Ancoa, providers of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy and sell-side firms, today announced the successful integration of Twilio, the leading cloud communications platform, with its surveillance platform, adding transactional voice surveillance, for voice initiated trades, to Ancoa’s suite of capabilities. Ancoa leverages Twilio’s software-based communications to make enhanced analysis of telephone conversations and text messages available to all Ancoa customers.

Yesterday saw the publication of ESMA’s long-awaited report on the technical standards for MiFID II / MiFIR. As well as reviewing every single word of this impressive tome – 1,532 pages spread across three documents – we should consider the wider scope and take note of what the report does not cover too.

Rackspace® (NYSE: RAX) today announced new Managed Security and Compliance Assistance offerings to assist customers in addressing data security, protecting critical business processes, and mitigating risks from potential cyberattacks and threats. These service offerings allow Rackspace to work with its customers to develop holistic security solutions and address compliance requirements that cover complex, multi-cloud environments.

The Avaloq group, an international leader in integrated and comprehensive banking solutions, will implement the Avaloq Banking Suite at China CITIC Bank International Limited (“CNCBI”).

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, today announced its involvement in several key boards and councils around the globe all with a singular focus of driving industry standards for real-time and immediate payments. Immediate payments is a near-term initiative that banks must embrace strategically in this a

Ullink, a leading provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, today announced the launch of its new Managed Connectivity Service (UL MCS); a comprehensive, fully hosted service providing buy-side and sell-side firms with a one-stop solution for their global, multi asset class connectivity requirements.

Allegro Commodity Management, a leading provider of commodity trading risk management (CTRM) software, announced today that Trafigura has deployed the Allegro platform to support the management of its natural gas trading business.

IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced plans to globally expand its business solutions capabilities with new, cloud-based Industry Platforms to simplify and accelerate clients' digital transformation journeys.

- Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced the addition of new customers and product features that expand the footprint of Workday Financial Management globally.