The FCA recently published a list of considerations for firms thinking of using third party technology banking solutions. This has attracted widespread commentary from within the industry – mostly from advisers or end users – but what does this mean for suppliers of critical technology solutions to regulated firms?

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has been judged Best Execution Management System at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology. Presented at a gala dinner in London on Wednesday, the award is testament to Fidessa's ongoing programme of development of its Investment Management System (IMS).

 MasterCard and Zwipe have announced their partnership for the launch of the world’s first contactless payment card featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor.

 The launch of the card comes after a successful live pilot with Norway’s Sparebanken DIN, aligned to the Eika Group, as an answer to the complex challenge of providing a fast, convenient payment solution that does not compromise on security.

Lombard Risk Management plc, a leading provider of integrated collateral management, regulatory compliance and reporting solutions for the financial services industry, announced its latest release of COLLINE—the company’s award-winning collateral management, clearing, inventory management and optimisation solution.

Numerix the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has announced the receipt of the award for Best Innovation by an ISV Regulatory Change in the annual FOW Awards for Asia held in Singapore on September 25. This marks the second consecutive year Numerix has won this award for the Numerix CrossAsset product Suite.

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced that it has won ‘Best KYC and Client On-Boarding Solution’ at the second annual Data Management Summit Awards 2014, hosted by A-Team Group.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has revealed a significant increase in demand for its revenue and expense management offerings, as financial services firms continue to face stringent regulatory and compliance requirements and a growing need for transparency in the industry.

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the trading in Absolent Group AB (shortname: ABSO) shares commenced on First North at Nasdaq Stockholm. Absolent Group belongs to the Industrials sector and is the 34th company to be admitted to trading on First North’s Nordic markets (Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland) in 2014.

TMX Atrium®, TMX Group's global capital markets infrastructure provider, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the United Kingdom’s National Measurement Institute, to distribute NPLTime®.

Fidor Bank announces a new customer win in the shape of an international independent telecommunications provider. The aim of the partnership is to provide up-to-date, all-round financial services for the millions of customers of the telecommunications provider. The cooperation will focus on the software “Fidor Operating System”, fOS for short, developed by FidorTecS AG. Fidor Bank AG and Fidor Pay GmbH are involved in the programme as essential part of the cooperation.