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Cybersecurity Becomes The Fastest Growing Start-Up Sector In UK During Covid-19

Date 20/08/2020

• Funding increased by 940% since beginning of lockdown – compared to same period last year
• £496m raised by UK cybersec firms in first half of 2020
• 44% increase in no. of cybersec start-ups in past 2 years
• New cybersec business registered every week
• 90% of infosec sector is made up of fast-growing SME’s
• 55% of the UK’s cyber start-ups based outside of London
• No. of cybersec start-ups in North doubled in last 2 years
• 138% increase in cybersec hiring in the North – whilst London stalls

NICE Actimize Unveils Xceed, A Next-Generation AI-Powered Financial Crime Risk Management Cloud Platform - The Xceed AI Cloud-Native Platform Revolutionizes AML And Fraud Prevention For Financial Services Organizations Of Any Size, Dramatically Accelerating Their Cloud And Digital Transformations

Date 20/08/2020

NICE Actimize (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced the launch of its newest platform, NICE Actimize Xceed, which integrates best-in-class AI, data intelligence, behavioral analytics, and insights within a unified cloud platform designed to bring agility to financial institutions of all sizes, including community and regional banks, that are looking to modernize their financial crime risk management solutions.

Saudi Arabia Capital Market Authority Announces The Carrying On Of Securities Business In The Kingdom By Unauthorized Person

Date 20/08/2020

In line with the Capital Market Authority’s (CMA) responsibilities to protect citizens and investors from unfair and unsound practices and ensure fairness, efficiency and transparency in the market, and in accordance with Article 17 of the Capital Market Law, the CMA announces to the citizens and investors in the capital market that the "New Target Company" through the website (http://www.new-target.co)", is an unauthorised person to carry out securities business in the Kingdom, and that the CMA is in the process of completing the regulatory procedures in this regard.

HKEX Launches New Products And Microstructure Enhancements To Its MSCI Index Derivatives Suite

Date 20/08/2020

• HKEX to launch new futures products on broad-based MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index
• Confirms early Opening Hours and 100% trading fee waiver for MSCI Taiwan Index Futures
• Programme to support open interest migration and deliver optimized latency to customers

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Commences Criminal Prosecution Against Zeng Lingxi For Obstruction Of Search Operation

Date 20/08/2020

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has commenced criminal proceedings at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court against Ms Zeng Lingxi for obstructing employees of the SFC in the execution of a search warrant and in exercising the powers under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) during a search operation in May 2020.

TransferWise And Mastercard Expand Their Global Partnership

Date 20/08/2020

Mastercard (MA) and TransferWise, today announced an expanded partnership to enable the issuance of cards in any market around the world where Mastercard is accepted and TransferWise is licensed. Mastercard has built a strong partnership with TransferWise, working with the global technology company since its issuance of its first debit card in Europe in 2018. Since then TransferWise has issued over 1 million Mastercard’s globally.

ASX Annual General Meeting And Voting Form

Date 20/08/2020

ASX will hold its AGM at 10.00am (Sydney time) on Wednesday 30 September 2020.

SteelEye Pioneers Groundbreaking Auto-Trade Reconstruction Technology - Paving The Way For Compliance Automation And Reducing Trade Reconstructions From Days To Seconds

Date 20/08/2020

SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has today announced the general release of its pioneering Auto-Trade Reconstruction technology, which reduces the time it takes for a firm to reconstruct a trade from days to seconds.

ASX Annual Report And Appendix 4E

Date 20/08/2020

ASX will hold a results briefing on the full-year results from 10.30am (Sydney time) today. Register to view the briefing here. The webcast will be archived on ASX’s website for viewing after the live event.

Digital Asset And Exberry Partner To Create End-To-End Exchange Infrastructure-As-A Service For Modern Markets To Launch At Speed - Jointly Developed Scalable Infrastructure Now Available For Launching Traditional, Alternative And Digital Asset Markets Around The World

Date 20/08/2020

Exberry, the exchange technology pioneer, and Digital Asset, the creators of the open source DAML smart contract language, today launched an end-to-end exchange infrastructure. With the new partnership, any business developing a new digital asset marketplace can launch in a matter of days with a fully-compliant, end-to-end exchange platform and a near risk-free post trade settlement registry.