Technology news round-up: Financial deals and product launches

Groupe BCPE acquires Fidor Fidor, a German online challenger bank founded in 2009, has been acquired by French banking group...

CREST opens Singapore branch

The launch of CREST’s examination facility in the Singapore Institute of Technology. The UK’s Council for Registered Ethical Security...

IBM Blockchain supports testing feature

Rashik Parmar, IBM IBM has released a new testing functionality on IBM Blockchain; the service delivered via IBM’s Bluemix platform...

MAS updates outsourcing requirements

Singapore. Credit: Michael Elleray The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has added a section on cloud computing to its...

New York Fed to set new expectations for IT risk management by banks

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is understood to be working on revised and more detailed guidelines for financial...

FCA gives green light to the cloud

The FCA has published a paper on guidance for cloud outsourcing. The regulator has confirmed that it does not see...

Round-up: Company News

SmartBear and Cognizant announce alliance The US testing software provider SmartBear Software and NASDAQ-listed consultancy Cognizant Technology Solutions have announced...

OCC warns of heightened operational risk threats

The US Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) warns of continuing elevated operational risk in its Semiannual Risk Perspective....

Opinion: Off-the-Shelf vs Open Source: “Meeting the productivity challenge”

Productivity: we’re all going to be hearing more about it. And I will argue here that it’s a topic as...

SEC fines Citigroup broker-dealer $7 million for trade reporting software fault

The US Securities and Exchange commission (SEC) has fined Citigroup’s broker-dealer subsidiary CGMI a record $7 million dollars for failing...

Bank apps need finesse with function – lessons from the gaming business

If you read recent customer reviews of banking apps, or the latest rankings published by tech blogs, then you will...

Velocimetrics launches market data recording service for algo testing

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