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EU Proposal Takes Aim at Major Cloud Providers
Jo writes that the EU’s new digital package could find large cloud providers operating in the bloc subject to potentially invasive oversight, as the EU strives for “data sovereignty”.
Low-Code Movement Gains Converts, but Skeptics Remain
What if you could create your ideal, fully-functional application without writing a single line of code? With low-code and no-code platforms, you can—with a catch … or two, or three, or four.
SocGen Builds Serverless-Code Environment, Explores Virtualized Computing
The Paris-based bank has developed a coding environment to help democratize tech development, and is exploring virtualization.
Snowflake Makes its Move (And Ref Data Headaches & Data-Sourcing-as-a-Service)
Anthony explores how Snowflake is trying to win over business in the cap markets, talks about the reference data space, and examines a new breed of data vendors.
Snowflake Looks to Tackle Data Problems of Asset Managers, Exchanges
Snowflake is already working with the New York Stock Exchange on how to make its data easier to access for the pair’s overlapping clients.
Exchanges Look to the Cloud (And More on ESG, M&A, and Vaccine Tracking Data)
As exchanges partner with cloud providers to move more functions to the cloud, Anthony wonders if these partnerships could become competitive in the future.
Multicast: The ‘Holy Grail’ for Getting Exchanges to the Cloud
Cloud providers are hunting for a way to bring multicasting to the cloud for low-latency market data distribution, unlocking the gateway for traditional exchanges to shift core infrastructure to the cloud without negatively impacting high-speed trading.
The Race to the Cloud (And More on Name Changes, Reg Reporting, & Covid Data)
Anthony Malakian examines how firms are racing to the cloud to roll out new market data services. He also looks at ChartIQ's name change, the regulatory reporting space, and Lazard's Covid-19 data rollout.
This Week: BNY Mellon, ASX, DTCC, SteelEye/UnaVista & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Esma Guidelines Call for Full Audits of Cloud Providers
The regulator is consulting on outsourcing contract guidance that would give firms and supervisors access to the books and premises of providers.
Two Former Fidessa Employees Make Push into OMS Interop Space
Two former Fidessa employees are working with Glue42, which in turn is working with Fidessa and Ion, on bringing interoperability to the OMS space.
Covid Provides RPA a Chance to Shine, but Skeptics Remain
The pandemic has highlighted the need for greater automation, leaving some retail banks to embrace RPA, which could seep into the wholesale capital markets.
FactSet Embraces Web Technologies for Workstation
The research and data giant is using OpenFin to build out web capabilities for its Workstation platform.
BlackRock Onboards 8 Aladdin Clients Remotely
The asset management giant has turned to collaboration tools to help with client implementations during the pandemic lockdown.
Goldman Sachs Revamps Virtualization Infrastructure
The investment bank is leveraging Red Hat's OpenShift technology to better manage its global footprint of virtual machines.
Charles River Pushes Ahead with Azure Cloud Migration
The vendor has, however, seen some clients pause their migration plans due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
This Week: State Street/Microsoft; Refinitiv/Global Relay; SimCorp/Anima; TSE & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Citco Migrates Accounting Platform Clients to AWS
The firm plans to complete the migration by the end of summer, as it learns from prior rebuilds.
In Expansion Beyond HFT, FPGAs Eye AI
After a decade of supercharging low-latency applications, Wei-Shen Wong explores how FPGAs are pushing into new areas of the capital markets, driven by interest in AI & ML.
Linedata Looks to Expand Public Cloud Strategy
Linedata has moved its applications to AWS and aims to have support for Microsoft Azure by the third quarter.
Finastra Looking to Partner with Fintechs for Marketplace Platform
The financial technology giant is looking for partners who work in regtech, risk or predictive analytics.
Game On: Can the Video Game Industry Teach Banks Something About Visualization?
Capital markets firms are continually looking for new ways to package and visualize a rising tide of information. It turns out there’s another industry looking to handle the same challenge—the video game industry.
Vendors Feel Heat as Regulators Pile Pressure on Third-Party Resiliency
UK regulators have proposed new laws to clamp down on operational resilience and third-party risk, pushing fintechs to put some skin in the game.
Google Exec: Regulators Insisting on Multi-Cloud for Financial Firms
As regulators fear vendor lock-in and concentration among cloud providers, Google Cloud pushes its Anthos platform.