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Temenos bullish on strong fourth quarter

Temenos, the fast-growing Swiss-based provider of international banking systems, is reporting a strong fourth quarter, with new license sales increasing by 50% over the same period a year earlier.

09 January 2002

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Barclays Stockbrokers Web-enables research

Barclays Stockbrokers has gone live with a new Web site displaying tailored research for private investors.

09 January 2002

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Altamedius names Philip Jording CEO as McCallion steps down

Dublin-based Altamedius, a provider of wireless payments solutions for banks and mobile operators, has appointed Philip Jording as chief executive officer.

09 January 2002

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Focus Solutions offers insurers fast-track PAC-processing

Leamington Spa-based Focus Solutions has launched a new service to speed up the creation of electronic new business applications or PACs for life insurance companies.

09 January 2002

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Thomson Financial hooks up to virt-x

Thomson Financial has provided a direct hosted link between UK equity dealing product GlobalTOPIC trader and pan-European blue chip exchange virt-x.

09 January 2002

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Smartlogik and Smashing Concepts forge wealth management partnership

Israeli software firm Smashing Concepts has entered an alliance with the UK's Smartlogik plc, a provider of knowledge management products, to develop a new wealth management solution for high net worth individuals.

09 January 2002

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Integrity moves to Microsoft SQL server

Treasury management solutions provider, Integrity Treasury Solutions, has introduced a new version of its BoundaryRider credit and market risk analytics system running on SQL Server 2000.

09 January 2002

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OneChicago chooses CBOEdirect for trade matching

OneChicago, the joint venture created to trade single stock futures by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), has selected CBOE's screen-based dealing system, CBOEdirect, as its matching engine.

09 January 2002

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CitiStreet opens Australian benefits agency: acquires SunGard division

CitiStreet, a jointly owned subsidiary of State Street Corp and Citigroup, is to acquire the back office administration business of SunGard Employee Benefit Systems's (Sebs) Australia, as it opens it first overseas operation.

09 January 2002

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Island ECN kiosks brings trading to the streets

Island ECN is using software from Netkey to provide real-time financial information and trading data via public kiosks.

09 January 2002

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Merrill passes Cicero trademark to Level 8

Level 8 is to acquire ownership of the Cicero software integration trademark from Merrill Lynch. The deal raises the investment bank's stake in the vendor and entitles Merrill to royalties on future software sales.

09 January 2002

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CardinalCommerce and Safewww prepare for Visa/MasterCard payment initiatives

E-payments solution provider CardinalCommerce has teamed up with New York-based Safewww, to develop an authentication solution that supports the new Visa 3-D Secure and MasterCard SPA secure payment initiatives.

09 January 2002