bank of England banknotes.

Wholesale banking

Slib opens London office

07 March 2014 | 425 views | 0

Slib is a leading provider of securities software solutions based in Paris and Lyon. Slib serves to reinforce its strategic commitment to developing the UK market. Slib is pleased to announce the opening of its new London office.

Retail banking

TxtNation introduces single click mobile billing in Sweden

07 March 2014 | 598 views | 0

Mobile billing and messaging company, txtNation has launched an improved customer flow for mobile billing in Sweden, enabling 'Single Click' with WyWallet, in a push to optimise their payment experience for the mobile web.

Cards

Icici Bank launches pre-paid transit and shopping card

07 March 2014 | 698 views | 0

ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, today announced the launch of a combo prepaid card in association with the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC).

Retail banking

UK government consults on cheque imaging

07 March 2014 | 1023 views | 0

The government has today unveiled detailed plans to modernise cheque payments.

Payments

OnDeck secures $77 million in funding

06 March 2014 | 730 views | 0

OnDeck, the technology-powered Main Street lender, announced today it raised $77 million in a growth investment round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investors Institutional Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, SAP Ventures, Google Ventures, First Round Capital, Industry Ventures and Peter Thiel.

Trade execution

Instinet appoints Jonathan Kellner CEO

06 March 2014 | 820 views | 0

Instinet Incorporated today announced the appointment of Jonathan Kellner as CEO. He replaces Fumiki Kondo, who has been designated to become head of Nomura Asset Management's overseas client division in Tokyo.

Wholesale banking

MDX Technology upgrades MDXT Connect

06 March 2014 | 694 views | 0

MDX Technology (MDXT) is very pleased to announce the release of MDXT Connect version 3.

Wholesale banking

TCW Group selects Bonaire revenue and expense management tech

06 March 2014 | 486 views | 0

Bonaire, a Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) company and leading provider of software solutions for asset managers, mutual funds and capital markets firms, today announced that The TCW Group has selected its revenue and expense management solution to streamline and automate its institutional fee billing.

Risk & regulation

ReMatch selects OpenGamma to support CDS portfolio risk management

06 March 2014 | 930 views | 0

OpenGamma, creator of the first open-source risk management and analytics platform for the financial services industry, today announced that ReMatch, the Icap owned CDS portfolio rebalancing and market risk mitigation service, has selected the OpenGamma Platform to provide dynamic, on-demand market risk analytics for single-name CDS.

Cards

Barclaycard loses IT man Martin Taylor to G4S

06 March 2014 | 655 views | 0

G4S appoints Martin Taylor into the newly created position of Group CIO, effective today (3 March)

Retail banking

Fidelity unveils retirement planning tools

06 March 2014 | 704 views | 0

Fidelity Investments today announces the first phase of a comprehensive suite of innovative tools and technologies developed to help thousands of American employers and millions of employees make better retirement planning decisions and ultimately try to help them achieve better retirement outcomes.

Wholesale banking

Nasdaq OMX makes global indexes available through eVestment

06 March 2014 | 1170 views | 0

The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) a market leading provider of innovative, transparent indexes, announced the following 19 Nasdaq Indexes are now available to clients of eVestment's suite of Analytic solutions for institutional investors:

Cards

SIA reports full year net profit rise

06 March 2014 | 367 views | 0

The Board of SIA, meeting under the chairmanship of Carlo Tresoldi, has approved the Draft Financial Statement at 31 December 2013.

Wholesale banking

Options bolsters connectivity between New Jersey venues

06 March 2014 | 333 views | 0

Options, the leading private financial cloud provider for the global capital markets industry, today announced that it has recently completed the upgrade of the route between its venues in Savvis Weehawken, New Jersey (NJ2) and Equinix Secaucus New Jersey (NY4).

Payments

Stripe revamps Checkout

06 March 2014 | 457 views | 0

We launched the first version of the Checkout a year ago. From the start, the goal has been to create best possible payments flow. Each site should not have to duplicate the work of device optimization and A/B testing. When you use Checkout, you have a team of Stripe engineers and designers continually optimizing your payment interface. Today, we've released a new version of Checkout.

Wholesale banking

Slovenská sporiteľňa deploys Dion Sepa platform

06 March 2014 | 539 views | 0

Dion Global Solutions (BSE: 526927), technology partner to the financial services industry, has announced that Slovenská sporiteľňa has started processing Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) transactions with its Sepa Gateway technology.

Cards

India's NPCI chooses Fime for RuPay certification programme

06 March 2014 | 519 views | 0

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation of all retail payment systems in the country, has appointed advanced secure-chip testing provider Fime to deliver its RuPay certification programme.

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