Latest Instant Messaging News: Finextra Research

Wall Street firms take on Bloomberg with new messaging platform

A group of Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, has acquired instant messaging outfit Perzo and set up a new company to help them break free of their reliance on Bloomberg.

01 October 2014

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ICE agrees $350m SuperDerivatives acquisition

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has agreed a $350 million cash deal to acquire SuperDerivatives, a provider of risk management analytics, financial market data and valuation services.

05 September 2014

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Wall Street banks turn to messaging startup as Bloomberg alternative

A group of Wall Street banks, led by Goldman Sachs, are on the verge of buying a stake in instant messaging firm Perzo as they prepare to break free of their reliance on Bloomberg, according to Reuters.

04 August 2014

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Barclays fined $3.75m for electronic record keeping failures

US regulator Finra has slapped Barclays Capital with a $3.75 million fine for a decade-long failure to properly preserve electronic records, e-mails and instant messages.

02 January 2014

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Bloomberg bids to ease clients' chat room concerns

With regulators trawling trader chat logs for evidence of wrongdoing, Bloomberg has rolled out tools to help firms monitor and restrict access to its chat room functions.

18 December 2013

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Banks and Thomson Reuters join Markit messaging network

Wall Street's biggest banks and Thomson Reuters have signed up for a new open messaging network from financial information provider Markit which threatens Bloomberg's dominance of the chat market.

07 October 2013

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FNB taps instant messaging for mobile money transfers

First National Bank has registered a patent in South Africa for using instant messaging within a smartphone app to transfer money, according to local press reports.

02 September 2013

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Indian securities watchdog imposes Web rules

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is calling on intermediary firms to toughen up their controls governing employee use of blogs, chat forums and instant messaging sites.

24 March 2011

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FSA fines analyst for 'careless' instant message

A former investment analyst has been fined £50,000 for using Bloomberg Instant Messenger to send "misleading and inaccurate disclosures" about a listed company, affecting its share price.

17 January 2011

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Finra fines Terra Nova $400,000 over improper payments

Broker Terra Nova Financial has been fined $400,000 by Finra for making more than $1 million in improper soft dollar payments to, or on behalf of, five hedge fund managers. The broker was also charged with failing to retain its business-related electronic instant messages.

24 November 2009

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Young Americans don't trust banks; want more social tech-driven communication - survey

US banks seeking to rebuild trust among young "millennials" should tap blogs and social networks to improve communication, according to a Microsoft sponsored survey.

01 October 2009

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US Bank signs for IBM Lotus collaboration technology

US Bank is rolling out IBM's Lotus Web 2.0 collaboration technology in a bid to improve staff communication and promote innovation.

15 September 2009

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Finextra launches Innovation Showcase

Finextra has launched the Innovation Showcase, a new feature on Finextra.com highlighting the most innovative financial technology developments over the past 12 months. Across a broad range of categories it showcases technologies that demonstrate uniqueness and impact, clever ways of solving a problem and projects at the leading edge of new industry trends.

11 February 2009

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ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site

Internet bank ING Direct has launched a Web 2.0-enabled 'We the Savers' microsite as part of a new media campaign encouraging US consumers to save and invest.

26 November 2008

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New tech key for banks looking to capture 'millennial' generation - survey

Banks need to step up their use of new technology like instant messaging and SMS if they are to capture the 'millennial' generation of 18 to 30 year olds, according to research commissioned by Microsoft.

18 November 2008

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HSBC rolls out Nortel communications technology

British banking group HSBC is piloting a unified communications platform from Nortel at its Canary Wharf headquarters ahead of a global roll out of the technology.

03 October 2008

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Autonomy looks to cash in on FSA call recording regulations

Software house Autonomy is pitching for business from firms looking to comply with upcoming Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulations requiring them to record and store telephone conversations and electronic communications relating to client orders.

17 September 2008

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Thomson Reuters loses FaceTime IM technology suit

Thomson Reuters must remove technology developed by FaceTime Communications from its instant messaging (IM) service following a legal ruling over a late licensing payment.

30 July 2008

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Revolution Money launches AOL IM payments plug-in

Revolution Money, a Web 2.0 interchange-free payments platform, has released a plug-in that enables people to use AOL's instant messaging service (AIM) to send money to their 'buddies'.

29 July 2008

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FSA fines stockbroker Merchant Securities for slack security

The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has hit stockbroker Merchant Securities with a £77,000 fine for failing to protect customers from the risk of identity fraud.

18 June 2008