NEWS
Finastra strengthens its position in Israel with
new office opening
F
inastra is investing further in Israel with a new office in Kfar
Saba, just outside Tel Aviv. The office, which is home to over
330 employees, offers more space for the Finastra team to grow as
the company strengthens its position in the country, and provides
an ultra-modern workspace to inspire creativity and facilitate
collaboration. The move will help the company support technological
Finastra is helping to
drive innovation and
collaboration in the
industry
and financial innovation in the region and drive adoption of its open
development platform, FusionFabric.cloud.
To mark the opening, Finastra welcomed an audience of banks,
FinTechs, government bodies and industry partners to a celebration
event, with keynote speakers Chemi Peres (Co-founder, Pitango
Venture Capital) and Dr Amiram Appelbaum (Chief Scientist, Ministry
of Economy and Industry). Also on the agenda, the ‘Fintech Factor’
showcased four of Israel’s most innovative FinTechs – AIO, CRiskCo,
Sonarax and Vala – who delivered rapid-fire pitches. AIO, voted as the
favourite by the audience, is now integrating its solution to Finastra’s
APIs through FusionFabric.cloud.
Eli Rosner, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Finastra, said:
“Finastra has been operating in Israel for many years and during the
last few, we’ve seen a surge in the number of FinTech developments.
According to PitchBook data, FinTechs headquartered in Israel raised
over US$143 million in funding in 2018, 145% more than 2017’s
US$58 million. As we step up the pace of adoption on FusionFabric.
cloud, it’s crucial for Finastra to have a more significant presence in the
region and help drive innovation and collaboration in the industry. We
look to strengthen our collaboration with local financial institutions,
academia, FinTechs and government bodies to achieve this.”
//////////////////
Orange Industry 4.0 Campus welcomes co-innovation
of Port of Antwerp to maximise 5G potential
O
range Belgium is now welcoming
its first wave of industrial partners
to the Orange Industry 4.0 Campus
for business. The Port of Antwerp, the
chemical company, Borealis, and high-tech
polymer manufacturer, Covestro, started
to co-innovate to developing real-life
applications, maximising the full potential
of 5G at Orange Belgium’s testing hub.
Deloitte Belgium will advise the community
on shaping and realising the business
potential of this 5G innovation hub.
With Orange’s 5G testing network being
deployed on the campus, industrial partners
will benefit from dedicated connectivity and
a guaranteed service quality appropriate for
their specific use cases.
Orange Belgium launched this 5G testing
network in Antwerp in late 2019 and
it is the country’s first 5G stand-alone
architecture network. It is now available for
use by Orange’s industrial partners, who will
benefit from 5G’s full potential: dedicated
18
INTELLIGENTCIO
and tailor-made connectivity adapted
to the specific requirements of new
innovations such as wireless manufacturing
and real-time automation. As Orange
Belgium is not just adding 5G capacities on
top of the existing 4G/3G technologies, it
is deploying a separate network enabling
network slicing, very low latency and
massive IoT in the port of Antwerp region,
enabling the various industry stakeholders
to enjoy unmatched performance, reliability
and security.
www.intelligentcio.com