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Earthport and IPFA collaborate on untapped cross-border payments market

UK-based payments shop Earthport is to adopt the standards laid down by International Payments Framework Association (IPFA) as part of an international drive to meet small business demands for more efficient cross-border payments services.

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Payment investigations initiative hampered by slow corporate uptake

A bank-led initiative to develop a utility model for end-to-end automation in the payment investigations process is being held back by a lack of corporate involvement.

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Banks sceptical about meeting 2014 Sepa compliance deadline

Bankers and corporates do not expect to meet a 2014 deadline for Sepa compliance, according to a straw poll of delegates conducted during a panel discussion of the controversial payment initiative at the annual congress of banking co-operative Swift.

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SunGard to buy Swift service bureau Syntesys

SunGard has reached an agreement on the acquisition of Syntesys, a European Swift service bureau, in a bid to expand its outsourcing service for corporate to bank messaging.

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Swift talks expansion in the Americas

Swift's Americas CEO, Chris Church discusses Swift's recent alliance with the DTCC, its role in acting as the managing agent for LEIs, its growth in the Americas and the agenda at Sibos in Toronto.

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Swift sets up one-stop shop for reference data

Financial messaging co-operative Swift is bundling its suite of data directories to create a Web-based one-stop shop for payments-related reference data.

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Data management issues delay liquidity risk progress - Swift

Data management issues continue to impede the efforts of financial institutions to develop effective strategies for dealing with liquidity risk, according to a survey from Swift.

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Swift plans business continuity service for RTGS systems

Financial messaging network Swift has outlined plans to build a business continuity service that will keep Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems operating in the event of a major outage.

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Swift and DTCC score big data management mandates

Financial messaging network Swift and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have won two separate industry data management mandates, for the development of a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) utility and electronic foreign exchange repository.

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Swift launches corporate Iban validation kit

Financial information network Swift is marketing a directory and software tool designed to help corporates validate and set-up Iban account codes for customer and supplier payments in time for the Sepa deadline.

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XBRL US launches corporate actions taxonomy

XBRL US has finalised its corporate actions taxonomy and made it available for use.

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Banks push FIX for fixed income trading

The world's biggest sell-side banks have formed a working group to push the adoption of FIX connectivity for fixed income trading.

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Legal Entity Identifier standard nears

Plans to create a new legal entity identifier (LEI) system to help regulators and industry participants monitor systemic risk are gathering momentum, with Swift winning a vote to act as the registration authority for the ISO standard and a group of trade associations setting out their framework.

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Ex-AllianceBernstein man charged with stealing FIX software

A former AllianceBernstein employee has been charged with stealing software used to send and receive FIX messages from the investment firm.

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DTCC kicks off corporate actions pilot; legacy formats to be switched off by 2015

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation says it will shut off corporate actions processing for all legacy file formats in 2015, as it begins testing of new ISO 20022 announcement messages with five user firms.

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Bolero and Swift agree trade services pact

Internet-based trade finance utility Bolero has brokered an agreement with financial co-operative Swift to use the FileAct network for corporate-to-bank messaging.

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EU citizens betrayed by Swift data deal - MEPs

European Parliamentarians have slammed the latest Swift bank data sharing deal with the US, saying that six months after it was introduced checks put in place are failing and American requests for information simply rubber stamped by Europol.

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FPL launches FIXwiki

FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) has launched FIXwiki, an interactive Web tool to help the trading community share knowledge and information about the front office protocol.

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Swift tackles SSI errors

Financial messaging body Swift is introducing a suite of services it claims will improve automation and reduce errors in standing settlement instructions (SSIs).

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MarkitServ plans collateral messaging automation

The DTCC and Markit, through their MarkitServ joint venture, have teamed with vendor AcadiaSoft to introduce a system for automating collateral messaging for the over-the-counter derivatives market.