Thomson Reuters Creates Access to Largest Collective Independent Pool of FX Liquidity

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Transaction Banking, Liquidity, Infrastructure

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...

Orc to Launch Pioneering Trading Solution

• 10 years 3 months ago

 Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced an expanded trading solution and expert services offering to address new requirements arising from updated European market regulation. From January 3, 2017, the revised MiFID II Directive and the new MiFIR Regulation will apply throughout the EU, with major implications expected for market participants: trading venues, investment firms and...

Bank Usage of Blockchain Applications Poised to Grow in the Future

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Payments, Banking

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.

Misys Announces Launch of FusionCapital 2.0

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Banking, Infrastructure

 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.

Algomi Honeycomb is named ‘Product of the Year’ in Buy-Side Technology Awards

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

Algomi Honeycomb has been named as ‘Product of the Year; and awarded ‘Best Buy-Side Newcomer’, at this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards from Waters Technology.

American G-SIB to Go live on AxiomSL’s platform in Germany, France and the UK

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

 AxiomSL, the leading global provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, announced today that an American global systemically important bank (G-SIB) has gone live on AxiomSL’s platform in Germany, France and the United Kingdom (UK), following an implementation project that was completed in just three months. The bank has now chosen to also use AxiomSL to comply with a range of regulatory reporting requirements in Switzerland.

Vitol Investment Partnership Acquires MISC's Shareholding In VTTI B.V.

• 10 years 3 months ago
• M&A Deals

VTTI Energy Partners LP (NYSE: VTTI) (the "Partnership") has been informed by VTTI B.V. that Vitol Investment Partnership Limited ("VIP"), an investment vehicle sponsored by Vitol Holding B.V.

Cavium and Pica8 Partner to Deliver Leading Edge Open Networking Solutions

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

 Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud wired and wireless networking, today announced that it has partnered with Pica8 to bring true software-defined network (SDN) solution using Pica8's OpenFlow-based PicOS network operating system (NOS) andCavium's revolutionary XPliant switch chip. The combination of these technologies enables end users,...

Virtusa to Acquire Majority Interest in Polaris in Deal Worth $270million

• 10 years 3 months ago
• M&A Deals

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd. (“Polaris”) (BSE: POLARIS NSE: POLARIS MSEI: POLARIS), a global provider of IT solutions primarily to the...

Lombard Risk to Announce US and Canadian Client Successes

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Risk Management

Linedata Lending & Leasing Continues to Grow Its End-to-End Solutions and Global Presence

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

Linedata, the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, is pleased to announce thatLinedata Capitalstream, the market reference of credit decision makers, has an entirely new series of campaigns to illustrate their expanded ability to serve their global clients with  modular, integrated end-to-end Lending and Leasing solutions.

Oakam to Give More Customers Control Over Their Finances

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Infrastructure

 Following the successful launch of its smartphone app for iOS customers, Oakam (www.oakam.com), a UK-based lender providing financial services to people who find it difficult to borrow from banks, today announced the app is now available to download for Android phones via Google Play.

ChargeBee and Worldpay To Provide Global Subscription Payments

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Payments, Infrastructure

 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...

essDOCS appoints new Chairman of the Board

• 10 years 3 months ago
• People Moves

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.

Compass Plus Survey Finds Only 8% of Millennials Plan to Use Mobile Payments

• 10 years 3 months ago
• Payments

A survey conducted by Compass Plus, an international provider of electronic payments and retail banking software to processors and financial institutions, has revealed that despite the increasing availability of alternative payment methods, millennials do not plan to replace traditional methods in the next 10 years.