Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) and its news division FTF News will be closed Thursday and Friday, so that we can take a short break over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We will be returning with hot news for the Monday morning after Thanksgiving. But, in the meantime, we will be offering extremely useful content for the… 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 >>
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Social Media
A Facebook official in blue jeans urged the audience at FTF’s Social Media and Compliance in Financial Services (SMAC) conference yesterday not to get “stuck in the gate” on social media. As the day progressed, it became clear that firms are actually overly cautious. It’s time, though, for firms to quickly weigh the pros and… Read More >>
Harmonizing Social Media Surveillance
As more trading firms ramp up their usage of social media, they will have to become more adept at addressing the operational issues behind the surveillance of this dynamic realm, say officials at Raymond James Financial, which is this week implementing Hearsay Social’s platform for more than 2,000 financial advisors.The first step in dealing with… Read More >>
