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QuantHouse extends sub-millisecond access to Hotspot FX

30 January 2012
Allows algorithmic trading firms sub-millisecond access to one of the leading FX Electronic Communications Network marketplaces...

Cloud computing technology

European Commission to invest EUR10 million in IT cloud partnership

26 January 2012
Partnership aims to draw up a common set of standards between suppliers and buyers...

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FOREX.com launches new German service in support of long-term European expansion plans

26 January 2012
Provides investors access to more than 70 markets including FX, indices & commodities...

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Fundtech and Dataline form distribution partnership for e-invoicing in Asia Pacific

26 January 2012
Partnership will offer electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) and financial supply chain services to corporate customers.

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IT2 Treasury Solutions launches IT2 7.2: Treasury transparency & performance

25 January 2012
Major launch introduces enhanced treasury visualisation, click-through analysis and Treasury KPIs...

Banks continue IT investment

Europe drags down bank IT spending

23 January 2012
Bank IT spending in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific will hit US$173.3 billion this year, a modest 2.8% rise on 2011, according to research house Celent...

Cyber-attack

Tel Aviv Exchange web site knocked out by hacker

16 January 2012
Web site down for maintenance just hours after a Saudi hacker warned it would be the next target in an escalating cyber-war...

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Reval says Asian corporate treasuries not effective enough against continuing global financial crises

12 January 2012
Software-as-a-service considered most important technology for effective treasury...

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Google persuades Spanish bank BBVA to use the cloud

11 January 2012
Spanish banking giant BBVA is switching its 110,000 staff to use Google's range of enterprise software...

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Misys opens centre of excellence in Beijing in response to significant growth in Chinese business

10 January 2012
No.1 for capital markets in China stepping up investment in R&D and people...

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Fidessa adds FX trading to its buy-side execution platform

9 January 2012
Extends multi-asset capabilities with FX support...

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BT bags £45 million network consolidation deal with CLSA

12 December 2011
To provide a fully managed voice, data and trading systems network across 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region, the UK and the US...

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QuantHouse offers direct low latency access to SIX Swiss Exchange

12 December 2011
Service allows buy- and sell-side firms located in Switzerland access to the low-latency offering...

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Corporations increasingly using FX options for hedging according to Misys

6 December 2011
Rising market uncertainty drives a 100% year-on-year increase in complex asset classes in 2011...

Latest BIS data

European finance firms not confident on disaster recovery

25 November 2011
25% of European financial sector companies saw their revenue hit thanks to data loss and systems downtime...