New Platform to Target CLOs, Syndicated Loans First Citi and Bank of America are collaborating on “a next generation trading, data and analytics platform” for fixed income markets that will be a more accessible, transparent, and efficient marketplace for the industry, according to bank officials. The banks hope their combined effort will yield a multi-dealer… Read More >>
FTF News Announces Editor’s Choice Award Recipient
(FTF and FTF News are proud to announce that Maria Gotsch has been chosen for the Editor’s Choice award, which is part of the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards for 2020. Gotsch is the president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, the $170 million investment arm of the Partnership for New York… Read More >>
Major Banks to Mentor FinTech Startups in Asia
FinTech Innovation Lab to Help Eight Entrepreneurs Eight financial technology vendors with a range of new offerings including a know your customer (KYC) combination with distributed ledger technology, have been accepted into a 12-week mentorship program in the third annual FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific, officials say. Other startups participating in the lab are working on… Read More >>
NYC FinTech Lab Calls for Entries
New York’s FinTech Innovation Lab, co-founded by Accenture ACN and the Partnership Fund for New York City, is now accepting applications for its fifth annual, 12-week program to “help early- and growth-stage financial technology (fintech) companies accelerate product and business development by gaining exposure to top bank and venture capital executives,” according to the Lab’s… Read More >>
FinTech Incubators Bring Back Innovation
Regulatory compliance doesn’t usually make for scintillating dinner party conversation, but that’s how Adam Sodowick, founder and CEO of gamification training and data analytics vendor True Office, got his big break. He’d just started his company about a year and a half ago and was trying to figure out his next move when Sodowick bumped… Read More >>
Funding the FinTech Pioneers
Some say that the regulatory overhaul after the Great Recession has put financial technology innovation (and financial instrument creation) in limbo. However, the FinTech Innovation Lab is clearly working very hard to counter that trend. The Lab held its Demo Day in New York last week and spotlighted among other new ideas a credit risk… Read More >>
Xenomorph Links to S&P Data as Omgeo Takes on Collateral Ops
Xenomorph Builds Connector to S&P Data Data analytics and management systems provider Xenomorph has built a connector between its TimeScape platform and S&P Capital IQ’s data offerings that officials at both vendors say might lead to productivity improvements in operations due to higher data quality.The new link will provide an integrated platform for market, reference… Read More >>
