Category: Technology

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March 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore fintech startup Invictus turns to IBM for blockhain support

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced Singapore fintech start-up, INVICTUS, is collaborating with them to leverage IBM Cloud and Blockchain technologies for their Order, Logistic & Payment (OLP) platform. The platform aims to help businesses reduce wastage, redundancy and cash-flow issues in their transaction processes by disrupting the supply chain management cycle with blockchain smart contract…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fintech provider Duco continues global expansion with Societe Generale Bank & Trust

Duco, the global fintech provider of data control services, has announced a commercial agreement with Societe Generale Bank & Trust (SGBT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Societe Generale based in Luxembourg. SGBT plans to use Duco Cube, the self-service data control platform, to automate a number of key processes, including securities, cash and internal system-to-system reconciliations.…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Edelweiss Singapore installs latest version of Horizon trading software

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, just announced the extension of its long-term relationship with Edelweiss International Singapore (Pte) Limited, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, one of India's leading diversified financial services companies. Edelweiss will be using the latest version of Horizon's trading technology as a strategic…

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March 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dow Jones launches Factiva App on the Salesforce AppExchange

Dow Jones today announced it has launched the Factiva app on the Salesforce AppExchange, empowering businesses to connect with their customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways. The Factiva app offers customers access to content from 33,000 premium news sources and over 20 million public and private company profiles. Factiva’s set of sources is…

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March 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan And Singapore establish FinTech Cooperation Framework

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the establishment of a Co-operation Framework to enhance FinTech linkages between both countries. The Framework enables FSA and MAS to refer FinTech companies in their countries to each other’s markets. It also outlines how the referred companies can initiate discussions…

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March 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge acquires post-trade control solutions provider Message Automation

Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) announced that has extended its global post-trade control capabilities for sell-side and buy-side firms in capital markets through the acquisition of Message Automation Limited, a provider of post-trade control solutions. The acquisition accelerates Broadridge’s ability to allow firms to transform their risk and compliance capabilities. Terms of…

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March 08, 2017 BY admin

ChartIQ redesigns market data and financial widgets for websites

ChartIQ, the US-based charting, and platform company just announced they've redesigned their HTML5 financial portals and widgets for websites and webmasters with an increased focus on ease of use, flexibility, and interactivity. Another US-based company Xignite provides the data package to ChartIQ and is hosted in the cloud. LeapRate a few months ago spoke with…

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March 07, 2017 BY admin

Beeks Financial Cloud announces "China Liquidity Select"

Beeks Financial Cloud, a global leader in financial cloud infrastructure for the trading industry, has today announced its newest Beeks Marketplace product offering, “China Liquidity Select." The turnkey package, is priced at £1,500 GBP per month, and is aimed primarily at brokerage partners and liquidity providers looking to serve traders in mainland China. It also ensures…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial services company Edelweiss Singapore extends tech strategy with Horizon

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, announced the extension of its long-term relationship with Edelweiss International Singapore (Pte) Limited, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services companies. Edelweiss will be using the latest version of Horizon’s trading technology as a strategic element…

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DTCC - new additions to the Board
February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

DTCC completes blockchain repurchase test

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, just announced that has successfully completed testing of blockchain-based technology for the clearing and settlement of repurchase, or repo, agreement transactions, and will decide by June whether to deploy the new system, Reuters reported. DTCC, a utility that…

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