Joomla, one of the World's most popular Open Source CMS (Content Management Systems) has announced the release of Joomla 3.9. As a collaborative community-driven software release, Joomla 3.9 reflects and incorporates global user feedback gathered through extensive community surveys, Joomla forum posts and feature requests. Joomla have incorporated the very latest feedback in Version 3.9 to provide users with a comprehensive ‘Privacy Tool Suite’. This facilitates the compliance of Joomla websites with laws and regulations,... Source: RealWire

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Aareon UK (www.aareon.co.uk) has announced the latest release of its Aareon 360 platform, the evolution of its widely acclaimed self-service solution. The portal platform enables Housing Associations and Social Landlords to digitally transform their customer, staff, supplier and property management operations.From a Housing organisation customer’s perspective, the Aareon 360 platform enables full online self-service access to a wide range of information, enabling them to transact seamlessly with their provider 24 hours a day, 7 days... Source: RealWire

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Research shows that momentum for Open Banking is accelerating in Asia Pacific, with majority of banks expected to ramp up their capabilities by 2020Hong Kong, October 30 2018 – Finastra today launched its Open Banking Readiness Index, providing for the first time a framework for banks in the Asia-Pacific region to assess their capabilities and benchmark readiness against peers in the race towards Open Banking. Unveiled during Hong Kong Fintech Week, the research reveals that... Source: RealWire

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Leading French bank has modernized and simplified infrastructure across the group’s global entitiesLondon, UK, and Paris, France, October 29, 2018 – Société Générale, one of the leading financial services groups in Europe, has deployed Finastra’s Fusion Risk Asset and Liability Management (ALM) and Fund Transfer Pricing (FTP) solutions. The move has enabled the bank to streamline multiple solutions across the group, simplifying its infrastructure so that it can comply more efficiently with regulations including the... Source: RealWire

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Townsend Joins the IGEL Executive Team to Drive Global Adoption of IGEL’s Software-Defined WorkspaceReading, UK. October 29, 2018 – IGEL, a world leader in endpoint management software for the secure enterprise, today announced that it has named Simon Townsend Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market. A veteran expert in end user computing (EUC) technologies, Townsend brings more than 20 years of experience in the evolution of endpoint computing... Source: RealWire

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LONDON, October 24th 2018: Azimo, the leading European digital money transfer service, has announced the further expansion of its operations in Europe as part of its rapid growth. The company has opened a new office in Amsterdam, as a base to help it grow its share of the global cross-border payments market. From Europe, cross-border payments market is over EUR 1 trillion. Azimo joins a number of other UK financial technology, “fintechs” that have established... Source: RealWire

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Judges cite growth, software technology innovation, inspired leadership ION, the largest global provider of trading, analytics and risk management solutions for capital markets, commodities and treasury management, today announced that Aspect has won four global business awards recognizing outstanding commercial success, and best-in-class in the CTRM software sector.The awards are from ACQ5, a leading publisher of online business magazines. Judging is conducted by staff, contributors, readers and sector experts across the world. Aspect secured 2018... Source: RealWire

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Breakthrough Innovation Provides Institutional Grade Security for Online Digital Asset WalletsMoney20/20 (Booth 1379), Las Vegas, USA – 22 October 2018 – Sepior ApS, the leader in threshold cryptography that enables trusted transactions, today announced Sepior™ ThresholdSig, the industry’s first threshold signature wallet security technology based on threshold multiparty computation (MPC). Sepior’s ThresholdSig is available for integration by cryptocurrency exchange providers and other institutional digital asset traders seeking to offer the most secure cryptocurrency exchange and... Source: RealWire

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Industry faces uphill PR battle to gain consumer trust19 October 2018, London, UK: More than eight out of ten people in Britain (83 percent) are ‘unsure’ of fintech, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers commissioned by TopLine Comms. Fintech companies leverage technology to offer financial services. Despite the fintech sector in the UK thriving, attracting more fintech investment than China and the US in H1 2018, the research shows UK consumers are still... Source: RealWire

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With one in six small to medium-sized enterprises ready to switch accounts, new research shows Open Banking, centralised banking apps and streamlined digital services are the key to encouraging competition in the marketLONDON, October 18, 2018 – A new study by Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) exploring the attitudes of UK-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) about their banking providers reveals that, while business owners have high-levels of satisfaction with their financial institutions, many still express... Source: RealWire

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