Desjardins Capital

FINTECH

Saphyre and The Trade | October 06, 2022

Saphyre, a fintech company using patent-approved AI technology to solve pre-trade setups and post-trade issues, has been nominated by The Trade for their annual "Fintech of the Year" award. The Trade will hold their awards ceremony in-person at The Savoy in London on November 3, 2022, honoring their "Leaders in Trading 2022," where past winners went on to shape the face of trading and execution in both material and measurable ways. ...

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Wells Fargo & Company | December 14, 2021

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and HSBC Bank plc today announced an agreement to use a blockchain-based solution for the netting and settlement of matched foreign exchange (FX) transactions. Through this agreement, Wells Fargo and HSBC will jointly use a shared settlement ledger to process US dollar, Canadian dollar, British pound sterling and Euro transactions with plans to extend the platform to settle additional currencies in the near future. Utilizing blockchain technology, this solut...

Cision PR Newswire | August 28, 2020

Spire Capital, a leading New York-based private equity firm specializing in investments in the technology-enabled business services, communications, media, and education sectors, today announced its investment in Advocate Networks, LLC ("Advocate" or the "Company"). Advocate is the Premier TBM Services Company providing technology business management ("TBM") and technology expense management ("TEM") services to enterprise organizations needing to optimize ...

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINTECH

FIS | August 26, 2022

With real-time payments increasing, many countries must either modernize outdated payments infrastructure or build entirely new real-time payments networks to move money faster. In response, FIS® has launched its new central infrastructure payment solution, RealNet™ Central, to help central banks transform their markets to digital-first, real-time payment economies. “The global economy has rapidly shifted toward digital-first mindsets and methods. Whi...