Tagged: amazon web services

January 11, 2023 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ava Labs has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to boost the adoption of the Avalanche blockchain. Avalanche, created by Ava Labs, is a high-performance distributed ledger technology that aims to be “the fastest, most reliable smart contracts platform in the world.” AWS is the… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Colt Technology Services has announced the successful completion of a pioneering cloud colocation Proof of Concept (PoC), which demonstrates “the viability of hosting and distributing multicast data in the cloud for global Capital Market customers.” The testing represents “a step towards greater on demand services… Read More

October 16, 2022 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Launchnodes recently announced the rollout of Geth Nodes for Ethereum staking on AWS, following Ethereum’s successful ‘Merge’ in late September 2022. Using Geth nodes (execution layer clients) on AWS is “a cheap and easy way to enable staking through any consensus layer client when staking… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced international insurtech bolttech has built a new customer support platform on AWS “to enhance services for more than eight million customers in 30 markets globally.” Singapore-based bolttech “connects insurers, distributors, and customers to make it easier to… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to welcome Pravjit Tiwana as their new  Chief Technology Officer. Pravjit reportedly joins Gemini from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was working as the GM of Edge Services, which includes Amazon CloudFront, AWS Edge Computing,… Read More

November 17, 2021 @ 8:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Applied intelligence firm, FICO, has announced the launch of FICO Originations Solution. Powered by FICO Platform, the next-gen of its loan origination solution will be delivered globally on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. As mentioned in a release, the solution “empowers businesses to deliver …… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coventry Building Society and Atos announced on Monday (October 18, 2021) the completion of a “major” upgrade of its digital infrastructure by Atos that will “help strengthen the Society’s position as a top 10 UK savings and mortgage provider.” As mentioned in the announcement, Coventry… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PCI Pal (LON: PCIP), the international provider of secure payment services, has announced a new integration with Amazon Connect to provide its clients globally with additional options for payment security and compliance with PCI Pal omnichannel secure payment solutions. Businesses of all sizes are now… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finxact, an established Core as a Service banking provider, reveals that Live Oak Bank, a small business bank, has converted its retail and commercial deposit accounts to the Finxact Core. The conversion serves as an inflection point for the sector with a $8 billion+ banking… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group, National Australia Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and Itaú Unibanco will reportedly be conducting the Global Open Finance Challenge, which will aim to promote innovation and the development of new services for a globally accessible, Open Finance ecosystem. The four banking institutions… Read More

August 30, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), recently revealed that Sun Life (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) has chosen AWS as its Cloud tech  provider in order to become a “Cloud-first” organization, supporting ongoing innovation, and develop digital client experiences. Sun Life… Read More

June 9, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a tech solutions provider, revealed on Wednesday (June 9, 2021) that it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in order to expand its Private Market Hub platform. The Private Market Hub will leverage distributed ledger technology (DLT)… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amsterdam-based Backbase, a Fintech software provider that “empowers” financial institutions to accelerate their digital transformation strategies in order to compete in a digital-first world, has been chosen by DigiBankASIA to provide its “full-stack” online engagement banking platform solution for its virtual bank UNO. Backbase will… Read More

August 28, 2020 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB), the reserve bank of the Eurozone, which is a monetary union of 19 EU member states which employ the Euro, has noted that there doesn’t seem to be an EU challenger that’s capable of matching the capabilities of Big Tech… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC, a British multinational bank and financial services holding company with over $2.5 trillion in total assets, has partnered with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) in order to assist startups with their Open Banking programs (in Hong Kong). The API EcoBooster… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Parker, co-chief investment officer at the Bahrain Economic Development Board (an organization responsible for attracting inward investment into the Kingdom for key areas such as technology development and supporting the local financial and banking industry), recently confirmed that the country aims to position itself… Read More

December 8, 2019 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a private US-based corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization, has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) (NASDAQ:AMZN) as its cloud service provider for market surveillance data. AWS’s cloud services will be used by FINRA’s consolidated audit trading (CAT) subsidiary…. Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon company (NASDAQ:AMZN), announced on Thursday the launch of two new services to help companies manage business transactions that require full auditability, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) and Amazon Managed Blockchain. According to AWS, Amazon QLDB is a transparent,… Read More

July 18, 2018 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and fintech companies, announced on Wednesday it has reached a milestone of serving five billion API requests per day. Founded in 2006, Xignite provides cloud-based financial market data APIs to help emerging companies and established… Read More

May 18, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ConsenSys announced earlier this week it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch Kaleido, a new blockchain business cloud that’s aimed to speed and simplify enterprises’ journey to using the technology. ConsenSys claimed that Kaleido is the first Software-as-a-Service featuring popular Ethereum packages Geth and… Read More