We are thrilled to launch the nomination process for the 2023 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards — an industry-wide competition now in its 13th year — presented by Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) and the FTF News service. In addition to our classic securities operations and related categories, we have four new categories that reflect industry… Read More >>
Looking Back at Our Content for 2022
First, we at FTF & FTF News are hoping that you are enjoying or are about to enjoy a great and well-deserved holiday break. FTF, too, is taking a break for a week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. We will not leave you hanging, though. We have lined up special alerts for you —… Read More >>
FTF News & ISITC Extend Alliance
FTF News is happy to announce a big step for us and we hope a major boost to what we are providing to you — we will be the exclusive media partner for ISITC throughout 2019. As you know, the ISITC industry trade group has made a major commitment to foster standards and best practices… Read More >>
FTF Panel: U.S. Markets Should Move to T+0
A panelist at FTF’s ReCon New York event on Thursday is calling for the U.S. securities industry to move to a T+0 settlement cycle rather than the incremental move to T+2, citing the truism that nothing good happens between trade date and settlement. That’s a phrase heard often from operations managers, and it was heard… Read More >>
ISO 20022 Spurs Corporate Actions Woes & Rewards
Panelists at Financial Technologies Forum’s Corporate Actions Processing Conference (CAPCon NY) this week describe the switch to ISO 20022-based systems as a harrowing one, involving considerable upheaval throughout the back office, but also one that can increase efficiency, decrease risk and cut costs in the long run. Although the ISO 20022 standard has been around… Read More >>
Regulatory Guidelines Combat Social Media Compliance Fears
The financial services industry should thank regulators for establishing the rules of the game for social media compliance because it spurred the enormous adoption of social media strategies, according to a panel of experts and industry insiders at FTF’s Social Media and Compliance (SMAC) in financial services event, which took place in downtown New York… Read More >>
