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Infinigon Group Releases Social Media Analytics ECHO™API For Real-Time Trading Signals - Financial Markets Technology Group Sets New Standards In Social Media Analytics - Market Data And Trading Signal Integration Achieved With New API

Date 20/10/2014

Monday 20 October 2014 – Infinigon Group Inc, a New York based high performance software solutions company and leading provider of social media analytics for global financial markets, announced today its release of advanced API (Application Programming Interface) for access to the company’sECHO™ platform.

ECB And EBA Step Up Cooperation To Make Retail Payments Safer - SecuRe Pay Forum To Provide Input For The Development Of EBA Regulatory And Supervisory Requirements, As Well As ECB Oversight Standards For Retail Payments

Date 20/10/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and European Central Bank (ECB) are stepping up their cooperation to increase the security of retail payments. The two institutions have agreed to use as a basis for their cooperation, the technical work developed in the European Forum for the Security of Retail Payments (SecuRe Pay), a voluntary cooperative initiative between relevant authorities from the European Economic Area (EEA) that aims at facilitating knowledge and understanding of issues related to the security of electronic retail payment services.

Bank Of England Statement - RTGS Issue Resolved

Date 20/10/2014

​The Bank of England confirms it is now processing payments through RTGS as normal. We have extended opening hours until 20:00 hrs (BST) to maximise the opportunity for settlement.

Chatham House Conference – Regulatory Reform And Returns In Banking - Speech By Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Bank Of England, Financial Stability

Date 20/10/2014

​In a speech on Monday to a Chatham House conference on “the new shape of banking”, Jon Cunliffe provides an overview of three major developments in the regulatory landscape since the financial crisis and considers the commercial implications of these changes for the banking industry.

Blackwell Global Chooses FlexTrade For White Label FX, Precious Metals Trading And TCA - Implements Global FX Solution With MaxxTrader, A Turnkey ASP Front-End For Trading Spot Currencies & Precious Metals, & FlexTCA

Date 20/10/2014

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has announced today that Blackwell Global has deployed MaxxTrader as its full STP and white label FX trading system to process spot currencies and precious metals, as well asFlexTCA for its analytic platform for real-time and historical transaction cost analysis.

Bank Of England Statement - RTGS

Date 20/10/2014

The Bank of England has identified a technical issue related to some routine maintenance of the RTGS payment system and has paused settlement while we resolve it. We are working to address this issue as quickly as possible, and restart the RTGS payment system in a controlled manner. The most important payments are being made manually and we can reassure the public that all payments made today will be processed.

No Adverse Effects For Canada From Launch Of Chi-X 2–CMCRC

Date 20/10/2014

New research released by the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) examines Canadian market quality in the wake of the introduction of Chi-X 2. The research concludes that the new market has added diversity without detracting from the key markers of market quality.

ECC Phases Out Delivery Fee For Futures Upon Exercising An Option

Date 20/10/2014

Please note that the European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC) will no longer charge any delivery fee for Phelix Options as of the 1 November 2014.

Wise Words From Previous Winners Of JSE Investment Challenge Public Game

Date 20/10/2014

Taking part in the JSE Investment Challenge Public Game has given last year’s winners more confidence to trade and even proved helpful in their careers. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) launched its first trading game in June last year to provide ambitious traders with a virtual platform to test their skills and interact within the trading environment.

Turquoise Block Discovery™ Goes Live With Seven Major Brokers

Date 20/10/2014

• Innovative new service significantly enhances opportunities for block trading
• Turquoise Block Discovery™ developed in partnership with buy-side firms seeking large in scale trading solutions