989 Results from 2010
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Is Matrix in trouble? Morgan Stanley’s unveiling of its Matrix offering was one of the most high-profile SDP launches of last year. More than two years in the making, with a price tag way into eight figures (and close to nine by some accounts), this was an epic attempt by MS to heave itself up the e-commerce rankings. And, true to the MS DNA, it ...
09 March 2010
In February CPP looked in more detail at the issue of mobile phone insurance fraud and theft. The results were interesting and confirmed some long-held assumptions that there is a small minority who think it is totally acceptable to file a fraudulent insurance claim for financial gain. So, just how many? Eight per cent of respondents said they kne...
09 March 2010 /security /regulation Online Banking
The 2010 Formula One Grand Prix season is almost upon us with the first race this weekend in Bahrain. There promises to be a lot of excitement this year with 4 former world champions in the mix, four (or five if the US team make it to the grid) new teams, a ban on in-race refuelling and a new points system. The big question is will the 41 year old ...
09 March 2010 After hours
Daniel Maurice-Vallerey CEO at Qori
Are the costs of exceptions one of the penalties of transacting payments? In the real world, not all payments are straight through and the resulting exceptions are one of the hidden costs associated with the transaction. It is estimated that between 1% and 8% of international payments generate exceptions, depending on the bank and the market, which...
08 March 2010 /payments
The International Payments Summit (IPS) here in London kicked off this morning, and some of the usual themes have already come to the fore. It was no surprise that the straw poll by IPS of the delegates revealed that regulation will continue to be the most important business driver in 2010 as well as one of the biggest constraints to payment tran...
A report issued by Thomson Reuters and Lepus recently contended that market data “contributed to the financial crisis” citing poor quality and more than one copy of the same information as the primary causes. Consider the uses of market data – alogrithms, analytics, settlements, risk management and trading. Someone who is engaged in high frequency...
08 March 2010
Electronic Communication Networks (ECN), Darkpools, Alternative Trading Systems (ATS), Multi-lateral trading facilities (MTF), crossing networks we’ve all heard about them and Asia’s electronic trading industry is no exception. In fact ITG POSIT has been available in Asia since 2003. They provide execution in Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and Singap...
Banks' availability of apps stores is one of the ten trends that we predicted for 2010 in our annual January subscriber research report. Our analysts envision it working like this: a bank customer selects a new app(lication) from a tech-leading bank, available in fully tested and malware-free form in a site maintained by the bank. The app might be...
08 March 2010 /security
Losses from falsified online banking transactions in the US tripled in the third quarter, and it seems that the banks have no way to stop them, reports Joseph Menn for the FT. At $120m, this is only about 17% of the total cost of identity fraud and bad checks / cheques, amounting to a total of $700m, although significant enough that you would bel...
Fidessa PLC reported impressive full year results on February 15 despite a tough 2009. The company as a whole reported revenue with 63% generated from the sell side, 19% from connectivity, 11% from market data and 7% from the buyside (LatentZero/Capstone/Sentinel). Given the small but growing (38% year over year) portion of total revenue that Asia...
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