Sopra Steria to Launch Successful IT Separation and Migration Programme
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Sopra Steria, a European leader in business change and digital transformation, has announced the successful delivery of a major IT separation and migration programme for the Co-operative Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, and the Royal London, the largest mutual life, pensions and investment company in the UK.
Geoswift Announced Appointment of Robert Miskin as Managing Director for EMEA
- 9 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
Geoswift, a leading provider of cross-border payment solutions between China and the rest of the world, has appointed Robert Miskin as Managing Director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business.
Thomson Reuters to Bring Eikon Messenger to Mobile Devices
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Financial, Infrastructure
Recognizing that financial markets participants require greater flexibility in working practices, Thomson Reuters today announced that its Eikon Messenger service would be made available across all major mobile device types, providing its growing community of users with greater agility to connect and transact business with counterparties over an open messaging system.
Adyen Launches Payments Solution in Australia
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Adyen, the global payments technology company, today announced the launch of its payments solution in Australia. With Adyen, retailers can accept payments in store, on mobile, and online with one partner, one contract, one technical interface, and unified reporting. Instead of working with a number of suppliers and third party connections, Adyen simplifies payments for merchants and enables them to offer a seamless cross channel experience to...
Orc to Provide Low-latency Market Access for China Index Futures Trading
- 9 years 1 month ago
Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced the availability of a market adapter to the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX). This new Orc market adapter connects exchange members and trading firms to the CFFEX platform for derivatives trading.
Vector ITC Group and Sequent Partner to Launch Mobile Payments in Latin America and Spain
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Vector ITC Group has signed a partnership agreement with Sequent Software, the platform bringing cards to mobile, to add key tokenization, on-device security, NFC and HCE capabilities to the Vector ITC Group Air Wallet Financial Product. The Vector ITC Group and Sequent have made a strategic alliance to integrate and deploy its technology solutions in financial institutions for both the Spanish and Latin American markets.
Zafin Named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and Fast 500™ Lists
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Zafin, the leader in relationship banking software solutions for the global financial services industry, announced today that it has been named one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies. The distinguished technology awards program celebrates leadership, innovation, and rapid growth in the Canadian and North American technology sectors, based on the percentage of revenue growth over the past four years. Zafin ranked 28, on the...
Kaminario to Appoint Mick Bradley as EMEA VP and GM
- 9 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
Kaminario, the leading provider of enterprise-class all-flash storage, today announced the appointment of Mick Bradley as VP & General Manager EMEA. This is the latest appointment in the region following a recruitment drive that has seen the company grow its local team with the addition of sales, channel, technical and marketing staff as Kaminario’s expands its presence across EMEA.
BGC and GFI Announce to Sell Trayport to Intercontinental Exchange for $650 Million
- 9 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners" or "BGC" or the "Company"), a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, and its majority-owned division, GFI Group Inc. (OTC: GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI"), a leading intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets, today announced that GFI has entered into an agreement to sell its Trayport...
Broadridge Announced of Appointment of Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Governance Officer
- 9 years 1 month ago
- M&A Deals
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced that Julie Taylor has been appointed chief human resources officer (CHRO) and member of Broadridge's executive committee. Taylor succeeds Laura Matlin, who has served as acting CHRO for the past year. Matlin will return to her legal duties as deputy general counsel and will assume the newly-created role of chief governance officer, also serving on the company's executive committee.
SunGard Received two 2015 Insurance Risk awards
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Data Management, Infrastructure
SunGard has received two 2015 Insurance Risk awards for “Best Actuarial Modelling Software” for its Prophetactuarial modelling solutions, and “Best Data Management Service Provider” specifically for its Prophet Data Management Platform. The awards were announced at a reception on November 11th in London.
Chicago Clearing Corp and InvestCloud to Announce New Partnership
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Security, Infrastructure
InvestCloud, Inc, a provider of cloud-based front, middle and back office solutions focused on digitizing customer experiences and internal operations for global investment advisors, today announced a partnership with Chicago Clearing Corp., (CCC), a class-action claims recovery specialist. The partnership will deliver a technology solution for financial institutions to manage, file, and recover funds in securities class-action settlements.
The SWIFT Institute's New Research Paper Evaluates Real-time Payment Systems
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
The SWIFT Institute announces the availability of a new paper that proposes a hybrid model for real-time retail systems, combining the benefits of a real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) with those of a deferred net settlement (DNS) system. The report, entitled "Near Real-time Retail Payment and Settlement Mechanism Design" by Zhiling Guo, Robert J. Kauffman, Mei Lin, and Dan Ma from the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management...
Hatstand to Launch MiFID II Advisory Service and Control Risk Assessment
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Compliance, Risk Management
In response to the growing regulatory, risk and compliance burden that is being placed on financial institutions, global capital markets specialist, Hatstand announces the launch of its MiFID II Advisory Service and Control Risk Assessment (CRA).
Broadridge to Acquire QED Financial Systems
- 9 years 2 months ago
- M&A Deals
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has acquired privately-held investment accounting solutions provider QED Financial Systems, Inc. QED provides software-based investment accounting solutions, data management and outsourced investment accounting services to more than 40 institutional investors and asset managers who together have more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management.
