CRC Insurance Services to acquire Connecticut Underwriters, Inc.
- 9 years 2 months ago
- M&A Deals
CRC Insurance Services Inc., (CRC) a wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corporation's principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced today an agreement to acquire Connecticut Underwriters, Inc. (CUI). Terms were not disclosed.
Alipay comes to Checkout.com
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Payments
Checkout.com’s collaboration with Alipay expands its offering of online payment solutions within its unified platform. New and existing Checkout.com merchants around the world will now be able to sell to hundreds of millions of additional customers in China. With 300 million active users, Alipay reaches almost half of the lucrative and fast growing Chinese e-commerce market. Last year, there was a 150% increase year over year in cross-border...
Midokura Appoints Pino de Candia Chief Technology Officer
- 9 years 2 months ago
- People Moves
Midokura, the global innovator in software network virtualization, today announced its appointment of Pino de Candia as chief technology officer (CTO). Formerly chief architect at Midokura, de Candia will take over the CTO role from Dan Mihai Dumitriu, who will remain as the company's CEO.
Corporate Actions survey reflects a positive trend in favour of automation and standardisation
- 9 years 2 months ago
SWIFT and CityIQ announce the results of joint survey with149 market participants worldwide about the state of play in the corporate actions marketplace. The survey also measures the evolution of automation and standardisation in this critical domain for financial institutions.
Algomi Opens New Americas Headquarters in New York
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, today announced the opening of a new office in New York. The company signed a long-term lease for the entire 28th floor of the Charles S. Cohen’s Tower 57 at 135 East 57th Street. The new office provides additional space to service Algomi’s growing customer base in the Americas. Founded just three years ago, Algomi now works with...
BCS To Expand Into North America With Acquisition Of US Broker/Dealer
- 9 years 2 months ago
- M&A Deals
BCS Financial Group, the largest securities broker on the Moscow Exchange, has made its first move into the North American market with entry into an agreement for the strategic acquisition of Alforma Capital Markets Inc., the wholly-owned New York-based subsidiary of Alfa-Bank.
Oakam sees surge in demand for loans as migrants kick-start careers
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Financial
UK-based lender Oakam (www.oakam.com) today reports a surge in demand for its services from new arrivals to the UK who find it difficult to borrow from banks. In the last six months, it has seen demand for loans from customers for whom English is not their first language surge by 40%. This growing demand mirrors a rise in the number of new arrivals to the UK – according to the Office for National Statistics, 636,000 migrants came to live in...
First Data to Launch of its Initial Public Offering
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
First Data (“First Data”) today announced the launch of its initial public offering of 160,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $18.00 and $20.00 per share. First Data expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 24,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at the initial public offering price. First Data has applied to list shares of its...
EVCA becomes ‘Invest Europe: The Voice of Private Capital’
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association [EVCA] today announces that it has changed its name to ‘Invest Europe - The Voice of Private Capital’.
JustForex Introduces WebTrader, a Simple and User-friendly Trading Platform
- 9 years 2 months ago
JustForex is constantly developing new services and improving old ones for its clients, aiming to make trading even more accessible. With this client-focused approach in mind, JustForex are now introducing a browser-based trading terminal - WebTrader. Until now, anyone with a demo account could have trialled WebTrader but starting today the user-friendly web-platform is available for its clients in real mode. What is WebTrader?
Alliance Data Partners With Wayfair To Launch New Loyalty-Driven Credit Card Program For High-Growth Online Home Furnishings And Decor Retailer
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Credit Cards, Data
Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, today announced its Columbus, Ohio-based card services business, a premier provider of branded private label, co-brand, and commercial credit programs, has signed a new multi-year agreement to provide
Ancoa trade surveillance integrates Twilio cloud-based communications platform
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Cloud, Infrastructure
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...
Renaissance Capital Goes Live on Calypso
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Infrastructure
Calypso Technology Inc., the standard for treasury and capital markets software, has successfully deployed its award-winning solution at leading emerging and frontier markets investment bank
Banking sector faces overwhelming testing burden due to technology fragmentation
- 9 years 2 months ago
- Banking
TestPlant, the maker of the eggPlant range of software test automation tools, today announced that its data indicates software quality departments in the banking sector are facing scalability challenges when testing applications due to the ever-growing range of devices and browsers. Conflicts between the need to roll out new applications and updates quickly, and the need to adequately test these applications, present an insurmountable challenge...
Metamako adopts MACOM’s high-performance semi-conductors for its next generation data switches
- 9 years 2 months ago
Australian-based Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic ultra-low latency devices for the trading community, today announced a collaboration with M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”) (NASDAQ: MTSI), a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave and optical semiconductor products.
