Finextra Research: Latest company announcements.

16 May, 2012

Intuit switches Sharon credit Union on to mobile Managing finances anytime, anywhere is now a reality thanks to Sharon Credit Union's mobile banking solutions powered by Intuit Financial Services.

16 May, 2012

SAP takes aim at Big data analytics SAP AG today announced advanced support and integration with Hadoop environments including an expanded "big data" partner council and customer showcases.

16 May, 2012

SmartTrade technologies powers FXSpotStream smartTrade Technologies today announced that FXSpotStream LLC, the recently announced multibank Spot FX price aggregation service, is powered by smartTrade's Liquidity Management System.

16 May, 2012

George Tubin joins Trusteer Trusteer, the leading provider of endpoint cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that former TowerGroup senior research director and online banking expert George Tubin has been appointed senior security strategist for the company.

16 May, 2012

Broadway Technology to launch turnkey platform for interest rate swaps trading Broadway Technology, LLC, a leader in high-performance trading solutions for top-tier global banks and hedge funds, announced today that in response to Dodd-Frank regulations and the emergence of Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), Broadway is set to launch turnkey liquidity aggregation, straight-through processing (STP), and e-commerce solutions for six Interest Rate Swaps markets in June 2012.

16 May, 2012

European Payments Council launches Sepa consultation The European Payments Council (EPC), representing the European banking industry in relation to payments, today launched the annual public consultation on possible modifications to the SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) Scheme Rulebooks.

16 May, 2012

eToro integrates Web Trader with OpenBook eToro, the world's largest investment network, announced today that its Web Trader 2.0 is now integrated with its eToro OpenBook.

16 May, 2012

Allied Irish Banks implements Modulo IT risk package Modulo, a leading provider of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, today announced that Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("AIB") has selected the Modulo Risk Manager platform to help them identify, remediate and prevent risks in their IT domain.

16 May, 2012

Western Union completes acquisition of Travel Global Business Payments in France The Western Union Company (NYSE:W), a leader in global payment services, today announced that it has successfully completed the local acquisition of cross border payments leader Travelex Global Business Payments (TGBP) in France.

16 May, 2012

Numerix upgrades OTC pricing software Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, announced today the release of Numerix LiquidAsset 2.0, an easy-to-use, rapidly deployable solution to price the most common set of liquid OTC derivatives.

16 May, 2012

Equinix to acquire ancotel, increasing capacity in Europe Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire ancotel GmbH, a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection services in Europe.

16 May, 2012

Kinetic partners with Redkite for trading surveillance offering Kinetic Partners, the global professional services firm to the asset management, investment banking and broking industries, today announced that it is partnering with Redkite Financial Markets, a specialist provider of market surveillance systems, to offer a comprehensive regulatory and trading surveillance solution.

16 May, 2012

Mantara acquires UNX Mantara, Inc., a provider of advanced ultra-low latency trading solutions, today announced that it has acquired UNX LLC, a supplier of innovative broker-neutral EMS technology.

16 May, 2012

ACI offers 'fast start' for Sepa migration ACI Worldwide has today launched its 'fast-start' solutions to offer faster time-to-market for high-value and SEPA payments processing, and global messaging services.

16 May, 2012

Spain's BME offers co-location to market members BME announced today it will offer co-location services to all its Members, after expanding its communication infrastructure and IT systems in its Data Processing Centre, in Madrid.

16 May, 2012

LME reports death of chief technology officer Michael Warren The London Metal Exchange reported the death of its Chief Technology Officer Michael Warrren.

16 May, 2012

Barclays launches new 'scan and send' system for mortgage brokers Barclays launches its new Scan and Send system today, allowing mortgage brokers to electronically submit documents and intended to speed up the mortgage application process.

16 May, 2012

Lombard Risk results blown along by regulatory tailwind Lombard Risk Management plc ("Lombard Risk" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of collateral management, liquidity and regulatory reporting and compliance solutions for the financial services industry, is pleased to announce its final results for the year to 31 March 2012.

16 May, 2012

Icap sees revenues and profits slip in thin markets ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world's leading interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services, today announced its audited results for the year ended 31 March 2012.

16 May, 2012

Logica eyes up low value payments opportunities in Singapore Logica, a leading business consulting and technology services company, is client-ready for the Singapore financial industry to meet the upcoming G3 immediate payments initiative.