SH Payments, a leading provider of tier one banking and payments services, has today announced the appointment of Irmantas Kamienas as the company’s new CEO. Kamienas joins SH Payments following a 12-year tenure at SEB, a leading financial group with operations across Europe. Kamienas will be tasked with growing the company’s client portfolio,… Read More »
LPA, the capital market technology and advisory firm, today announced the hire of Kristian Liiv as the new Regional Manager for Scandinavia. In his role, Kristian will lead client relationships in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark for LPA, and be responsible for the business development, strategy, and growth of LPA’s… Read More »
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: North America Digital Banking Customer Experience Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment. The IDC MarketScape evaluated 11 vendors based on their capabilities to support a broad range of functions and services for… Read More »
Garanti BBVA International (GBI) – part of BBVA, the global financial group with more than 80 million customers worldwide – has selected Temenos (SIX: TEMN) to modernize its core banking systems. GBI is moving to the cloud using the Temenos Banking Cloud as a system of record for its retail… Read More »
Telemos Capital (“Telemos”) has signed an agreement to sell Sanoptis, a leading European ophthalmology services group, to family-backed investment holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (“GBL”). Since Telemos partnered with Sanoptis management to establish the company in 2018, it has developed into a leading provider of high quality and innovative ophthalmology… Read More »
K-Way S.p.A. finalized the purchase of the entire share capital of K-Way France SAS, the K-Way® brand licensee company in France, operating in the country through a network of mono-brand, direct and franchising stores, alongside a distribution network of selected multi-brand stores. The acquisition will allow the Group to further… Read More »
A comprehensive survey of ELTIF providers and a market study conducted by Scope shows that ELTIF assets under management of around EUR 7.5bn are significantly higher than previously estimated. Since 2015, ELTIFs (European Long Term Investment Funds) have enabled wealthy private investors to access illiquid asset classes such as infrastructure.… Read More »
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today reported net revenues of $14.8 billion for the firstquarter ended March 31, 2022 compared with $15.7 billion a year ago. Net income applicable to Morgan Stanley was $3.7 billion, or $2.02 per diluted share,1 compared with net income of $4.1 billion, or $2.19 per diluted… Read More »
The Chairman of EGAS, Magdy Galal, and the COO Natural Resources of Eni, Guido Brusco, signed today in Cairo a framework agreement that will allow to maximize gas production and LNG exports. The agreement aims to promote Egyptian gas export to Europe, and specifically to Italy, in the context of… Read More »
Full-year group sales, excluding VAT and fuel, were up 3% to £54.8bn (ignoring the effects of exchange rates) driven by growth across all regions. Reduced Covid costs and a return to profitability for Tesco Bank helped underlying operating profit grow 58.9% to £2.8bn. The group warned of “significant uncertainties in… Read More »
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