Regions Financial Names Rick Ulmer President and CEO of Regions Insurance Group
- 9 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Regions Financial has named Rick Ulmer President and CEO of Regions Insurance Group, Inc. with responsibility for Regions Insurance operations in 10 states. Regions Insurance Group, Inc.
StepStone Infrastructure and Real Assets Group Completes Integration
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Asset Management, Infrastructure
StepStone Group, a leading global private markets asset management and advisory firm, today announced that the expanded StepStone Infrastructure and Real Assets Group (“SIRA”) is now fully integrated into the firm and actively conducting business for StepStone clients. In May, StepStone announced that KPMG’s Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Advisory Team would join StepStone.
Wells Fargo Increases Presence in Maine with New Office in Portland
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Banking
Wells Fargo & Company, the nation’s No. 1 lender to middle market companies, announced today that Portland will be home to its newest Middle Market Banking office, staffed with local, senior relationship managers who will serve Maine companies statewide. The Portland team will offer a full suite of commercial banking products and services, including commercial and real estate loans, treasury management, global banking, foreign exchange, and...
Metamako Appoints Kevin Covington CEO As Growth Escalates
- 9 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic network devices for the world’s financial institutions, announced today that it has expanded its team and appointed Kevin Covington CEO. Since the company’s launch at the end of 2013, Metamako’s presence worldwide has been increasing quickly and steadily.
Tullett Prebon Acquires CME Hybrid Trading Technology
- 9 years 6 months ago
- M&A Deals
Tullett Prebon, one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers, announces the acquisition from CME of a long term licence of a functionally rich hybrid trading technology. Tullett Prebon already utilises this proven technology widely across the group and now plans to develop it in-house to provide bespoke, proprietary, customer-facing capabilities, offering its clients a choice of trading methodologies including RFQ, CLOB and volume matching.
Technology Companies and Financial Institutions Opt Visa Direct for Real Time Payments
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Visa announced that more companies in the United States are choosing Visa Direct to expand their real-time payment services. Visa Direct is a payments platform designed to allow financial institutions, developers and partners to offer secure real-time1 person-to-person (P2P) payments and business disbursements such as insurance claims payments, contractor payments, tax refunds and many other forms of business payment services.
KKR, Warburg Pincus, Farallon and Capital Group Private Markets Invest in GO-JEK
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Investment
A consortium of global investment firms announced today the signing of definitive agreements to make a substantial investment in GO-JEK, Indonesia’s leading on-demand mobile platform. This equity capital raise of over $550 million, which represents the company’s latest round of financing, is comprised of leading investors including KKR, Warburg Pincus, Farallon Capital and Capital Group Private Markets, as well as existing shareholders and other...
VUE Software Enters Asia-Pacific Market with Aviva
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
VUE Software announced that Aviva Financial Advisers, based in Singapore, has selected VUE Software for their industry-leading VUE Distribution Compensation module. This marks VUE Software's entry into the Asia-Pacific region.
Thomson Reuters' Eikon Messenger Registration Number Soars
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Thomson Reuters has seen a significant increase in new Eikon Messenger account registrations after the announcement that Yahoo will discontinue support for its legacy messaging and API service on August 5, 2016. Global energy company Gazprom Marketing and Trading Limited and Dong Energy, Denmark’s largest energy company, are the latest firms to publicly endorse Eikon Messenger following similar endorsements from Europe’s top energy brokers and...
DynamicAction Secures $15 Million in Latest Round of Funding and Forms Alliance with Accenture
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Fund Management, Cloud
DynamicAction announced it has secured $15 million in new funding and entered into an alliance relationship with Accenture. Lead investors in the round include Accenture and West Coast Capital.
Western Union Chooses Box’s Content Management Platform
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Box announced that Western Union, a leader in global payment services, has selected Box’s content management platform to centralize content and drive new ways to work in the cloud. With Box, Western Union is furthering its IT innovation and transformation to digitize business processes and create highly customized content experiences.
Huawei Launches Cloud Open Labs, Cooperating with Leading Global Operators, Industry Organizations and Partners
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Cloud, IT Innovations
Huawei launched its Cloud Open Labs in the presence of 19 leading global operators, industry organizations and partners, including the Linux Foundation, Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV), China Association of Communication Enterprises, Accenture, Red Hat, VMware and Wind River. As part of Huawei's commitment to open, evolution and innovation, the Cloud Open Labs – with interconnected facilities across four labs – aim to enable operators' business...
Wirecard Cooperates with O2 to Provide Mobile Point-of-Sale Solutions in the Czech Republic
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Wirecard, one of the leading payment service providers, is now working together with O2 Czech Republic to offer a unified solution to all retailers in the Czech Republic. Thanks to the new cooperation, O2 as the largest telecommunication provider in the Czech Republic will offer their merchants a product named eKasa which is a fully online, tablet based fiscal till system together with credit card payment transaction services. With this, every...
Avelacom Expands its Co-Location Footprint by Setting up in Singapore Exchange’s
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Trading Systems
A new partnership between Avelacom and SGX aims to improve accessibility of low latency applications that are in high demand among hedge funds, rading firms, investments banks both within and outside the APAC region.
NEO Exchange Selects OneTickCloud Data and Analytics Solution
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Data, Data Management
OneMarketData, LLC, a leader in tick data management and analytics, today announced that Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. (“NEO Exchange”) has implemented OneTickCloud, a data and advanced analytics service based on its flagship platform, OneTick.
