Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced the addition of a new functionality to the I-STAR securities back-office solution for wholesale brokerage firms. This new component, “Weekly Option Dealing” provides access to the new options on the Nikkei Stock Average, contracted by the Osaka Exchange, Inc., and is scheduled to be made available via the Exchange on May 25, 2015.

Linedata (NYSE Euronext: LIN), the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, today announced that Capital Advisors Group has implemented Linedata Compliance for its institutional separate account business.

Ever since FinTech found life outside of Silicon Valley, it was only a matter of time before London established itself as the most desirable location for FinTech growth. The UK capital received $539 million in venture capital investment in 2014, three times the amount raised in 2013 and accounting for over a half of all FinTech investments across Europe.

Sentenial, a provider of payment services to some of Europe's top banks, is to take advantage of EU regulations to set up its own 'disruptive' non-bank alternative for payment processing.

The current MiFID II draft suggests that trading venues have to fulfil the transaction reporting for non-EEA exchange members. While it is understandable that regulators want to ensure complete records of all trading activity within Europe, the operational burden could be far-reaching.

 Convergex, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading related services provider, today announced the appointment of Kelli Annequin as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). During her twenty years of experience in the global financial services industry, Ms. Annequin has developed and implemented global marketing initiatives at several industry-leading firms.

•         Nearly 40 million separate mobile banking visits were recorded in March alone
•         Two thirds (65%) of online banking activity now taking place through a mobile phone
•         The peak time for logons now earlier in the day as most mobile users log on during commute

This week marked the five year anniversary of the Flash Crash, but for several weeks now the financial press have been running articles on a daily basis on the spoofing indictment brought against a UK trader, whose actions the CFTC alleges “contributed to an extreme E-mini S&P order book imbalance that contributed to market conditions that led to the Flash Crash.”  The original analysis of the event, published jointly by the S

 Interoute, owner and operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, has announced that it has been chosen by Orwell, a pan-European financial services group, to host its new online current account serviceipagoo. Available in France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy ipagoo is designed for all customers wishing to carry out transactions abroad.

Epiq Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIQ), a leading global provider of integrated technology solutions for the legal profession, today announced the appointment of Ellen Jones Polhamus as senior vice president, eDiscovery client services. In this newly created role, Ms. Polhamus will lead the global eDiscovery client services team, consisting of approximately 80 project managers and directors, by providing strategic client direction, directing day-to-day operations and ensuring the client experience is consistent across all of Epiq’s global office locations.