Latest releases help businesses reduce time and cost, company says.

CGI, the Montreal-based IT consultancy, has won the contract to deliver a new global trade technology platform for HSBC Group's trade and receivable business.

Customers can embed their fingerprint at home for improved security.

CollectEdge offers reduced charge-offs and real time decision making, company says.

London-based test automation specialist Eggplant has announced a marketing partnership with Connecticut-based QualiTest under which QualiTest will help grow Eggplant's customer experience optimisation (CXO) suite of quality assurance products. The two firms have worked together for the past three years, Eggplant said.

Visual UI test specialist says its platform runs existing tests between 30x and 70x faster.

REST API allows Agile and DevOps teams to test continuously using real browsers for load testing accuracy, says SmartBear.

Alan Woodcock discusses how far along his organisation is on the journey towards agile and automation.

Six international banks have signed letters of intent to issue their own stablecoins on World Wire.

Atlassian has acquired AgileCraft, a service which helps enterprises plan their technology projects and workstreams.

Software testing specialist Perfecto has introduced a new codeless, AI-driven testing solution.

HCL Technologies has acquired US-based digital transformation consultancy Strong-Bridge Envision.

Panaya is extending an appeal to Oracle E-Business Suite users with the introduction of the Panaya Release Dynamix for Oracle EBS.

NatWest is to begin trialling biometric payment cards.

Quality assurance specialist Exactpro has completed a review of testing processes for the NextGen Post Trade Programme at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX).

Deutsche Bourse is partnering with Swisscom and Singapore’s Sygnum to creat a new, regulatory compliant platform for digitial asset trading.

Mobile performance specialist HeadSpin has acquired NimbleDroid.

China-based fintech launches core banking platform with Hoperun Technology.

BNP Paribas Fortis is opening up another procurement avenue for digital banking services.

Tricentis’ load testing tool, Flood, has released an integration to Microsoft Azure.

Software intelligence specialist CAST has entered into a partnership with IT management consultancy Omnium Improvement ApS.

Cognizant is on an acquisitive streak again with the buyout of Dublin-based fintech, Meritsoft.

Cybersecurity specialist Secureworks has launched a new orchestration and automation solution.

The former Google exec will help the bank develop a product and service offer fit for its multicloud future.

Cloud-based software testing provider Functionize has closed a series A investment round for a total of $16 million.

Nordea is expanding its relationship with IBM through a deal that will see it outsource more of its IT operations to the US computing giant.

NatWest will become the latest UK contender to join the ranks of open banking users.

Capgemini has entered into a new partnership agreement with augmented identity provider Idemia in order to introduce a secure Internet of Things device management platform.

South Korea has become the latest international market attempting to usher in the era of open banking.