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Ebury Continues Growth In Europe With New Office Openings And New Hires

Date 07/06/2017

Ebury, one of the fastest growing fintechs for corporate cross-border payments and growth lending, today announced four new hires across its’ European offices; an office opening in Athens and the completion of moves to larger offices in Paris and Warsaw in June this year.  This is all part of the succesful expansion of the company across Europe. Ebury has offices in London, Madrid, Malaga, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Paris, Hamburg and Zurich, with more planned in the coming months.

VCs Invest Together With The Crowd At Invesdor

Date 07/06/2017

• Venture capital funds and crowd investors can nowadays invest side by side in the same offerings
• The VC-led crowdfunding model, already fairly common in the UK, has landed in the Nordics with two cases at investment platform Invesdor
• The combination of a VC and the crowd opens new possibilities for growth companies

Sun Hung Kai Financial Completes Acquisition Of UK Specialist Brokerage Firm NSBO - A Boost To Everbright Securities' Internationalisation

Date 07/06/2017

Sun Hung Kai Financial ("SHKF") announced it has closed the acquisition of 100% of UK specialist brokerage and research firm North Square Blue Oak Limited ("NSBO"), following strategic cooperation between the two parties that started in early 2016 and with approval from UK regulators. Subsequently, NSBO has been renamed Sun Hung Kai Financial (UK) Ltd ("SHKF (UK)"). Through the acquisition, SHKF will now have the ability to conduct institutional brokerage, specialist research and corporate finance businesses in the UK.

Accuity Signs A New Partnership With Union Systems Limited, Strengthening Its Position In The Nigerian Market

Date 07/06/2017

Accuity, the leading provider of financial crime compliance, payments and know-your-customer (KYC) solutions, announced today that it has signed a new partnership agreement with Union Systems Limited (USL), an information technology company supporting advanced software for leading banks and financial institutions in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. The partnership enables Accuity to add momentum to the growth of its business across the Nigerian market.

Form3 Partners With ComplyAdvantage To Further Support Sanctions Screening And Security

Date 07/06/2017

Form3, the cloud based end-to-end secure standard for global payments processing, today announced the partnership with ComplyAdvantage, the specialist provider of AI-driven risk data and compliance technology. The deal will further enhance the Form3 Payments-as-a-Service platform with powerful sanction screening services for cross-border payments. This will allow clients to access sanction screening services, PEP (Politically Exposed Persons) and Adverse Media information on beneficiaries for payments processed through the Form3 platform.

Zenedge Launches Advanced API Security Solution With Native SDK For Web And Mobile - Zenedge API Security™ Goes Beyond Existing Solutions Leveraging A Smart SDK For Application Protection

Date 07/06/2017

Zenedge, a leading provider of cloud-based, artificial intelligence (AI) driven Web Application Firewall (WAF), malicious bot detection and DDoS cybersecurity solutions, announced today the availability of Zenedge API Security™, an advanced API protection solution designed to go beyond traditional IP rate limiting based DDoS protection for APIs, featuring a proprietary SDK for full application layer protection.

NEX Regulatory Reporting To Utilise Duco Cube For MiFID II Reconciliation Solution

Date 07/06/2017

NEX Regulatory Reporting, a NEX Group business which provides regulatory reporting services across worldwide regulatory regimes, and Duco, the global provider of self-service data normalisation and reconciliation services, today announce that NEX Regulatory Reporting is to use Duco’s technology to provide MiFID II reconciliation to their clients.

Commcise And RBC Collaborate To Provide Integrated MiFID II Research Payment Solution

Date 07/06/2017

Commcise, the multi award-winning provider of integrated commission management and research evaluation solutions for investment management firms, today announced a partnership with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), an A-rated bank and one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies. The two companies will provide a technology and service offering that enables research funds to be held in a segregated Research Payment Account (RPA) established in the name of a buy-side client.  

Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s Rules Governing The Listing Of Securities Investment Funds (2017 Exposure Draft) Released For Public Opinions

Date 07/06/2017

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has recently released the Rules of Shenzhen Stock Exchange Governing the Listing of Securities Investment Funds (2017 Exposure Draft) (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules”) and solicited public opinions. This is to strengthen the regulation of securities investment fund listing, delisting and information disclosure, enhance the risk prevention for structured funds, and protect the legitimate rights and interest of investors. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange Launches Revised No. 2 Soybeans Futures Contract

Date 07/06/2017

After major revisions to the contract and rules, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) new No. 2 Soybeans futures’ contract was officially listed on May 31. The first contract being launched was the 1805 contract. The listing price was RMB 3,230 / tonne on its first trading day, at a discount of RMB 644 / tonne from the domestic No. 1 Soybeans 1805 futures contract’s closing price on May 26, which was RMB 3,874 / tonne.