GlobalTrade Corporation integrates SWIFT’s Alliance Lite2 with its Multi-bank Trade Finance Platform
- 10 years 10 months ago
SWIFT announces that GlobalTrade Corporation (GTC), a leading provider of innovative multi-bank trade finance solutions, is the first trade finance technology provider to integrate Alliance Lite2 for Business Applications (L2BA) with its multi-bank trade finance platform for corporates.
BCS Financial Group Streamlines Settlement and Custody Services with Euroclear Relationship
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Security
BCS Financial Group, the largest securities broker on the Moscow Exchange, has been granted access to Euroclear, the world’s largest international central securities depository, through BCS Prime Brokerage Limited. By using Euroclear, BCS Financial Group will broaden its product offering, enhance its operational efficiency, reduce risks and optimise the costs of trading, settlement and custody services. BCS anticipates using Euroclear’s...
RSRCHXchange launches online marketplace for institutional research; transforms the way in which the financial industry buys and sells institutional research
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
RSRCHXchange officially launches RSRCHX today, its online marketplace for buying and selling institutional research. Built in consultation with asset management institutions and research providers, RSRCHX radically modernises the way in which users interact with research and enables the buy side to comply with the MiFID II research unbundling requirements.
Banks in Danger of Losing Customers as Structural and Technological Changes Drive Shift in Customer Needs
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Banks are struggling to stay relevant to a shifting customer base that is driven by technology and need to rethink their business models and value propositions to stay relevant to customers, according to a study by Anthemis Group and Claro Partners.
Westwood Trust Turns to FIS for Its Trust Operations & Technology Solutions
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Its ability to combine top-tier industry and trust expertise with leading-edge technology to reinvent traditional trust operations has earned FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in banking and payments technology as well as consulting and outsourcing solutions, a multi-year wealth technology and operations outsourcing commitment from Westwood Trust, a Texas-chartered trust company headquartered in Dalla
Brown Brothers Harriman selects Omgeo Alert to improve settlement processes
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Omgeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the global standard for institutional post-trade efficiency, today announced that Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) was the first global custodian to go live on the new Omgeo ALERTSM GC Direct service.
Intelliflo delivers increased time efficiencies through link with Virtual Cabinet
- 10 years 10 months ago
Intelliflo, the leading provider of web-based business management software to over 1,450 firms has partnered with Lindenhouse Software’s leading document management solution Virtual Cabinet to deliver increased efficiencies for clients. Virtual Cabinet is the preferred document management & cloud portal solution of 30 of the top 100 UK accountancy practices. It combines industry-leading document management with secure client communication...
Axxsys Consulting Specialists in Financial Management Software Grow Through Acquisition
- 10 years 10 months ago
- M&A Deals
Axxsys Consulting, a successful and growing financial services consultancy firm, are announcing the acquisition of WS Technology, in order to strengthen their offering on Front Office Technology, Data Management, Performance and Regulatory Advisory Services. Axxsys' acquisition of financial technology consultancy WS Technology, which had a turnover of GBP 3,000.000 in 2014, adds a more diversified offering to Axxsys Consulting's current client...
SunGard launches investor financial planning apps through Windows Store
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
SunGard, in collaboration with Microsoft Corp., has launched a series of five financial planning applications, available through Windows Store, to help individuals improve their ability to reach their financial and retirement savings goals. The tools run quick assessments of an investor’s position to achieve their retirement objectives, show strategies to improve retirement funding, and illustrate fundamental financial planning preparedness.
Olivetree appoints Fred Ward to its event driven consultancy business in London
- 10 years 10 months ago
- People Moves
Olivetree Financial, a leading independent agency broker, has appointed Fred Ward to its event driven team, in order to further hone the firm’s consultancy skills for the buy-side community. Fred joins from Magnetar Capital, where he headed up its European equities event portfolio, and his responsibilities at Olivetree will be to advise both long-fund and hedge-fund clients on how to navigate tough-to-model special situations. He is based in...
AZIMO AND TRANSFERTO PARTNER TO LAUNCH INSTANT MOBILE TOP-UP SERVICES TO OVER 100 COUNTRIES
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Azimo, the digital money transfer service, today announced the launch of its mobile airtime service. Through a strategic partnership with TransferTo, a leading provider of international airtime remittance, the new service will enable Azimo’s customers to instantly send airtime to pre-paid mobile phones in over 100 countries: an addressable market of over 4.5 billion people.
ISDA Launches New Industry Initiative for a Derivatives Product Identification Standard
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has launched a new industry data project, aimed at developing an open-source standard derivatives product identification system that can be applied consistently and comprehensively across all derivatives facilities, including trading venues, clearing houses, repositories and other infrastructures.
Canadian Payments Association sets out modernisation vision
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Payments
As part of its initiative to modernize Canada's core national clearing and settlement framework and infrastructure, the CPA is creating a shared vision for the future of payments in Canada based on research, a global perspective, and industry views. Research from the Canadian Payments Association (CPA) and the Bank of Canada released today supports this initiative by outlining the most critical issues the industry must investigate to improve...
GFT to Launch Digital Banking Roadmap
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Banking
Digital banking goes much further than just using online technologies. It lets people decide how a bank can solve their financial challenges. It means banks can start advising customers on their needs in a consistent way and on the customersʼ terms.
Metro Bank to launch new portal for Intermediaries
- 10 years 10 months ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
The portal has been created with widespread support and input from the intermediary sector and represents the first phase of its mortgage switching initiative that will see further development throughout the year. A market first, the user friendly Product Switching Portal gives brokers clear and instant information to help them share new and existing products with homeowners in a matter of minutes.
