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3349 Results from 2002

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Macalla partners with CGEY for m-commerce push in Spain

Dublin-based Macalla Software has entered a marketing agreement with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young for the promotion of its mobile e-commerce product suite throughout Spain.

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Amex joins Mobey Forum

American Express has signed up to The Mobey Forum, a bank-backed initiative to encourage the use of mobile technology in financial services.

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Tibco to buy Talarian in $115 million deal

California-based Tibco Software is to acquire messaging infrastructure vendor Talarian Corporation in a stock and cash transaction valued at $115 million, including the assumption of stock options.

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UK financial sector slows online pace as IT cuts bite

Financial services firms are clearly embracing the Internet, but at a slower pace than expected following the first cuts in IT expenditure in ten years according to the latest quarterly survey by the Confederation of British Industry and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Brief: FinArch secures EUR4.5 million funding

Brussels-based Financial Architects (FinArch), a provider of component-based financial reporting and business intelligence software, has secured private funding worth €4.5 million.

/payments

BOTCC to provide payments processing for Nasdaq Liffe Markets

The Board of Trade Clearing Corporation and Nasdaq Liffe Markets (NQLX) have signed an agreement for the processing of 'give-up'-related brokerage payments for NQLX member firms.

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Nordea raises online customer forecasts

Scandinavian financial conglomerate Nordea has raised its forecasts for online banking subscriptions in the Nordic region to 3.2 million for 2002, after passing the one million milestone in the Swedish market ahead of schedule in December.

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State Street takes minority stake in aggregator ByAllAccounts

State Street has acquired a minority interest in ByAllAccounts, a privately-owned provider of portfolio analysis and account aggregation solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Caplin recruits for European sales drive

UK-based market data streaming technology vendor Caplin Systems has appointed Karen Young to the newly-created position of European sales and marketing director.

/retail

SchlumbergerSema and BioNetrix forge authentication alliance

SchlumbergerSema has entered a collaboration agreement with Virginia-based BioNetrix to develop and promote authentication solutions for smart cards.

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JPMorgan acquires Systems & Services Technology

JPMorgan's institutional trust division is to acquire Missouri-based Systems & Services Technologies (SST). Financial terms were not disclosed.

/regulation

SGX commissions feasibility study on IT consolidation

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is to issue Request for Information (RFI) documents to external vendors, as part of an investigation into the feasibility of consolidating its technology operating systems.