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OTC Market Leaders OnGuard And Credit Tools Merge To Become Onguard

Date 18/10/2017

At the end of last year OnGuard and Credit Tools, two leading credit management software suppliers, announced that they were merging. The company that has resulted from this merger is called Onguard, a pioneering FinTech company which acts as a strategic partner for clients throughout the entire order to cash process. With a fresh focus on innovation, Onguard is ready to make big steps in achieving worldwide ambitions.

Deutsche Börse To Launch Scale Selection Index In Early 2018 - Trading Volumes More Than Doubled Over Prior-Year Period/Scale All Share Index Up By 28 Percent Since March

Date 18/10/2017

Deutsche Börse drew a positive interim balance of the Scale SME segment launched on 1 March 2017. The trading volume of the companies that moved to Scale have more than doubled year-on-year in the first seven months since the segment’s launch, from €827 million to around €1.84 billion. The Scale All Share Index, which tracks all companies in the segment, rose by 28 percent during this period, significantly outperforming the DAX, MDAX and SDAX.

SIX Securities Services Launches New Solution For Reclaiming Foreign Withholding Tax

Date 18/10/2017

This month SIX Securities Services is launching Advanced Tax Services – Reclaim, a service to obtain refunds for duplicate tax payments on interest and dividends from foreign investments and which also assumes the entire reclaim process of banks. In this way private investors in Switzerland benefit from a higher return.

fscom Launches Dedicated PSD2 Taskforce To Meet Rising Demand

Date 18/10/2017

fscom today launched its dedicated PSD2 Taskforce to meet rising demand from payments and e-money institutions for reauthorisation support.

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Listing Of USD 200 Million Bond By Investment Corporation Of Dubai

Date 18/10/2017

Nasdaq Dubai welcomed today’s listing of a 200 million  US dollar bond by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) on the region’s international stock exchange.

Regulators, Firms And Professional Bodies Urged To Work Together To Close Information Loopholes

Date 18/10/2017

A tri-partite financial services professional bodies’ Alliance is urging regulators and firms to work more closely with professional bodies by closing information loopholes, which will ultimately help prevent “bad apples” from re-circulating within the industry.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Reveals Findings From Its First Financial Lives Survey

Date 18/10/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the results of its Financial Lives Survey 2017.

Mastercard And Abu Dhabi Global Market Collaborate To Accelerate Development Of FinTech Ecosystem

Date 18/10/2017

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd (Mastercard), a leading technology company in the global payments industry, are pleased to collaborate on initiatives and foster more opportunities that support the development and growth of FinTech activities in the UAE capital, and the wider region.

STAC And Interxion Join Forces On MiFID II's Challenges - New Partnership To Help Financial Firms Meet Upcoming Regulation

Date 18/10/2017

Accuity Launches Live Services Pilot With Global Banks - Major Enhancements In Transaction Screening Will Help Clients Be Regulator-Ready

Date 18/10/2017

Accuity, the global financial crime compliance, payments and KYC solutions provider, today announced the launch of its Firco Live Services pilot with global banks.