Bloomberg and Bats Europe Partner for MiFID II Reporting
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Wholesale Banking, Regulatory Standards
Today Bloomberg and Bats Europe have reported they plan to provide Bloomberg customers with the ability to use their respective Approved Publication Arrangements (APA)[1] to fulfil MiFID II transparency reporting requirements. Under MiFID II, market participants are facing a steep increase of reporting tasks they need to manage, for firm quotes as well as executed transactions, across a wide range of asset classes and within very short...
Suncoast CU to Reveal BIG's SetIt Credit Card Management Tool
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments
Today best Innovation Group (BIG), a credit union innovation catalyst with 20 years of payments experience, announced that Suncoast Credit Union has signed to offer SetIt Credit — a card management tool designed to improve cardholder experience in an easy-to-use, secure platform.
Metori Capital Management Goes For QuantHouse to Automate Trading Portfolio
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Today QuantHouse, the global provider of advanced trading solutions, announced that Metori Capital Management has selected QuantFACTORY to automate its trading portfolio. QuantHouse provides end-to-end systematic trading solutions including QuantFEED, its ultra-low latency market data technologies, QuantFACTORY, its algo-trading development framework and QuantLINK, its proximity hosting and order routing services. QuantHouse helps trading venues...
Edward Jones Teams Up with SixThirty to Support Financial Technology Startups
- 8 years 1 month ago
- FinTech StartUps
Today Financial services firm Edward Jones announced a multi-year partnership with SixThirty, a St. Louis-based venture fund that invests in financial technology (FinTech) startup companies. Backed by the St. Louis Regional Chamber, SixThirty was founded in 2013 and to date has funded more than 25 startups across the globe.Edward Jones Chief Information Officer Vinny Ferrari said the relationship with SixThirty is consistent with the firm's...
Malaysian Central Bank Calls for Participation on Fintech Hacks
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Today the Financial Technology Enabler Group (FTEG) has reported that it is seeking ideas from the public on the improvements to financial services sector by harnessing innovation and technology.
Dovetail Finalizes Instant Payment Tests With Intesa Sanpaolo and EBA Clearing
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Liquidity, Payments
Dovetail, the provider of best-in-class payments and liquidity management solutions, has today announced the successful completion of business level flow testing with the EBA Clearing pan-European instant payment infrastructure platform.
Consumer Lending Platform Nava Begins Tech Recruitment Drive
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Wholesale Banking
Nava, a next generation consumer lending platform, is continuing its rapid expansion by launching a new office in Milton Keynes. The company, with headquarters in central London, hopes to capitalise on the town’s burgeoning reputation as a leading technology centre in the UK.
P2 Acquires Financial Crime Expert FS101
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Security
Today P2 Consulting, a programme and project management consultancy that supports blue chip companies undertaking major change initiatives, is pleased to announce the acquisition of financial crime specialist FS101, significantly bolstering its capability in the anti-money laundering and cybercrime market.
Hufsy Joins SolarisBank on SME Banking Platform
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Banking
The Danish fintech startup Hufsy is ready to offer fellow startups a banking service beyond what they are used to. By working with the fully licensed solarisBank as their banking partner, the company will change the way SMEs experience banking and gradually welcome users during 2017.
NEX Group Receives CFTC Approval for Swap Execution Facility
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Today NEX Group plc, a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announces that it has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for NEX SEF Limited (“NEX SEF”), a new Swap Execution Facility (“SEF”). NEX SEF will allow customers to trade Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) on the EBS Market platform. The new SEF is expected to have on-boarded customers and be live for trading in the second quarter...
Startupbootcamp Launches African Accelerator
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Infrastructure
Today Startupbootcamp unveils the launch of their new accelerator program opening in Cape Town. This global industry-focused accelerator group has 18 programs across 13 countries and has seen value in now setting up a footprint in Africa. Startups from around the world can apply now to be part of the intense 3-month support program to be run in Cape Town.
Icon Connects Instant Payment Framework to The Clearing House
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Consultancy
Today Icon Solutions, a leading provider of technology solutions and real-time payments consultancy has just reported the enhancement of its Instant Payments Framework (IPF) product to support connectivity to The Clearing House (TCH), accelerating US banks’ access to real-time payments.
Central Bank of Lesotho Selects Intellect Design Arena
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Banking
Today Intellect Design Arena Ltd, a digital technology product provider across Banking and Insurance, revealed the successful rollout of Intellect Quantum Central Banking Solution at the Central Bank of Lesotho. The key highlight was an accelerated implementation with zero errors during migration despite complex integration with multiple external interfaces.
FutureTech Congress: International Meeting of Insurtech, Fintech and Big Data to Be Held This May in Warsaw
- 8 years 1 month ago
- IT Innovations
FutureTech Congress is one of the most important business summits in Central and Eastern Europe addressing top trends in the fintech, insurtech and big data industries. The first edition of the congress will be held on 24th and 25th of May in Warsaw. During two days of debates experts from all over the world will discuss how digitalization, technology and business innovations are changing the financial services, insurance and data industry, in...
Mastercard Reveals Next Generation Biometric Card
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Security, Authentication Technology
Mastercard today unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely verify the cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. South Africa is the first market to test the evolved technology, with two separate trials recently concluded with Pick n Pay, a leading supermarket retailer, and Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays Africa.
