Financial Technology

JPMorgan Chase demands access to Bloomberg logs

JPMorgan Chase lawyers have demanded that Bloomberg hand over five years of internal staff logs, in another sign of disquiet among financial firms ... Read More | View Original Article

AMF issues RFI for central securities data repository

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the regulatory and oversight body for Québec's financial sector, has issued a Request for Information ... Read More | View Original Article

ReD and EMS partner up on e-commerce

ReD, a leading global fraud prevention provider, and Netherlands-based payments processing specialist EMS, have today announced a strategic ... Read More | View Original Article

Deutsche Bank buys Xchanging out of JV

London-based back office processing provider Xchanging has agreed to sell its 51% stake in Xchanging Transaction Bank (XTB) back to partner Deutsche ... Read More | View Original Article

IPC launches app development partner programme

IPC Systems has unveiled a vendor and customer app development partner programme for its Unigy trading communications platform. Read More | View Original Article

What is the GETC?

Peter Webb, business development and alliances at SmartStream and Paul Taylor, director, post-trade services at Swift discuss the Global Electronic ... Read More | View Original Article

Wall Street propeller-heads make way for new generation of data scientists

Rocket scientists on Wall Street are set to be usurped by a new generation of 'data scientists', as investment banks combine new analytical ... Read More | View Original Article

Two-thirds of Canadians say they are likely to be investing online in next five years

The future looks bright for online investing, according to a BMO InvestorLine study released today. Read More | View Original Article

Post Trade Services: why the buy side needs to commit - community blog from Paul Taylor

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

ACID, BASE and NoSQL - community blog from Amir Halfon

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

Agility versus the belts - community blog from Derek Perry

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

Shifting reconciliation up from manual to automated - community blog from Richard Chapman

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

Alaric ships myPinPad

Alaric, a global supplier of fraud prevention and payments solutions, announced today that it is now offering the innovative myPinPad product. Read More | View Original Article

Deutsche Börse creates IT and market data unit

Deutsche Börse has merged its market data and analytics unit with external technology and connectivity services as it bids to boost its IT-related ... Read More | View Original Article

Ten Years of Competitive Clearing - community blog from Alan Jenkins

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

How dark are the pools? - Part 3 - community blog from Jennifer Liu

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

Innovation goes East: dawn of the Technology Spring - community blog from Neil Vernon

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

CBOE under pressure following software bungle

A badly bungled systems reconfiguration at the Chicago Board Options Exchange that shut down trading for three-and-a-half hours last week is set to ... Read More | View Original Article

How dark are the pools? - Part 2 - community blog from Jennifer Liu

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

Data management key to market surveillance - Iosco

The technology-driven revolution in securities markets in recent years requires regulators to overhaul their surveillance operations with a focus on ... Read More | View Original Article

Are you ready for the year of the Chinese renminbi? - community blog from Alec Nelson

Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Research from Deutsche Bank asks how much ... Read More | View Original Article

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Sponsor message: EBAday 2013: Towards a borderless World for Payments. 21-22 May, Berlin. Register now

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Consumer Lending in South Korea

All consumer lending areas continued to grow in 2012 in both gross lending and outstanding terms. However, growth was slightly slower than in 2011, except within education lending. Although growth within consumer lending is slowing, the general picture within consumer lending is not a very optimistic one. According to Statistics Korea, the total consumer Debt-to-Income (DTI) ratio is way above the OECD average. In addition, Korea Housing Finance Corporation statistics show the risky level of… Read More | View Original Article

ResearchAarkstore Enterprise Notebooks/Laptops: 15"-16" Systems

Overview: The Mobile Index provides a sophisticated, proprietary algorithm for scoring the top products and services in each of 60+ mobile and wireless categories based on four variables: 1) technology innovation, 2) management strength, 3) market acceptance and 4) financial strength. The Mobile Index service gives enterprises more information than other rating services since it considers four important variables that are then combined in a proprietary algorithm to best estimate the product's relative value compared to others in the same category. Read More

Philippines Real Estate Report Q1 2013

The Philippines Real Estate report examines the commercial office, retail, industrial and construction segments in the context of a sector on the up. After a year of outperformance in 2011 and a strong start up until H112, the outlook for the remainder for 2013 remains relatively rosy, although macroeconomic headwinds remain on the horizon. With a focus on the principal cities of Manila, Makati City and Cebu City, the report covers the rental market performance in terms of rates and yields over the past 18 months and examines how best to Read More | View Original Article

Poland Real Estate Report Q1 2013

The Poland Real Estate report examines the office, retail, industrial and construction sectors throughout the country in the context of the sudden downturn in the construction segment. With a focus on the principal cities of Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia, the report covers the rental market performance in terms of rates and yields over the past 18 months and examines how best to maximise returns in the commercial real estate market, while minimising investment risk and exploring Read More | View Original Article

Global Heavy Construction Equipment Market 2012-2016

TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Global Heavy Construction Equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 8.76 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increase in infrastructural development activities. The Global Heavy Construction Equipment market has also been witnessing an increase in the adoption of retrofitted construction equipment. However, the high cost of construction equipment could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. Read More | View Original Article

Singapore Real Estate Report Q1 2013

The Singapore Real Estate report examines the commercial office, retail, industrial and construction segments in the context of a volatile macroeconomic landscape, which is underscoring the increasingly cautious sentiment in Singapore’s historically stable commercial real estate market. With a focus on the commercial side of the real estate market, the report covers the city-state’s rental market performance in terms of rates and yields, and examines how best to maximise returns in the Read More | View Original Article

Global Hydraulic Cylinder Market 2012-2016

TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Global Hydraulic Cylinder market to grow at a CAGR of 4.7 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increased adoption of material handling equipment across the globe. The Global Hydraulic Cylinder market has also been witnessing the increase in outsourcing and investments in developing countries. However, the lack of effective product differentiation could pose a challenge to the growth of this market. Read More | View Original Article