After meeting with great success  during  previous  voting  campaigns, Version III of VOTACCESS, the platform for collecting shareholders' electronic votes prior to general meetings, is available for the 2014 season. 
 
The launch of VOTACCESS at the end of 2011 was initiated by the French Association of Securities Professionals (AFTI), and since then the number of issuing companies signing up for the platform has continued to increase, from six in 2012 to 25 in 2013. 
 

Diasoft, a leading provider of software solutions for the global financial industry, offers an opportunity for online testing of its Legacy Renovation technology through real-time conversion of COBOL source code to Java EE at http://cobol2java.com/.

Diasoft, a global provider of cutting-edge core banking solutions, continues the complex project of FLEXTERA BI implementation in Interprombank.

The attitude towards High Frequency Trading (HFT) has changed for the worse. Its nature is often regarded as inherently irresponsible and potentially disruptive.

I believe that its demonization and the fear of possible dangers of HFT to the markets has been blown way out of proportion. The reason, in my view, lies in the perception of risk management.

ElectraCard Services (ECS), provider of software solutions for electronic payment systems, successfully helped launch the Western Union® ICICI Bank Prepaid Card in India recently, as Western Union’s preferred technology and processing service partner.

BCS Prime Brokerage (‘BCS’), the international arm of the largest trader of equities and derivatives on the Russian exchange, has announced a strategic partnership with ARQA Technologies to implement ARQA’s automated back-office software – backQORT. 

The multipurpose back office system, which provides record-keeping, trade settlement, regulatory reporting and partial management accounting, will provide BCS clients with access to new markets and a more efficient transaction clearing model.