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RSS brokers in newsBuilding soc buys Experian mortgage engine
News In fact the current climate has hastened the rollout of the system to the customer website before the building society's mortgage brokers, illustrating current priorities for the company. Stroud and Swindon Building Society (SSBS) has signed a... [10 Jun 2008]
Mobile broadband ushers in Blue day
News The real ace in the hole though is a deal with BlackBerry to co-market the service to brokers and banks. Ask anyone in the finance arena about up-to-date financial information and they will almost certainly say Reuters and Bloomberg. [03 Jun 2008]
Mobile stock market data service launched
News The company has been financed by 115 private investors, 75 of which are experienced traders or brokers. Called Blue, the service uses market data software that can be downloaded to the desktop or to a RIM, Symbian or Windows mobile compatible... [26 Nov 2007]
Towergate opts for converged network policy
News Towergate group operations director Max Curruthers said in a statement: "Delivering exceptional service to customers and brokers has been critical to driving growth in a hyper-competitive market. Insurance intermediary Towergate has awarded a £1m... [08 Nov 2007]
Think web 2.0, brokers told
News Traditional investment companies have been encouraged to look into using web 2.0-style services to avoid losing out to newer niche players. According to analyst house Gartner, more traditional brokerage companies with online trading services should... [03 Aug 2007]
Royal & SunAlliance Googles its intranet
News The intranet is used by the company's underwriters to pull up information when dealing with brokers' enquiries. Insurance group Royal & SunAlliance has replaced its intranet search engine with Google's Search Appliance, allowing users to get to... [18 Jul 2007]
Anti-spyware bill resurfaces in the US
News Another political obstacle could be large data brokers that buy and sell personal information on American citizens including Social Security numbers, and the police agencies that are their customers and might find some of their data flow drying up. [09 Feb 2007]
HP's Dunn asked to appear before Congress
News The House committee said in a statement: "The hearing is part of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee's seven-month inquiry into data brokers and the questionable practice known as 'pretexting' - the use of lies and deception to gain... [18 Sep 2006]
Aon signs £230m insurance BPO deal
News Aon is aiming to create an integrated electronic claims processing platform that can also be sold to rival brokers on the London insurance market and across the wider insurance industry. The world's second-largest insurance and risk broker, Aon... [14 Aug 2006]
Craigslist, Wikipedia founders grapple with big issues
News Still, he said, he expects to change the current model - in which Craistlist charges only for job listings, and said he expects to begin charging for apartment listings in New York, after apartment brokers there actually asked the site to do so in... [14 Mar 2006]
Lloyds of London ditches £70m trading platform
News Lloyds of London has closed down a £70m electronic trading platform after failing to convince enough insurance underwriters and brokers to switch from paper files and folders. Although the platform is not an actual trading exchange, it supports the... [25 Jan 2006]
Lloyd's to underwrite open source
News The insurance will be available through brokers to companies and organisations who are worried about being sued over their use of open source software, such as Linux, by companies who would claim it infringes their intellectual property rights. [15 Aug 2005]
ID theft: One in four victims struggles to clear name
News Security breaches have been reported by data processor CardSystems Solutions, Citigroup's consumer finance unit CitiFinancial, Bank of America and Wachovia, data brokers ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, and the University of California at Berkeley and... [27 Jul 2005]
MasterCard scandal: Worst data theft ever?
News In past months, data leaks have been reported by Bank of America and Wachovia, data brokers ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, and the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University. In what could be the largest data security breach to date... [20 Jun 2005]
Liberty Alliance pursues identity theft
News In past months, data leaks have been reported by Bank of America and Wachovia, data brokers ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, and the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University. In the wake of several high-profile data breaches, the... [14 Jun 2005]
