Wedbush Futures, a non-bank, U.S. futures commission merchant (FCM), is embracing the managed services mode of the FIS middle- and back-office software that it’s already using for post-trade processing, a move that the firm hopes will yield operational efficiencies, streamline regulatory compliance and application upgrades, and free up resources for growing the business and servicing… Read More >>
Credit Suisse to Leverage FIS Utility
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse will be outsourcing its post-trade futures and cleared over-the-counter derivatives operations and technology to banking and payments technology vendor FIS in order to leverage the cost savings of a utility model, bank officials say. The Derivatives Utility from FIS targets market participants “including futures commission merchants (FCMs)” that want cost-efficient… Read More >>
