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Company update/startups

Spend and procurement platform PayEm emerges from stealth with $27m in funding

PayEm, the global spend and procurement platform for high-growth and multinational organizations today announces $27M in funding.

01 September 2021

Company update/markets

Askrindo Indonesia selects FSS for smarter reconciliation

FSS Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd., a globally leading provider of integrated payment products and a payments processor, today announced Askrindo, a market leader in Indonesia’s general insurance industry, has implemented its Smart Recon solution to modernize and maximize the efficiency of its reconciliation operations.

26 August 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Payments innovation and the benefits cascading down the waterfall model

EBAday 2021 has flown by, and the sessions throughout day three of the event served to build on the momentum from day one and two. Another punchy strategic roundtable addressed the need for industry-wide collaboration to drive payments innovation, while two boisterous chatrooms tackled the weighty subjects of Open Banking, CBDCs and stablecoins.

30 June 2021

Company update/markets

Evenlode Investment Management automates position reconciliations with Fund Recs

Fund Recs today announced that Evenlode Investment Management, the UK based Investment Manager, has gone live on Fund Recs Velocity platform to automate position reconciliations.

23 June 2021

Research/Reconciliation

Refreshing Payment Orchestration for a digital future

11 June 2021 419 downloads

News/payments

BNY Mellon taps RTP network for digital bill-pay play

BNY Mellon is taking advantage of The Clearing House's RTP network for a new real-time electronic bill and payment service.

26 May 2021

News/payments

Boost raises $22m to digitise B2B payments

B2B payments player Boost Payment Solutions has raised $22 million in a Series C funding round led by Invictus Growth Partners.

05 May 2021

Company update/payments

Omnio selects AutoRek for reconciliation

Scottish fintech company, AutoRek, a leading software provider to global financial services firms, is proud to announce Omnio as the latest addition to its expanding list of digital banking/payments clients.

29 April 2021

Company update/payments

SmartStream launches AI enabled platform for managing complex data

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider today announces the launch of TLM Aurora Universal Data Control - driven by client demand - it is the only solution of its type to match any reconciliations data, from basic to complex matching by enabling AI, machine learning and cloud-native technology.

31 March 2021

Company update/people

Clearwater Analytics adds Jacques Aigrain to board

Clearwater Analytics, an industry-leading SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting, announced today that it has appointed global industry veteran, Mr. Jacques Aigrain, to its Board of Directors.

10 March 2021

Company update/wholesale

GTreasury buys Coprocess

GTreasury, a treasury and risk management platform provider, today announced the acquisition of Coprocess, the leading provider of intercompany netting solutions.

02 March 2021

News/wholesale

Citi picks Volante for global ISO 20022 migration

US banking giant Citi is enlisting Volante Technologies to accelerate its adoption of the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard across its global payments operations.

19 January 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2020: Banks’ plumbing still needs work before ISO 20022 migration

Diving into the ‘Unlocking customer value through ISO 20022’ session on day three of EBAday 2020, Guy Moons, head of enterprise payments solution, FIS, believes that the migration toward ISO is as revolutionary to the economy as going from a black and white television to a smart TV.

26 November 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020: It’s do-or-die time for real-time payments

Launching into the session ‘Reaping the potential of real-time payments’, Dean Wallace, director of real-time payments, digital and request to pay, ACI Worldwide argues that the expectations of the market will only continue to evolve, pressuring financial institutions to finalise their real-time payments (RTP) strategy.

25 November 2020

Company update/people

Former SmartStream COO Schiebl joins Gresham as group business development director

Dr. Christian Schiebl, formerly Chief Operating Officer of SmartStream and CEO of the Corona reconciliations business, has joined leading global fintech Gresham Technologies plc (Gresham) as Group Business Development Director.

10 November 2020

Company update/payments

Novalnet taps Banking Circle for payments setttlement and reconciliation

Novalnet AG, a full-service Payment Provider, is partnering with Banking Circle, for faster and lower cost foreign exchange (FX) and settlement solutions for its 12,000+ customers around the world.

05 November 2020

Company update/cloud

FSS adds machine learning and cloud support to reconciliations platform

FSS (Financial Software and Systems) a global payment products provider and processor, has introduced critical increments to its market-leading Smart Recon platform.

07 September 2020

News/payments

RTGS Global rolls out stage 1 of liquidity visibility network

In collaboration with Microsoft, cross-border transaction network RTGS Global has launched the first stage of its operational rollout to boost visibility of interbank liquidity.

03 September 2020

News/payments

Capitalising on Eurosystem changes to bolster instant payments

The benefits of implementing a cohesive instant payments system are manifold and well documented. As evidenced by the incoming European Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) and the need to integrate interoperable systems across Europe, the ability to access infrastructure that facilitates instant payments is vital.

03 July 2020

Company update/Reconciliation

Murex and Duco team on reconciliation

Duco, the global provider of self-service data integrity and reconciliation services, and Murex, the leading provider in trading, risk and processing solutions for treasury and capital markets, have teamed up to provide clients with a comprehensive data reconciliation solution enabling improved automation and straight-through processing across a range of asset classes.

23 June 2020