Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
In 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau became the first government agency ever to supervise the national consumer reporting companies. Even more than that, the Bureau became to first federal agency to supervise all sides of the credit reporting market, from the consumer reporting companies that collect the information to the various companies that furnish it to them. For the first time, it became possible for a single agency to see... more
John Hancock collaborate with Linedata Navquest to advance NAV oversight and middle office capabilities
- 9 years 1 week ago
- IT Innovations, Financial, Infrastructure
Linedata is the leading solutions provider committed to the investment management and credit industries. Today the company has announced that John Hancock Investments, a leading global financial service, has chosen Linedata Navquest to upgrade its Net Asset Value (NAV) Oversight, NAV Validation, and NAV Contingency capabilities.
Turquoise chooses QuantHouse to extend Turquoise Plato™ midpoint matching services across Europe
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Trading Systems, Data, Infrastructure
QuantHouse, the global provider of innovative market data services, trading and infrastructure solutions, today announced that Turquoise® has extended the QuantHouse real-time primary market data feeds to its Turquoise Plato™ midpoint matching services, including the award winning Turquoise Plato Block Discovery™, to cover securities of 18 European countries, including those recently added emerging markets Czech Republic and Hungary.
InvestCloud establishes Innovation Center for financial startups and institutions
- 9 years 1 week ago
- FinTech StartUps, Infrastructure
InvestCloud Inc. is a global FinTech firm, has launched its first financial technology accelerator and incubator. Particularly, this is an InvestCloud Innovation Center, with Pacific Design Center headquarters in Los Angeles.
CLEARSCORE LAUNCHES NEW UK HEADQUARTERS
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Banking, Infrastructure
ClearScore is the UK leading credit-checking service, today welcomed The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Minister of State for Digital and Culture, to officially open its new London headquarters. The new 8,500 sq ft facility in Vauxhall, has opened to accommodate ClearScore’s rapid growth. Around 4 million people in Britain now use ClearScore to stay on top of their money and thousands of people are joining the free service every day. ClearScore plans... more
SETL establishes Paris office to support its Eurozone operations
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Infrastructure
SETL is the London based financial blockchain specialist. Today it has announced the opening of their Paris branch to develop its Eurozone activities. Pierre Davoust, formerly Deputy Head of the Financial Markets Unit at the French Treasury, who is appointed CEO France at SETL, will lead the new office.
Datcom Helps Homeless of Grantham Throughout 2017
- 9 years 1 week ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
A charity event that helps homeless people in Grantham has inspired Lincolnshire IT specialist Datcom to establish a fundraising challenge during 2017. The company, with offices in Grantham and Lincoln, has nominated Grantham Passage as its charity of the year, with the aim of raising as much money as possible.
BP partners with Workday to support global HR modernization
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
Workday, Inc. is a leader in providing enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Today the company announced that BP has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), including Workday Time Tracking, to replace its on-premise legacy HR system as part of a company-wide HR modernization programme.
ITG Launches Turnkey Research Payment Account Solution
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced the rollout of an enhanced Research Payment Account (RPA) solution to enable asset managers to adapt to the unbundling of research and execution required under the coming MiFID II rules in Europe. The new ITG RPA solution offers a number of key features:
Gemalto introduces smarter prototyping tool to quicken IoT innovation
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, speeds up and simplifies the creation of new Internet of Thingd (IoT) applications by introducing a rapid prototyping tool. The Cinterion® Connect Shield development board uses the popular and highly accessible Arduino design environment, and features an intelligent modem chipset optimized for low power IoT devices that can deliver extended battery life.
Misys awarded Business Superbrand two years in a row
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Misys has been awarded Business Superbrands status for 2017. This follows the latest review of the long-running annual survey, which has been identifying the UK’s leading business-to-business brands since 2001.
AT&T and Current: Historic Alliance to Redefine Smart Cities for the Digital Age
- 9 years 1 week ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Two giants with a long history in infrastructure and communications technology collaborate to accelerate the digital era of urban development. AT&T and Current, powered by GE, have announced an exclusive partnership to connect cities across the United States and Mexico to the Internet of Things (IoT). Together, the companies will disclose a realm of possibilities to improve the way cities operate, communicate, and meet the needs of citizens.
Mastercard increases Mobile Order-Ahead Platform for On-the-Go Consumers and Retailers
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
Mastercard eliminated the traditional “open tab” at a bar, club or restaurant by adding new functionality to Qkr! with Masterpass. With “Open Tab” customers are able to open a tab at the bar without handling over a payment card or an identity document like a driver`s license to the bartender.
Mobile Advertising will generate the major revenue by 2020, predicts IHS Markit
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Infrastructure
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, predicts that by 2020, over three quarters of all online display advertising revenue will be attributed to mobile. “As Chinese companies go global, investments in nearby countries will increase”
Secure Trading Starts New Phase Of Business Development
- 9 years 2 weeks ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
Secure Trading, the online payments specialist, is today announcing its intent to begin a new phase of business development. Following a significant growth period, where the company accomplished multiple awards for both its payment gateway and acquiring platform, and also became one of the fastest growing merchant acquirers in Europe, it now plans to nurture this growth.
