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Sunday, June 25, 2006

INDATA Unveils Disaster Recovery Service for Buy-Side ClientsWith buy-side firms' (Cash Advance)


INDATA Unveils Disaster Recovery Service for Buy-Side Clients
With buy-side firms' business continuity plans facing increasing scrutiny from regulators, INDATA has introduced a turnkey disaster recovery (DR) service.

CTI Finds an Interactive Voice
With a heritage that spans over 20 years, New York-based Consolidated Technologies Inc. (CTI) was founded by a group of industry veterans with the foresight and knowledge to provide superior communication networks.

New Technology Helps Firms Stay One Step Ahead of Regulators
On the heels of an SIA estimate citing the financial industry's compliance spending at more than $25 billion, it's no surprise that SunGard is looking to get a piece of that pie.

Credit Derivatives Trading and Processing Tech In Demand, but Buyers Still Hesitate
With the average daily trade volume of credit derivatives doubling since 2004, according to a new report from Celent, Wall Street firms still are shopping for trading technology, particularly back-office processing automation to handle the huge increase in their credit derivatives business, just as many firms were shopping for similar products at last year's SIA show.

LatentZero Pours on the Speed With New Pre-Trade Compliance Offering
Boston-based buy-side front-office solution provider LatentZero (booth 3603) is gearing up for a new era of pre-trade compliance, announcing the release of Capstone Sentinel 5.0 at this year's SIA Technology Management Conference. Already purporting to have the fastest pre-trade compliance engine with its Sentinel product, LatentZero claims that version 5.0 runs twice as fast as its predecessor.

SWIFT Sweet on Securities
Born in the banking and payments world, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) has become a major player in the securities sector, with Wall Street-related messages now comprising almost half the traffic on its network.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Cash Advance - Go ConfigureJPMorgan Chase improves cash management site with configuration management


Go Configure
JPMorgan Chase improves cash management site with configuration management tool.

Charles Schwab To Cover All Fraud Losses
The online broker issues a guarantee against losses from unauthorized account access, the latest online trader to try and calm customer jitters about phishing scams.

Back to the Future
Banks are revisiting biometrics, study says.

Schwab Announces Complete Account Fraud Coverage, and more
Schwab Stand Behind Customers With Fraud Guarantee, Fidelity NationalAnnounces Source Code Escrow Service, Corillian and StrikeForce Partner forAuthentication Solutions, ActivIdentity Introduces New CEO

Taking SOX to the Next Level
It's time to start looking at Sarbanes-Oxley in a more positive light.

SOA and Grid
The emergence of service-oriented architecture and grid computing offers banks the promise of a flexible, scalable IT infrastructure. But creating an open architecture doesn't come without challenges, such as upgrading legacy systems and chang

Sleeping With the Enemy
For banks, technology is a weapon that can cut both ways when competing with nonbanks.

Cash Advance - Free Legal Funding Dictionary for Lawsuit Cash Advance Industry I-Newswire.com


Free Legal Funding Dictionary for Lawsuit Cash Advance Industry
I-Newswire.com (press release) - Jan 30, 2006 In a lawsuit cash advance, a plaintiff receives a cash advance in exchange for paying a portion of the future cash proceeds of the plaintiff�s legal

Hampden Group Inc. Announces the Launch of PrePay(TM) Cash Advance
Business Wire (press release), CA - Feb 21, 2006 prime loan programs, today announced that it has launched PrePayCashAdvance.com, a new Web-based application designed to automate the cash advance process for

Cash Advance to Computer Upgrades
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - Feb 1, 2006 Some of these people are obtaining a cash advance in order to help pay for the repairs. A cash advance lets them get their computer

Payday lender: Pullout possible
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - Feb 23, 2006 Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc. First American Cash Advance has 30 stores in Arkansas and America�s Cash Express has 20, he said.

Japanese Stocks Advance, Led by Mitsubishi UFJ; Sony Declines
Bloomberg - 17 hours ago An advance in the yen against the dollar prompted some investors to shift assets out the central bank should decide when to cut the amount of cash pumped into

Advance America Schedules Fourth Quarter Conference Call
Yahoo! News (press release) - Feb 15, 2006 SPARTANBURG, SC, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Founded in 1997, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.

