End-to-end flexible solution means value-added services can be ‘switched on’ quickly

Dublin, Ireland, 17th November 2008: Ingenico and Card Commerce have today announced a partnership that will stimulate adoption of pre-paid cards across the banking, retail and government sectors in the UK and Ireland. Under the agreement, Ingenico will integrate Card Commerce’s pre-paid technology platform into its wireless and countertop portfolio to create the market’s most comprehensive pre-paid consumer card proposition. 

With the largest installed base of payment terminals in the world, Ingenico will promote Card Commerce’s services to its existing customer base and reseller network. Based in Dublin, Card Commerce is an independent, highly focused provider of prepaid payment services to the retail and financial services industry.

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New York and London, 13 November 2008 – Wall Street Systems (Wallstreet), the global provider of treasury, trading and settlement solutions and services, today announced that it has climbed 13 places from last year in the annual FinTech 100 rankings, securing 61st position. In just two years, the company has increased its ranking by 22 places.

Published by American Banker and research firm Financial Insights, the FinTech 100 is an annual international listing of the top technology vendors that derive more than a third of eligible revenue from the financial services industry.

The ranking reflects the company’s continuing progress and strong demand for its treasury and trade processing solutions. In particular, Wallstreet has significantly increased sales of its ASP and managed service offerings.

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Joins Co-Chair and Development Expert Ricardo Hausmann and Other Authorities to Set Comprehensive Strategy for Economic Inclusion at Inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai

Austin, Texas, Nov. 5, 2008 – Roy Sosa, a leading voice on financial innovation for underserved markets who helped pioneer prepaid debit, joins Ricardo Hausmann, director of Harvard University's Center for International Development and professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the Kennedy School of Government, as co-chairs of the Global Agenda Council on Financial Empowerment. The Council meets on November 7-9 in Dubai at the Inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda held by the World Economic Forum in partnership with the Government of Dubai. The Summit convenes 700 of the world’s leaders from academia, business, government and society to advance solutions to the most critical global challenges facing humanity.

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- New derivatives exchange designed to ultimately support up to 100,000 transactions per second on each instrument[1]
- Tradefair takes vast experience gained in extreme transaction processing from the Betfair sports betting exchange and applies it to investment speculation
- Datacentre design minimises latency crucial to Tradefair’s operation

November 5, 2008 – ControlCircle, the data centre services company, today announced that it has been selected by Tradefair, the new financial investment exchange launched by the Betfair Group, to provide comprehensive datacentre services to support the business to meet aggressive timescales set to launch the exchange.

Tradefair allows people to trade on the world’s financial markets including indices like the FTSE 100, and DAX, along with commodities and interest rates.  This can either be done through a binary or spread bet with Tradefair who believe that it is significantly cutting the cost and complexity of financial trading.

Read more: Tradefair makes safe bet selecting ControlCircle as its datacentre services partner for new...

EUBK Stock House Corporation goes live on IPBS private banking and wealth management system

Rapid implementation of multi-lingual e-Banking, banking and investment modules

Nassau, Bahamas, New York and London, 4th November, 2008 – International Private Banking Systems (IPBS, www.ipbs.com), the specialist provider of wealth management software for the private banking sector, today announced that EUBK Stock House Corporation (EUBK), a leading broker based in Panama, is now live on the IPBS/Banking, IPBS/Investments and IPBS/e-Banking modules.

Indira Veitia, Director of EUBK Stock House Corporation said, “We wanted best of breed products to support our new banking and trading offering.

Read more: EUBK Stock House Corporation goes live on IPBS private banking and wealth management system