International Finance

Category : Fintech

UK FinTech firm Hello Soda expands to USA

International Finance Desk
It seeks to revolutionise the financial services and fraud detection markets September 22, 2015: UK FinTech company, Hello Soda announced its expansion into the United States with the opening of a New York office and recruitment of two new heads of sales. The US office and hiring of experienced new recruits, Layton Brooks and Oliver Peckham, will...

Data management getting attention at executive level

International Finance Desk
The economic benefits of a managed data service for asset managers September 21, 2015: As the investment environment has changed, drivers of data management have evolved accordingly. In the pre-2008 environment, data management within asset management firms comprised centralised operational teams, focusing on: Data timeliness for key business processes Data quality and accuracy Cost management...

Lycamoney choses Saxo payments for its international money remittance business

International Finance Desk
Lycamoney to gain competitive edge with this partnership September 17, 2015: Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider, has been chosen by Lycamoney Financial Services Ltd, for its new International Money Remittance business, LycaRemit.  As a member of the Saxo Payments Banking Marketplace, LycaRemit will benefit from low FX charges and real-time payments, giving it...

Oman wants to increase success rate of SMEs

International Finance Desk
Over 50% fail within five years, which is a drag on efforts by the Gulf nation to diversify its oil & gas based economy IFM Correspondent September 15, 2015: The two-day Oman SME Summit in Muscat got off to a rousing start with a welcome speech and special address by His Highness Al Sayyid Dr. Adham...

ONPEX enters Brazil and the South American market

Gets into partnership with EBANX, a financial services company September 8, 2015: ONPEX, The online payment exchange, has announced a new partnership with EBANX, an integrated international financial services company dedicated to provide ecommerce payment solutions in Brazil. Latin America is the second fastest-growing ecommerce market in the world – only trailing behind China. And,...

£6bn in revenue left on the table by mobile businesses last year

Survey reveals that more than half of UK smartphone users have abandoned their transaction August 20, 2015 London: Jumio Inc. on Thursday released results from the company’s latest Mobile Consumer Insights study, which looks at user behaviour and transactions on mobile. Conducted online by Harris Interactive, the study identifies the driving forces of purchase and...

Did China just float the yuan?

Sort of… People’s Bank of China announced a significant liberalisation of the yuan’s exchange rate regime John J Hardy August 14, 2015: The People’s Bank of China devalued the Chinese yuan overnight by almost 2% and announced a significant liberalisation of the yuan’s exchange rate regime, a move that has roiled currency and asset markets...

Forex with insurance

Unlimited income without the risk August 11, 2015: Free insurance against losses when trading with currencies and metals? An impossible dream for a trader. But experts at FBS brokerage company insist that it is possible. Forex has never been so advantageous and profitable. Forex trading is an extremely profitable way to earn money, but also...

‘Turkish people love trading and they want to take risks’

Okan Boke, the General Coordinator of ATIG, tells IFM why the company sees big potential in the forex business IFM Correspondent July 29, 2015: ATIG Investment and Securities provides professional services, such as Forex and CFD Trading, Equity Trading, Futures and Options Trading, Portfolio Management and Corporate Finance. The forex business has been growing in...

M-commerce set to leave e-commerce behind

However, companies need to invest more in mobile commerce to make the experience seamless for consumers Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya July 22, 2015: In the last decade, the one revolution that has taken everybody by storm is probably the evolution of mobile phones. From a device meant for making and accepting calls to a multipurpose gadget,...