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WikiLeaks: Merkel furious at MEPs over Swift data sharing deal rejection

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was left "very, very angry" after the European Parliament voted earlier this year to scrap a deal to allow US authorities access to banking data transmitted over Swift, worried that Washington would see the move as a sign that the continent does not take terrorism seriously, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.

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FPL calls for industry-led European consolidated tape

FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) has submitted a proposal to securities regulators urging an "industry led solution" for the establishment of an authority overseeing the delivery and governance of a European consolidated tape.

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Acquisition marks major shift for Swift

Hans Cobben, CEO of new Swift subsidiary Arkelis, says the co-operative's foray into solution vendor ownership is about controlling more than just the network and interface layers.

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Sibos Innotribe Labs take centre stage

A business that aims to create a complete view of a bank's financial health by using recycled financial messages is the favourite to win the Innotribe Lab pitching contest held at Sibos, the annual conference held by financial messaging body Swift.

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Swift preps major network upgrade

Financial messaging body Swift has announced a system upgrade, the first since 2007, for both SwiftNet and Alliance, its messaging and connectivity services respectively.

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Swift plans sanctions screening outsourcing service for small banks

Financial messaging body Swift has pledged to improve the sanctions screening process designed to stop the flow of illegal money transfers by launching an outsourcing service for small banks.

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Bottomline Technologies acquires SMA Financial

Bottomline Technologies has acquired London-based Swift Service Bureau provider. SMA Financial, for an undisclosed sum.

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Swift ponders eBAM utility move

Swift has developed a proof of concept for a central utility for routing and validating electronic bank account management (eBAM) messages, a new non-financial standard from the cooperative that was released to market in April.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch to launch corporate Swift service bureau

Bank of America is to create a global Swift Service Bureau to provide its corporate clients with outsourced access to the Swift financial messaging network.

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DTCC signs BBH to corporate actions pilot, starts ISO20022 migration

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has agreed to participate in a new ISO 20022 corporate actions messaging pilot programme run by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and financial messaging network Swift.

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The four days of Sibos

Yawar Shah, chairman of Swift, explains Swift's rebate, it's 2015 strategy, and the energy of Sibos.

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LSE extends UnaVista to swaps market

The London Stock Exchange has extended its UnaVista service to the swaps market, automating the trading of CFDs and other equity derivatives and enabling users to communicate and match data through the platform.

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XSP launches corporate actions mobile app

XSP has launched a mobile application for corporate actions processing, enabling users to access notifications on the move and process responses and elections.

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Standards bodies bid to bring STP to tangled financial plumbing

Financial messaging bodies have agreed a common 'investment roadmap' designed to guide market participants through the confusing maze of multiple overlapping industry standards within the securities industry.

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SunGard AvantGard launches eBAM system

Fintech giant SunGard has launched a Web-based AvantGard electronic bank account management (eBAM) system for corporations based on Swift standards.

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Swift links securities matching system to multiple CCPs

Financial messaging outfit Swift is set to link its securities matching system to a range of central clearing counterparties, including EuroCCP, Six x-clear and LCH.Clearnet, enabling brokers to direct their matched off-exchange trades to a variety of providers.

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Join the big conversation with Finextra@Sibos

Finextra is ushering in a new era of dialogue and debate at Sibos 2010 in Amsterdam with the launch of a revamped Web site and community tools purpose-built for delegate and vendor interaction.

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Citi to pilot XBRL for corporate actions

Citi has signed up to pilot the use of XBRL for corporate actions in a bid to improve straight-through processing in the paper-prone events information market.

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Hong Kong brokers turning to back office outsourcing - survey

A growing number of Hong Kong brokers are seeking to outsource their back office functions in a bid to deal with increasingly complex and competitive local markets, according to a survey from BNP Paribas Securities Services and Swift.

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BNP Paribas deploys Clear2Pay framework for Asian payments hub

BNP Paribas has selected technology from Clear2Pay to build a single payments management platform covering 13 countries in Asia.