MAS encourages financial institutions to use technology to on-board customers more efficiently LeapRate

February 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS encourages financial institutions to use technology to on-board customers more efficiently

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued new guidance to financial institutions (FIs) on the use of innovative technology solutions to facilitate safe, non-face-to-face customer on-boarding. MAS requires FIs operating in Singapore to implement robust controls when onboarding new customers, e.g. when opening a bank account, to detect and deter money laundering or terrorism…

February 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq and Palestine Exchange sign new market technology agreement

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Palestine Exchange (PEX) annouced that they have signed a new market technology agreement for Nasdaq to deliver new matching engine technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Palestine’s stock exchange. PEX, which will also continue to use Nasdaq’s SMARTS surveillance technology for monitoring its market, will leverage the modular functionality…

January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exchange Data International joins QuantHouse’s API Ecosystem

QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high performance market data and trading through API based technologies, today announced that Exchange Data International (EDI) is the latest provider to join the QuantHouse API Ecosystem. EDI is a provider of fast, accurate, timely and affordable data reference services. EDI’s extensive content includes worldwide equity and fixed…

SEC charges nine hackers and traders in Edgar hacking case

January 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

The global cost of cybercrime will reach two trillion dollars by 2019

After a welcoming address from Giulia Lupato - PIMFA’s Senior Policy Adviser and Chair for the day – the 2018 financial crime conference began with an address from Robin Jones, Head of FCA Technology – Resilience & Cyber Specialist Supervision. Robin spoke about cyber resilience, contingency planning, moving cyber security considerations beyond the remit of…

January 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GLMX electronic repo marketplace raises $20 million in growth equity financing

GLMX, a comprehensive technology solution for the trading of repurchase agreements ("repo") and secured lending, just announced that it has raised $20 million in growth equity financing. The investment will help the firm expand its operations into major European markets and bolster its engineering team following a record year in which its client base doubled,…

Kyber Network opens to become the VISA for cryptocurrency

January 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GMEX launches Fusion - integrating centralised and blockchain technologies

In response to changing global market drivers and technical innovation, GMEX Technologies Ltd (GMEX), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade business and technology solutions announced GMEX Fusion, a unique integrated centralised and distributed solution set. GMEX Fusion combines the established GMEX centralised technology– currently live in multiple exchanges and post trade venues, such as…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Aquis Technologies to supply UBS MTF with surveillance & reporting solution

Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, announced that it has been chosen by UBS MTF as its supplier of market monitoring, surveillance and reporting software. Aquis will provide UBS MTF with its state-of-the-art Aquis Market Surveillance (AMS) and the RTS 27 reporting software as required since the implementation of…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators extends its contract with Nasdaq

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) just announced that it has officially extended its contract with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to continue to leverage Nasdaq’s SMARTS Market Surveillance technology to detect insider trading and market manipulation across the European Union’s wholesale energy markets by digesting and analyzing massive volumes of data from hundreds of…

STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI

January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

STOXX launches first global AI index based on AI algorithm

Today, STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, introduced the world’s first index that uses AI-related algorithms to select companies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) megatrend at the Inside ETFs conference in the U.S. The new index will be available as…

January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Motive Partners launches financial technology innovation catalyst & value-creation engine

Motive Partners, an investment firm focused on technology enabled companies that power the financial services industry, today announced the launch of Motive Labs, a membership-only innovation and investment organization that will support the firm's mission to back and build the next generation of financial technology. Motive Partners also announced the founding strategic partners for Motive…

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