Advance America Reports Record Revenue for 2005
Finanzen.net, Germany - Feb 22, 2006 SPARTANBURG, SC, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. today reported the results of its

Advance America says may stop lending in 2 US states
Reuters - Feb 22, 2006 NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Advance America, Cash Advance Centers Inc. (AEA.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which provides payday

Payday Loans are the World's Most Expensive Cash
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 27, 2006 Payday loans, also known as cash advance or quick cash loans, are short term loans that typically last about two weeks. In exchange

(PZ) GMT's Workforce Management Solutions to Help Check 'n Go
Houston Chronicle, United States - Feb 27, 2006 States. Check 'n Go's success has been the result of its ability to provide fast, convenient and simple access to a cash advance. For

Friday, February 03, 2006

New Faces in Payment CardsIdentity Theft Laws Elevate Security to (Cash Advance)


New Faces in Payment Cards

Identity Theft Laws Elevate Security to the C-Level
Information security should start from the top, experts say.

Identifying the Insurance Industry's Tech-Savvy CEOs
The highest degree of business alignment and the most strategic use of technology depends on informed support on the part of an insurance company's leadership.

Time to Get With the Process
CapitalStream helps Scotiabank automate loan processes and improve service.

Operations Newsflashes: JPMorgan Creates 100 New Jobs, and more
JPMorgan Adds 100 New Positions to Glasgow Operation, BNY Brokerage Expands Boston Office, NYMEX Connects to BT Radianz Extranet, Citadel and EDI Partner to Offer Corporate Actions Data

Aviva Life Renews CSC Outsourcing Contract
Aviva Life Ins. has renewed an outsourcing contract with CSC for the administration of life and annuity products.

Trading Newsflashes: CFTC No-Action Letter Okays Electronic Trading of Oil Futures Contract on U.S. Screens, and more
CFTC Okays Electronic Trading of Oil Futures on U.S. Screens, Bank of America Acquires Financial Labs

Mix-and-Match Applications

Imaging the Future

Mellon Names New CEO, Fidelity Develops New Managed Account Programs, Bear Stearns and RiskMetrics Form Partnership Offering
Kelly Takes the Big Chair at Mellon, Fidelity and National Financial Roll Out New Managed Account Programs, Bear Stearns to Distribute RiskData Platform

Cash Advance - Trading Newsflashes: CFTC No-Action Letter Okays Electronic Trading of Oil


Trading Newsflashes: CFTC No-Action Letter Okays Electronic Trading of Oil Futures Contract on U.S. Screens, and more
CFTC Okays Electronic Trading of Oil Futures on U.S. Screens, Bank of America Acquires Financial Labs

Vicious Hurricane Cycle

Biometrics Becomes A Commodity
Most laptops now have the option of an integrated fingerprint reader, and new regulations may prompt online banks to adopt biometrics. But is it the ideal form of authentication, or a privacy nightmare?

Identifying the Insurance Industry's Tech-Savvy CEOs
The highest degree of business alignment and the most strategic use of technology depends on informed support on the part of an insurance company's leadership.

New Faces in Payment Cards

Guardian Life's Sguerra Promoted to CTO
Former Guardian Life chief architect given task of developing enterprise architecture vision comprising application development and infrastructure.

Japanese Banks Select RSA SecurID Tags, and more
Japanese Online Banking Customers Get a New Gizmo, R.R. Donnelley and EDGAR Online Offer Reporting Compliance Solution, Axentis Offers New Integration Platform

Imaging the Future

Identity Theft Laws Elevate Security to the C-Level
Information security should start from the top, experts say.

Aviva Life Renews CSC Outsourcing Contract
Aviva Life Ins. has renewed an outsourcing contract with CSC for the administration of life and annuity products.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Cash Advance - Everything's Coming Up HybridWall Street's leading regulators, NYSE Regulation and


Everything's Coming Up Hybrid
Wall Street's leading regulators, NYSE Regulation and the NASD, are in talks to form a hybrid regulator that will oversee dual member firms.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

TechwatchIT Is in The MoneyIT salaries are projected to increase (Cash Advance)


Techwatch

IT Is in The Money
IT salaries are projected to increase an average of 3 percent in 2006, according to Robert Half Technology's 2006 Salary Guide.

Workforce Diversification
Diversity continues to grow within the securities industry, where women and minorities represent an increasing portion of the workforce, according to a recent study from the Securities Industry Association (SIA) that included 48 SIA member-firms representing 57 percent of total employment by SIA member companies.

SWIFT Strategist Plots Course for MiFID
Implications are profound for global banks and financial markets

Names In The News
Executive News; Gouverneur Goes Northwest; Sutherland Enlists at BCBSRI

Who Said It Would Be Easy?
Let's be frank: In no U.S. industry does a for-profit company have the privilege of regulating itself, let alone its business partners.

BT Plays Executive Mix and Match, Orc Software Purchases Cameron Systems, and more
Edelstein Leaves and BT Fills Some Executive Gaps, Orc Acquires Cameron Systems FIX Solutions, Wombat Software Tests the Waters in Japan

Loose Lips Sink Ships
Unbeknownst to many executives, employees using the corporate e-mail system place their companies at risk every day, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Fortiva, an e-mail archiving solution provider.

