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VC Experts and Switchback Partners to provide private market analysis

VC Experts, a data aggregator of privately held companies, and Switchback Partners, a software development team based in Austin, Texas that specializes in stock market trading and analytic platforms, join to reduce inefficiencies in the private market analysis and transaction space.

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Growth stalls in US equity e-trading - Greenwich Associates

After years of robust growth, e-trading volumes in U.S. equities have flatlined since 2012.

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Compliance becomes a core competence for financial firms - CCS

A new survey of financial services professionals conducted by Cipperman Compliance Services (CCS) reveals that asset managers, broker-dealers, and other firms are embracing compliance as a core function of their business, with an equal number of respondents reporting that they now spend as much on compliance as they do their legal counsel.

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Alt finance market will grow by one quarter over two years - Amicus

Three quarters (73%) of institutional investors predict that there will be a growing institutional appetite for investing in the alternative finance market over the next two years as the sector will continue to offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, according to a new study by Amicus Finance Plc (“Amicus”), a leading specialist in short term lending solutions.

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MPoS installed base to quadruple to 54 million units by 2019

451 Research: mobile point of sale (mPoS) growth continues as the technology deepens its reach across vertical industries, merchant tiers and geographies.

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Regulation drives growing Chinese ATM market

China remained the world’s largest ATM market in 2014, with installations increasing by 18% to reach 615,000 ATMs.

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Half of Brits want retailers to offer contactless - survey

As usage of contactless cards has trebled,* just under half of consumers (47 per cent) expect, or would prefer, businesses to offer contactless payment for low-value transactions of less than £20, according to new research** from Lloyds Bank Cardnet.

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FIX Trading Community reports increasing take-up in post-trade workflow

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the results of its Global Post-Trade Survey used to determine the use of FIX in the post-trade workflow.

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Thomson Reuters publishes cost of compliance survey

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has published the findings of its sixth annual Cost of Compliance survey which revealed that regulatory fatigue, resource challenges and personal liability are expected to increase throughout 2015.

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Cyber security number one risk to financial markets - DTCC survey

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that almost half of the respondents (46%) in its most recent Systemic Risk Barometer Study cited cyber security as their top concern and 80% of respondents rated it as a top 5 risk overall.

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FS firms to up risk management investment to fight growing cyber security risks - Accenture

Nearly nine in 10 financial services firms plan to increase their investment in risk-management capabilities in the next two years in response to emerging risks of cyber security and fraud, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

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17% increase in card fraud losses in Germany - Fico research

New analysis from FICO, the predictive analytics and decision management company, shows that credit card fraud increased last year in Germany.

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25% of banks feel US should move directly to real-time payments - ACI Worldwide survey

As a follow up to its 2014 survey of market experts within financial organizations, an updated 2015 survey by ACI Worldwide (ACIW) highlights that nearly 25 percent of respondents believe the U.S. should move directly to real-time faster payments.

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EMVCo reports 3.4 billion EMV cards in global circulation

Official figures for Q4 2014 released by the global technical body EMVCo show that significant advances are being made globally in the adoption of EMV® chip technology.

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Majority of banks are investing in new payments technology - ACI-Ovum research

The overwhelming majority of banks, retailers and billing organisations worldwide are currently investing or planning to invest within the next two years into new payment technologies and infrastructure, a global survey by payments provider ACI and Ovum has revealed.

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Lloyds launches online tool to help small businesses boost environmental credentials

British small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) are putting their competiveness and reputation at risk because they are not doing enough to improve their environmental credentials, according to new research from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

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80% believe T+2 to become standard within 10 years - Omgeo study

A comprehensive study published by Omgeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the global standard for institutional post-trade efficiency, reveals that 80% of respondents believe T+2 will become the global standard for settlement cycles within 10 years.

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TPI and Cass Business School collaborate on OTC market regulation research

Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), a leading global provider of financial market data, today announced that it has entered into a corporate partnership with Cass Business School, City University London.

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Consumer spending on mobile devices set to top £53 billion a year by 2024 - Barclays

Consumers are set to spend £53.6 billion a year using their smartphones and tablets by 2024, compared with the £9.7 billion spent today, according to new research by Barclays.

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Worldwide IT spending to decline 1.3 per cent in 2015

Worldwide IT spending is set to shrink to $3.66 trillion in 2015, a 1.3 per cent decrease from 2014, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. (see Table 1). Gartner said that the rising dollar is chiefly responsible for the slowdown.