Misys, the leading financial software company, has today announced the launch of Misys FusionCapital 2.0, its next generation platform for capital markets. FusionCapital 2.0 is set to underpin the technology transformation in capital markets by giving banks the ability to extend their existing systems without needing to upgrade or rip them out and start again.

A new report from GreySpark Partners, a global capital markets consulting firm, examines how a large number of investment banks and exchanges are experimenting with usage of the blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in 2015.

Thomson Reuters has brought together all of its FX transaction venues onto one platform to create a single point of access to the industry’s largest collective independent pool of FX liquidity. Thomson Reuters request for stream service (FXall QuickTrade), continuous streaming prices (Bank Stream), central limit order books (Matching, Order Book) and conversational dealing platform (Dealing) have now all been fully integrated into the company’s next-generation desktop solution FX Trading.

The problem with Silicon Valley venture capital,  peer-to-peer lending, Lending Club, Prosper, Indiegogo, SeedInvest, Fundable, Betterment, Wealthfront, Personal Capital, other "robot advisers," Zestdata, factors, purchase order financiers and others are manyfold. First their rates for loans related to small business growth, are high. Secondly, these organizations do not finance foreign receivables unless the rates are punishing. Venture capital, IPOs, and such other modes as crowdfunding dilute ownership as shares are sold to investors in exchange for their cash.

Sibos Interview with Rajiv Desai , SVP-US Operations, Pelican

As a significant member of the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), it’s encouraging to see IBM actively promoting banking industry standards and encouraging collaborative, innovative technology solutions for banks worldwide. It is the collective mission of BIAN’s sixty plus members to promote a common architectural framework to try to solve interoperability issues, ubiquitous with the industry.

essDOCS, the leading enabler of paperless trade, announced today that Non-Executive Board Member, Andre Toet, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. He succeeds Barry Williams, who is standing down after chairing the board since 2013, having previously served a term as Chairman from 2006 to 2011.

 ChargeBee, an online subscription and recurring billing management solutions provider, has partnered with Worldpay, a global leader in payment processing, to offer a new integrated payments solution for subscription billing.

This announcement marks the beginning of a unique collaboration in online payments, by allowing ChargeBee customers to benefit from Worldpay’s eCommerce solutions – all via a single pre-built integration – combining access to pure cloud-based SaaS billing and global payment processing.