January 22, 2014 - Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that its integrated resource management (IRM) solution has won the award for "best risk management system of the year" from Risk magazine. Risk is the leading publication for financial risk management and the global derivatives markets.
January 22, 2014 - A new piece of research from GreySpark Partners, a capital markets consultancy, examines the strategic principles of data management that are necessary for investment banks to stay competitive as increasing volumes of data are created by trading activities and client interactions.
January 22, 2014 - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today cautioned that financial firms could face significant cost, risk and operational challenges managing margin requirements in the years ahead and called for collaborative solutions that leverage market infrastructures to help the industry meet increasing demands.
January 22, 2014 - HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced it has acquired IdenTrust, Inc. (IdenTrust®), a leading provider of solutions for globally interoperable digital identities that can authenticate, encrypt, and create electronic signatures for every type of transaction or activity where proof of identity is essential.
January 21, 2014 - A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds that nearly all respondents' businesses have seen a positive economic return from investment in data analysis for the strategy area. Also, the single biggest barrier to retailers making effective use of data is figuring out what is useful amidst the overload—a problem cited by half of the respondents.
January 21, 2014 - KVH Co. Ltd., Asia's leading information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, today announced it has launched the cloud service "KVH PCI DSS Ready Cloud" compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard[1] (PCI DSS), a proprietary information security standard for organizations handling cardholder information, in partnership with Link, Inc.
January 21, 2014 - Union First Market Bankshares Corporation ("Union") today announced that it will reissue credit and debit cards impacted by the data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus.
January 21, 2014 - SAS is ranked as a category leader in the Chartis RiskTech Quadrant® for Solvency II Technology Solutions. The report highlighted insurers using leading robust data management, analytics and reporting platforms like SAS® Risk Management for Insurance to juggle Solvency II demands.
