Work180 brings new level of transparency to UK recruitmentLondon 28 June 2018 - A new jobs network is launching in the UK which is set to raise the bar for working women. Work180 - which has already established new standards for gender recruitment in Australia – connects employers with female talent through a unique, transparent pre-screening process. Women are able to review companies’ traditionally private policies and make educated decisions before applying to work at... Source: RealWire

via Albert Sherrill Investment Blog http://www.realwire.com/releases/New-jobs-network-set-to-challenge-gender-bias-in-UK-workplaces

Harmonic clients can now service complex syndicated and bilateral loans with Fusion Loan IQ London and New York, June 27, 2018 – Harmonic Fund Services has gone live with Finastra’s Fusion Loan IQ solution. The independent fund administration and alternative asset fund servicing firm will leverage the platform — traditionally used by banks and increasingly by service providers, to service their bilateral, specialised and syndicated loan portfolios — to provide a new loan administration and... Source: RealWire

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 26th June 2018: ABANA Enterprises Group Co. has been appointed as Spire Payments’ distributor for Saudi Arabia. ABANA, a well-established and respected supplier and service provider of banking solutions, telecom technology, and cash management services across the Kingdom for over forty years, will offer Spire’s state-of-the-art point of sale (POS) payment solutions to its current and future customers.ABANA is perfectly positioned to partner with Spire, with unrivalled infrastructure across the Kingdom... Source: RealWire

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- Know how hub for UCITS funds and AIFsLONDON, FRANKFURT, DUBLIN -- Zeidler Legal Services, a technology-driven law firm, today announced its launch of Global Knowledge Hub, a new high-tech service for asset managers to keep up-to-date with legal and regulatory requirements for registering and marketing funds across borders. Arne Zeidler, Managing Director and Founder of Zeidler Legal Services said, “We see this as an entirely new way to provide legal services to our clients.... Source: RealWire

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CashFlows’ BIN sponsorship service to reduce costs and accelerate time to marketLondon, 26th June 2018: CashFlows today announced that it has been selected by IN2Retail, a fast growing provider of ATM payment solutions, to provide BIN sponsorship for its ATM estate in the Netherlands and Ireland. CashFlows’ BIN sponsorship allows IN2Retail to process card payments on behalf of its ATM customers without the requirement to join multiple card schemes. IN2Retail deploys and operates ATMs in... Source: RealWire

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New study: IT decision makers reveal why they feel forced to keep obsolete systems running just to keep the data accessibleCrawley, UK, 26 June: 89 per cent of IT decision makers in UK enterprises admit they are keeping old or legacy applications alive just to keep the historical data accessible, according to a new study. They recognize, however, that retaining these obsolete systems leaves businesses more open to security threats (87 per cent), and eats... Source: RealWire

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Icon Solutions identified as one of 1,000 most inspirational and innovative companies, outperforming the market London - 26th June, 2018 - Icon Solutions, the specialist provider of global payment technology solutions and consultancy services, has been named as one of the ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ in the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) annual analysis. The report is designed to celebrate the fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The LSE has released its fifth... Source: RealWire

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Finastra enters a definitive agreement to sell Canadian-based Collateral Management Corporation business to Teranet, a Toronto-based pioneer in electronic registration services.London, UK and Toronto, Canada, 25 June 2018 – Finastra today announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian-based Collateral Management Corporation (CMS) business to Teranet. The transaction is expected to close in July 2018, subject to required regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.CMS is the leading provider of lien registration... Source: RealWire

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Over the next two decades, millions of workers will be required to change their career focus on average nearly every five years, says research conducted by McKinsey[1]. Some jobs will disappear entirely due to automation and AI. Others will shift profoundly and require wholesale adaptation. Instead of reducing opportunities, this actually opens up new possibilities for employees, believes Chris Butt, CEO of predictive people analytics company Cognisess. “Talent will have the upper hand as workers... Source: RealWire

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New European study by Cornerstone OnDemand and IDC explores the relationship between speed of innovation and talent managementLONDON – 22 June 2018 - Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD) a global leader in cloud-based learning and human capital management software, has today announced Cornerstone and IDC's new study: “Future Culture: Building a Culture of Innovation in the Age of Digital Transformation.” The study, which explores the relationship between European organisations’ speed of innovation and talent management, shows... Source: RealWire

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