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Electronic trading and brokerage giant Instinet has launched a dark liquidity pool for US listed options.
03 August 2010
Interbank co-operative Swift is to buy SunGard's Ambit Messaging Hub, which offers banks and corporates a high volume interface to the international financial messaging network. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
19 July 2010
As expected, European Parliamentarians have formally adopted a new data sharing deal giving US authorities access to EU bank account data carried over the international Swift network.
08 July 2010
The European Union and United States have finally inked a deal on the provision of access to EU bank data passed over the international Swift network.
29 June 2010
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has released for public comment a first set of drafts of corporate action announcement messages under the international ISO 200022 format.
18 May 2010
Danish firm Tradeshift is launching an international e-invoicing platform designed to disrupt traditional international payment mechanisms by offering fee-free transactions over an open-standards and Internet-based smart supply chain network.
10 May 2010
Citi has appointed Swift's Patrick Curtin North American head of investor client sales management.
27 April 2010
The majority of compliance and payments industry executives believe the new Swift cover payments rule MT202 COV has raised the standard of sanctions compliance but many also credit it with increased workloads and costs, according to surveys from Dow Jones.
22 April 2010
The European Central Bank confirms that it has ripped up its original timetable for the introduction of a pan-European securities settlement system as it seeks to streamline its working procedures and gain a new consensus around the controversial project.
14 April 2010
Andrew Douglas has quit the Brussels-based banking co-operative Swift to join the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, where he will lead the US depository's public affairs efforts in Europe.
The European Commission is considering setting up a system to track terrorist financing which would require the US to hand over citizen bank transaction data. The move comes as the EC prepares to reopen negotiations with the US on access to EU bank accounts after previous arrangements were torpedoed by the European Parliament.
26 March 2010
FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) has launched an industry standards-based messaging language for algorithmic trading strategies.
25 March 2010
A group of 21 banks, clearing houses and associated payment service providers have launched the International Payments Framework Association (IPFA).
08 March 2010
Liberal party leaders in the European Parliament are threatening to over-turn an interim agreement granting US authorities access to European banking transactions transmitted over the Swift messaging network.
19 January 2010
The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) and Finextra have forged a partnership to deliver a series of video webcasts for market data and risk management professionals worldwide with a focus on real-time data management and delivery, reference data, and standards.
06 January 2010
Connecticut-based fintech vendor SS&C Technologies has acquired Tradeware Global, a broker-neutral provider of systems for electronic access to global equity markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.
04 January 2010
Bank-owned payments network Swift has launched a purpose-built microsite for investment managers in a bid to get more traction with buy-side institutions.
27 November 2009
Swiss-based STP vendor Sterci is to acquire a 25% equity stake in back office software house and Swift Service Bureau operator Simplex Consulting.
23 November 2009
Calastone, a cross-border transaction network for the mutual funds industry, says it has signed up several firms to support a new settlement offering that will compete with Euroclear's UK and Ireland Crest system when it launches early next year.
16 November 2009
Banking network Swift is working with a consortium of major financial institutions, corporations and technology vendors to develop a set of common standards for the implementation of ISO20022 messages in the corporate-to-bank space.
09 November 2009
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