Rabobank selects ACI Worldwide for real-time payments
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Transaction Banking, Payments
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced that Rabobank, a global multinational bank, will utilize the company’s UP Immediate Payments solution.
GFT boosts its retail banking offering in the UK and North America
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Retail Banking
GFT, the leading provider of business, design and technology consulting to 8 of the top 10 global banks, today announces that it is expanding its retail banking practice in the UK, supported by the appointment of senior hire Christian Ball, who joins as Head of Retail across the GFT Atlantic Region.
FactSet Expands Multi-Asset Class Analytics, Performance, and Risk Solutions with Axioma Strategic Relationship
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Data, Risk Management
FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, today announced that it has strengthened its relationship with Axioma, a leading provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio construction and risk and regulatory reporting solutions. This expands FactSet’s strong fixed income and multi-asset class analytics, performance, and risk offerings.
ABN AMRO Clearing organises AIF conference for investor community
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Fund Management, Investment Management
On the 7th and 8th March 2017, ABN AMRO Clearing will be hosting the 6th Amsterdam Investor Forum (AIF) at its head office. The pre-day focus session on the 7th March will host roundtables for managers and investors and offer more intimate discussions and knowledge sharing opportunities. The conference’s main day on the 8th March will include panel sessions and key notes as well as the AIF Factor. The AIF factor is a competition where 5...
G2 Crowd Awarded FloQast for Best Software to Use in 2017
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Accounting
FloQast, Inc., a provider of close management software created by accountants for accountants, announced today it has been named among the Best Software to Use in 2017 by G2 Crowd, the world’s leading business software review platform. G2 Crowd, with 100,000+ user reviews, is read by nearly 700,000 software buyers monthly. G2 Crowd affords business buyers transparency when evaluating B2B software technologies, allowing them and their industry-...
StockTwits to Acquire Investing Discovery Platform SparkFin
- 8 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
StockTwits announced today it has completed an acquisition of SparkFin Inc., the realtime stock discovery platform which won top honors from attendees at the 2016 Stocktoberfest Fintech startup competition.
Mizuho Bank Opts for Thomson Reuters FX Trading
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems, Banking
Leading Japanese bank Mizuho has integrated Thomson Reuters next generation FX desktop, FX Trading (FXT), into their trading workflows. FX Trading brings together all of Thomson Reuters FX transaction venues onto a comprehensive end-to-end platform to streamline workflows and create a single point of access to the industry’s largest collective independent pool of FX liquidity.
Roger M. Laverty Named President of Grandpoint Bank
- 8 years 1 month ago
- People Moves
Grandpoint Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Grandpoint Capital, Inc., announced today that Roger M. “Rocky” Laverty has been named President of the Bank. Laverty, a member of the Bank’s board of directors since its inception in 2010, has a distinguished business career, most recently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Farmer Bros. Co. He is also the former President and CEO of Smart & Final, Inc., and Diedrich Coffee, Inc...
Daimler AG buys PayCash Europe SA
- 8 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
Daimler Financial Services AG announced that it is acquiring the electronic payment services provider PayCash Europe SA. By gaining a foothold in the ePayment business, Daimler AG will be launching its own electronic payment services provider under the “Mercedes pay” brand name.
Geoswift now fully authorised by FCA
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Geoswift, a leading provider of cross-border payment solutions between China and the rest of the world, announced today that its UK entity, Geoswift UK, has received authorisation as a Payment Institution from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to conduct a more efficient end to end cross-border collection and settlement services to and from China.
Fiserv signs De Surinaamsche Bank
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Banking, Core Banking
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB), the largest commercial bank in Suriname, has extended and expanded its long-standing relationship with Fiserv. DSB will implement DigitalAccess from Fiserv to enable online and mobile banking for retail and commercial customers. In addition, the bank is upgrading to the latest version of the...
Schroders opts Capriza to digitise its business
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Asset Management
Capriza, a leader in enterprise mobility for business applications, today announced Schroders, the global asset management company with £375 billion (€433.5 billion/USD $487.1 billion) assets under management as at 30 September 2016, has selected Capriza to power its drive to digitisation. Capriza’s Zapp capabilities will be deployed across the organisation as it responds to the waves of change in the financial services sector.
Timely testing phase kick-off for EBA CLEARING’s pan-European instant payment system
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
EBA CLEARING today announced the timely kick-off of the testing phase for its pan-European instant payment infrastructure platform scheduled to go live in November 2017. Twenty-eight of the funding institutions from all over Europe were represented at a meeting in Milan, which marked the start of the testing phase and included a demonstration of the functioning of the new system in the test environment run by EBA CEARING’s technical solution...
SIX x-clear continues to expand into Nordic markets
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Foreign Exchange, Securities Services
SIX x-clear Ltd – the clearing arm of SIX Securities Services – is now able to provide clearing services for the Nasdaq Nordic cash equity markets (including ETFs). From 20th February, 2017, SIX x-clear offers an enhanced and interoperable clearing solution for Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
smartTrade easily handles MiFID II challenges
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems, Compliance, Regulatory Standards
smartTradeTechnologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions pioneer,has been working with a number of institutions on MiFIR/MiFID II implementations. Transparency, best execution, algorithmic trading and transaction reporting are some of the key areas of concern identified. With less than a year before the 3-Jan-2018 deadline, smartTrade announces that it is ready for MiFID II challenges.
