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Big banks team on reference data utility

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are teaming with SmartStream to create a new reference data utility, providing validation across all asset classes while sharing operations and technology costs.

06 October 2015

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More global banks back blockchain collaboration plan

An initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets has picked up momentum, with another 13 major banks - including BofA, Deutsche Bank and HSBC - throwing their weight behind the plan.

29 September 2015

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Morgan Stanley advisor pleads guilty over data breach

A former Morgan Stanley staffer fired by the bank for downloading confidential information on hundreds of thousands of customers to a home server could face five years in prison after a guilty plea.

21 September 2015

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JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to create reference data company - WSJ

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are teaming up on a new company that will pull together clean reams of reference data, according to the Wall Street Journal.

20 August 2015

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Morgan Stanley Wealth Management launches digital financial education programme

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has teamed up with education technology outfit EverFi to launch a web-based financial education programme.

14 May 2015

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Morgan Stanley fires employee accused of posting stolen customer data online

Morgan Stanley has fired an employee who it says stole data on 350,000 clients, posting some of it online.

05 January 2015

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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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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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Fintech Innovation Lab lands in Hong Kong

Accenture has teamed up with some of the world's biggest banks to bring its Fintech Innovation Lab to Asia Pacific.

12 June 2014

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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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Fintech start-ups get chance to wow Wall Street

Financial technology start-ups have been showing off their wares to top executives from Wall Street at the third annual FinTech Innovation Lab 'Demo Day' in New York.

12 July 2013

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EC charges banks, Isda and Markit in CDS investigation

EC regulators say that 13 investment banks, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) and Markit breached antitrust rules by colluding to prevent exchanges from entering the credit derivatives business.

01 July 2013

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