Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, andNexGen Networks, a leading global provider of ultra-high-speed fiber-optic services with a distinctive customer service approach, today announced that NexGen has deployed new network Points of Presence (PoPs) in its Tokyo (

Neo & Partners Global (NPG), a Singapore enterprise that specializes in offering smart electronic trading solutions and creator of Asia’s first Trading-Atrium, announces the collaboration with Blackwell Global to establish its award winning Prime of Prime FX Liquidity Pool market access capability as part of NPG’s unique 360° Business Eco-system.

The Avaloq group, an international leader in integrated and comprehensive banking solutions, has successfully implemented the Avaloq Banking Suite at Swiss Life Banque Privée.

Swiss Life Banque Privée has chosen the Avaloq Banking Suite for its private banking and securities holding activities, based on its broad functional coverage, adaptability and integration flexibility.

BlackBerry has teamed up with PayPal for a trial that lets BBM users in Canada send and receive money through the messaging service.

Options, the leading managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has today announced the appointment of the former NYSE Technologies sales executive, Helen Viccars, to the firm’s global sales team. Ms. Viccars, who was responsible for EMEA sales and account management at NYSE Technologies, joins Options as VP Sales and Account Management.

The draft technical standards for MiFID II require exchanges to publish quarterly execution quality reports (RTS 6). Sell-side firms are expected to digest these and update their best execution policies accordingly. Additionally, sell-sides must publish their own execution quality reports annually (RTS 7), which obviously should be digested by the buy-side.

Intego, the leading provider of security solutions for the Mac, today announced the availability of Flextivity 1.5, offering small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) new features that make managing security and productivity for multiple devices more efficient. According to the National Small Business Association, 40 percent of small business owners manage their own tech support and 39 percent handle their own online security(1) without any outside help.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) took action against Citizens Bank for failing to credit consumers the full amounts of their deposited funds. The bank kept money from deposit discrepancies when receipts did not match actual money transferred. Today’s CFPB consent order requires the bank to provide approximately $11 million in refunds to consumers and pay a $7.5 million penalty for the violations.

 Objectway (www.objectway.com), a leading provider of software and services to the EMEA investment management industry, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BETA Global, a European wealth and investment transaction processing system, from Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. The acquisition is expected to close immediately. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.