Automation of the bank’s trade finance operations will capture new growth opportunitiesSingapore, and London, UK, 14 March 2018 – The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has selected Finastra to drive its digital transformation initiatives. Finastra technology will streamline and automate Vietcombank’s operational processes and improve overall customer experience to enhance loyalty, increase domestic market share and capture growth opportunities in a new era of digital banking.Dao Minh Tuan, ‎Deputy Chief... Source: RealWire

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Leading global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has won the prestigious 'Cloud First Partner of the Year Award' at the Oracle UK & Ireland Partner Awards 2018, held at the Landmark Hotel, London. Inoapps had been short-listed in an impressive five categories at the awards.The ‘Cloud First’ Award is presented to the partner that consistently puts “Oracle Cloud” first with its customers and that also gives them a choice of deployment routes. The award recognises... Source: RealWire

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Raven Housing Trust has chosen an online customer portal from Aareon (www.aareon.co.uk). The Portal, which will offer a wide range of online services to over 6.5k residents across Surrey and Sussex, will free-up existing call-centre staff to spend more time with those in greater need. The new system allows all customers to access key services 24/7, using their own devices from the comfort of their homes. Once fully operational, the services that will be available... Source: RealWire

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New service enables delivery to Chinese bank accounts, and cuts the cost of sending in halfLondon, March 12th - Azimo, a digital disruptor of traditional money transfer services, has launched an improved service for transfers to China. Customers will now be able to send money from 24 countries in Europe to individual bank accounts in China, delivered in local currency. With 99% coverage of bank accounts in China, low rates and fast delivery times, Azimo’s... Source: RealWire

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LONDON – Media, technology and IP law firm Wiggin today announced the launch of Overmorrow Partners, a new strategic advisory business focused exclusively on the Media, Entertainment and Technology sectors. Overmorrow is led by a team of five Wiggin partners with longstanding expertise in the film, television, technology, sport, computer games, brands and publishing industries. The business is based in London but has a global mandate and will operate as an appointed representative of Daedalus... Source: RealWire

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London, 8 March 2018 - Hampleton Partners, the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, releases its E-Commerce M&A Market Report today, outlining how challenging the environment is for any company providing goods and services, not just on the high street, but online in the growing ‘Amazon economy’.In an age where anything - from screws to private jets - can be purchased at the touch of a keypad, the report reveals that it was consumers' most... Source: RealWire

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Leading global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has launched a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) application for Oracle ERP. Working alongside the Oracle ERP Cloud platform, the application enables main contractors to manage subcontracted work packages in accordance with the UK Government’s Construction Industry Scheme guidelines. By delivering a seamless integration between the UK Government’s HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) Portal and Oracle’s Cloud ERP technology, the Inoapps application streamlines and manages every aspect of... Source: RealWire

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Leading global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (www.inoapps.com) has launched a Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) application for Oracle ERP. Working alongside the Oracle ERP Cloud platform, the application enables main contractors to manage subcontracted work packages in accordance with the UK Government’s Construction Industry Scheme guidelines. By delivering a seamless integration between the UK Government’s HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) Portal and Oracle’s Cloud ERP technology, the Inoapps application streamlines and manages every aspect of... Source: RealWire

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Microsoft Azure will underpin FusionFabric.cloud open platformLondon, UK and Toronto, Canada, 7 March 2018 - Finastra and Microsoft have formed a strategic alliance to deliver secure, flexible and cost effective financial services cloud solutions. As part of the alliance, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s enterprise-ready trusted cloud platform, will underpin FusionFabric.cloud as Finastra’s strategic cloud platform. In addition, Finastra will launch a selection of its global payments and retail banking products on Azure over the course of... Source: RealWire

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China Pak are offering investors the opportunity to invest in the world’s fastest growing city, dubbed the ‘project of the century’6th March 2018, London, UK – Leading private investment house China Pak Investment Corporation are offering investment opportunities on the $62 Billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its Gateway City – Gwadar, tipped to be the ‘new Dubai’. It has been quoted as “the project of the century to Pakistan” by the Financial Times.... Source: RealWire

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