Neptune, the open standards network utility for pre-trade indications in bond markets, today confirmed that it is continuing to expand its business to the wider community.

The utility had an initial launch in August, with a limited set of buy-side and sell-side sponsors using the network.  Neptune has already seen strong growth in the amount of quality data flowing through the network enhancing pre-trade transparency for those market participants already signed up.

Financial IT speaks to Howard Bascom, Managing Director, BNY Mellon at Sibos 2015.

Financial IT speaks to Brendan P. Farrell, Jr., Executive Vice President, XSP, FIS at Sibos 2015 

Earthport (AIM: EPO.L), the leading payment network for cross border transactions, has been selected by Citizens Financial Group, Inc (“Citizens”), to provide cross-border payments services.

BT today announced that it is making it easier for institutions with a presence in North America to access foreign exchange, metals and commodities markets via the OREX trading platform of leading financial services company, ADS Securities. 

Abu Dhabi-based ADS Securities is the largest brokerage by volume in the Middle East and one of the fastest growing forex and investment companies globally. The company will use BT Radianz Services to allow its growing international investor client base to access its new trading hub in New York, which opened in October this year. 

Cisco -- Malaysia's premier savings bank, Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN), is transforming their products and services to appeal to a new generation of digital-enabled customers by deploying Virtual Teller Machines (VTM) across 31 branches. Built on Cisco(R) Unified Communication and Cisco Unified Computing platforms the VTM helps enable virtual, real-time engagement between customers and tellers in any of the branches, through a highly secure and immersive video platform.

Newgen Software Technologies Limited, a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Customer Communication Management (CCM), and Case Management (CM) solutions, today announced that its Business Process Management (BPM) framework chosen by National Bank of Kenya has been awarded the prestigious WfMC Global Award for Excellence in BPM and Workflow for the year 2015. National Bank of Kenya is one of the leading commercial banks in Kenya.

Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) today announced it is forming a new joint venture with a subsidiary of the Inspur Group, a Chinese cloud computing and data center company, to develop, manufacture and distribute financial self-service solutions in China.  Inspur will hold a majority stake of 51 percent in the new joint venture, which will be named Inspur Financial Information Systems, Ltd.  The joint venture will offer a complete range of self-service terminals within the Chinese market, including automated teller machines (ATMs).

On December 2015, MoneyMan financed its first loan in Poland through the company's website www.moneyman.pl. MoneyMan significantly reduces the costs of maintaining sales offices and a network of agents, focusing resources on developing IT-stack developing.