Gerald Kitchen of Secure Trading takes the Finextra Q&A
Sterci has more than 25 years in financial messaging and has extended its offerings to reconciliation and data management. In this video from Sibos 2008 in Vienna it gives an overview of recent developments at the company, the trend towards service oriented architecture in payments infrastructure, and the business drivers it sees at its 170 bank clients worldwide.
Richard Muirhead of Tideway takes the Finextra Q&A
Collin Cohen, president of US wealth management outfit NorthStar Systems, says the last gadget he bought was a home planetarium. He takes Finextra's two-minute test.
Stewart Foster (left) and Gary Linieres - two of the four ex-Financial Objects executives that have set up new investment management vendor Third Financial Software - take time out to take the Finextra Q&A.
In this video interview, SmartsStream CEO Ken Archer talks to Finextra about last year's aborted IPO plans, the acquisition by DIFC Investments, opportunities in the Middle East, and the increasing demand for hosted software offerings in the financial services sector.
Ahead of Finextra's first Fintech M&A event, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, on Tuesday 30 October, Finextra spoke to Thomas Bill, CEO of Orc Software about his own company's growth strategies, and his views on new technology development and consolidation among financial software vendors.
John Slater is the founder and CEO of core banking system provider SlaterLabs. A former IBM employee, he started his own company, ICT, which took over the rights to a retail core system being built by IBM and the Spanish rural banks. He then sold the company to Temenos, and the system became TCB. After working with Temenos and completing his non-compete period, he started SlaterLabs in late 2005, with the ambitious aim of commoditising the banking industry by developing a system that allows banks to evaluate, purchase, implement, enhance and upgrade their software over the Internet.
Steve Husk of FRS Global takes the Finextra Q&A
Stewart Foster recently set up private equity firm Third Financial after leaving Financial Objects. He spoke with Finextra about where he sees the opportunities for investing in small-to-mid-sized fintech companies, and the role of offshoring in his investment plans.
Tom Gros, new CEO of OpenLink, opens up to Finextra
Phil Lynch, the newly-installed CEO of Asset Control, started his career working in the front office at the New England Patriots.