Sharpsburg's audit shows cash crunch Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - Jan 3, (Cash Advance)


Sharpsburg's audit shows cash crunch
Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - Jan 3, 2006 If you have a .(more). Restaurant Get Paid to Train, Grow, & Advance your career at RED LOBS .(more). Driver-DEDICATED Home Weekly!

Lawmakers returning dubious cash
Cincinnati.com, OH - 15 hours ago and his associates - and lawmakers and political committees - to help advance casino interests. of Kentucky, both Republicans, have agreed to give up the cash.

Personal Injury Cash Advance Helps Auto Accident Victim
PR.com (press release), NY - Dec 28, 2005 When they occur a personal injury cash advance from Lawsuit Cash Advance, LLC can go a long way towards helping an injured person through their recovery.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Rethinking Risk ManagementMany firms have allocated a disproportionate amount (Cash Advance) of


Rethinking Risk Management
Many firms have allocated a disproportionate amount of resources to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

A for Effort

Enhancing Your Legacy
Legacy systems can be inflexible and costly to maintain, but ripping out and replacing them is risky and often just as expensive. As a result, many insurers are adopting a legacy migration approach.

Eliminating Errors
P&C carrier Ohio Casualty implements TeaLeaf Technologies' RealiTea solution to proactively identify glitches with its agent-driven Web site.

Contract News
Wellington Selects Docucorp; CIG Replaces Legacy With AQS; Wilton Re Taps AdminServer; IAT Selects Sapiens; Carefirst BCBS Chooses Urix; ARA Selects INSTEC; Quincy Mutual to Implement ISO; North American Taps iPipeline; Illinois Casualty, SmartDraw Deal; Intellisync Mobilizes Sanlam

Guardian Life's Callahan Looks Ahead
Dennis S. Callahan, Executive Vice President and CIO, Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (New York; $39.5 billion in assets), and Insurance & Technology Reader Advisory Board member recently shared with his thoughts with I&T on the future of both Guardian and the insurance industry in general, from a technology point of view.

Cash Advance - Armed robber hits 'cash advance' store Lombardian, IL - Dec 8, 2005


Armed robber hits 'cash advance' store
Lombardian, IL - Dec 8, 2005 Dane Cuny, officers were alerted to an armed robbery at about 12:24 pm on Friday, Dec. 2, at Access Cash Advance, 890 E. Route 38.

2006 DCP Enrollment underway
Murray County News, MN - 6 hours ago Advance payments can be disbursed anytime between December 1, 2005 and September of 2006, your choice. As in the past we will need cash rent statements or

Bruno calls for immediate cash advance to keep NYRA solvent
Newsday, NY - Dec 20, 2005 ALBANY, NY -- Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno wants the state to give the New York Racing Association a cash advance of $7 million to keep it out of

Power Cash Advance Determines Cash Advances a Valuable Service for
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - Dec 11, 2005 These cash advance loans are no stranger to the media, only in most circumstances they are characterized as loans targeted toward low-income families that have

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Cash Advance - No Place Like HomeTo streamline work processes and improve ease


No Place Like Home
To streamline work processes and improve ease of doing business, Hartford-based The Hartford redesigned its Electronic Business Center (EBC) agent portal home page.

Tough Calls
Insurance contact centers face a difficult challenge in serving multiple customers, including distributors and policyholders, with very different interests. To maximize satisfaction, carriers must design contact center functionality to fit unique customer needs.

Tools That Fuel Growth
2005 Executive Summit participants explored strategies for balancing growth with compliance and accountability requirements.

Bracing for the Claims Storm
The 2005 hurricane season served both as a test of P&C insurers' claims processing technologies and as motivation to continue to upgrade their claims systems.

EMC Buys Captiva, Acartus
In the latest example of consolidation within the content management marketplace, EMC acquired information capture solutions vendor Captiva Software and archiving and enterprise report management vendor Acartus.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Execs Resign Over Botched Systems
After two computer failures, the exchange's president and two other executives have stepped down. Pay cuts loom for other top exchange officials.

NaviSys Supports TIAA-CREF
New York-based TIAA-CREF ($350 billion in assets) selected NaviSys' (Edison, N.J.) Enterprise Platform 9.5, a straight-through processing package, to support its policy administration.

Banks Trying to Sell Themselves to Immigrants Sending Money Back Home
In the last year alone, major banks have unveiled an array of new services to court immigrants away from the hundreds of money transfer services operating in the United States.