The FinTech 50 2014 Mar. 2014 | Page 11

FinTech50 CALASTONE JULIEN HAMMERSON, CHAIRMAN & CEO W e are delighted to be part of the FinTech50, as technological innovation is at the core of our business. 2013 was an exciting year for us, celebrating as we did our five-year anniversary and cementing our global footprint with business expansion in Europe, Asia, Australia - we are now active in 17 domiciles. Calastone is very much a solutions company that is interactive, collaborative and client-focussed. As well as working to innovate in areas we think relevant, we know it is critical to develop electronic transaction network services which our clients ask us to provide. As an example of this, in partnership with Barclays we launched an exciting settlement solution and we will continue to provide innovative solutions like this in 2014. About Calastone is the global fund transaction network, offering electronic transaction solutions in and across 17 domiciles to more than 400 customers. Calastone’s technology works to increase efficiency through reducing cost and removing technical barriers to automation of fund transactions through our interoperability, network and service. @CalastoneLtd CLEAR2PAY MICHEL AKKERMANS, CHAIRMAN & CEO W e are delighted to be on the FinTech50 list as a provider of groundbreaking financial services technology. At Clear2Pay we have one shared passion and mission: payments made easy. Twelve years ago, we were the first to offer banks technology built in this century for this century, with our OPF payment hub vision and platform, which has since been adopted by over 30% of the global top 50 banks. The fact that we are on the FinTech list today proves that we have been able to retain our innovative spirit, whilst having grown into an established FinTech player. We continue to innovate at the forefront with our recent launch of Vivas, offering banks the ability to transform customer’s bank accounts into digital accounts, handling all types of digital and monetary value, whilst adding transaction value over and above the payment to customers, commerce and banks alike. About At Clear2Pay, with over 1,200 staff in 24 offices we enable customer centric payments – from conception and design, to production, deployment and testing. Our technology allows banks to acquire anything, process anyhow, clear & view anywhere - turning the banks into key custodians of all transactions of virtual (coupons, miles) and real (monetary) value across all channels. @Clear2Pay ELEVEN