FISI Stock UPDATES Financial Institutions (FISI) 24.20 10/22/2014
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Xoom Announces Instant Deposit Service to Bank of Baroda Accounts in India
GlobeNewswire - Tue Oct 21, 1:05PM CDT
Xoom Corporation (Nasdaq:XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, is now offering instant deposits to Bank of Baroda bank accounts in India. This revolutionary service allows Xoom customers to instantly deposit money into their recipients' Bank of Baroda bank accounts, 365 days a year, including bank holidays. Instant deposits to Bank of Baroda are processed through Xoom's partnership with Punjab National Bank.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18), XOOM: 19.21 (-0.19)
Vantiv Launches Innovative Mobile Solution for Financial Institutions to Drive Consumer Mobile Payments Preference
Thomson Reuters ONE - Tue Oct 21, 10:37AM CDT
Vantiv Launches Innovative Mobile Solution for Financial Institutions to Drive Consumer Mobile Payments Preference
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18), VNTV: 31.49 (+0.71)
Xamin Announces Vulnerability Management Service to Proactively Identify and Remediate Threats within Financial Institutions' Network Infrastructure
Business Wire - Tue Oct 21, 9:10AM CDT
Xamin, Inc. announced its proactive Vulnerability Management Service, which provides ongoing assessment and remediation of security threats for financial institutions' IT infrastructure. The company is a leading national managed IT service provider (MSP) for community banks, healthcare and other highly regulated industries.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
PULSE Introduces Comprehensive Consulting Service for Financial Institutions
Business Wire - Mon Oct 20, 8:02AM CDT
PULSE, one of the nation's leading debit/ATM networks, has launched PULSE InSights, a consulting service to help financial institutions analyze and improve performance in key areas of their retail banking business in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
DFS: 64.38 (+1.68), FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Royal Bank of Canada to repurchase up to 12 million of its common shares
CNW Group - Mon Oct 20, 7:45AM CDT
Royal Bank of Canada ("RY" on TSX and NYSE) today announced its intention, subject to the approval of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and the Toronto Stock Exchange, to commence a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange and to repurchase for cancellation up to 12 million of its common shares, representing approximately 0.8 per cent of the bank's outstanding common shares as at September 30, 2014. On September 30, 2014, there were 1,442,217,272 common shares outstanding. The bank intends to file a notice of intention with the Toronto Stock Exchange in this regard.
RY.TO: 80.09 (+0.89), RY: 71.33 (+1.08), FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Silver Law Group Continues to Investigate and Pursue Claims Against UBS Puerto Rico for Investment Losses in UBS Proprietary Closed-End Bond Funds
GlobeNewswire - Fri Oct 17, 2:03PM CDT
Silver Law Group (www.silverlaw.com) represents multiple investors in cases against UBS Financial Services, Inc. and UBS Financial Services, Inc. of Puerto Rico ("UBS" involving the sale of UBS Puerto Rico closed-end bond funds (the "Bond Funds" . According to several news stories, UBS' alleged misconduct has led to regulatory investigations by the SEC, FINRA and the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico (OCFI).
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Freedom Mortgage's New Financial Institutions Partner Group Exceeds Growth Expectations for 2014
PR Newswire - Fri Oct 17, 9:03AM CDT
Freedom Mortgage Corporation, a privately held full-service mortgage lender licensed in all 50 states, announced that its Financial Institutions Partner Group, which provides a cost effective and scalable mortgage origination fulfillment service for banks and credit unions, has exceeded expectations for growth during 2014.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
UBS Global Asset Management Names Ned McNally to Its US Financial Institutions Group
Business Wire - Thu Oct 16, 1:08PM CDT
UBS Global Asset Management, a division of UBS AG, has hired Ned McNally as a Director and National Sales Manager, focusing on business development efforts in its US Financial Institutions Group. Based in Chicago, Ned will focus on leading the field sales initiatives in the sub-advisory and financial intermediary markets, and will report to Bob McGowan, recently named Head of Intermediary and Institutional Distribution for the Americas region.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18), UBS: 16.34 (+0.29)
Cetera Financial Institutions Significantly Invests in Technology Capabilities and Reaffirms Commitment to Self-Clearing
PR Newswire - Thu Oct 16, 8:15AM CDT
Cetera Financial Institutions, a leading provider of wealth management, brokerage and investment solutions for bank and credit union-based investment programs and financial advisors, today announced a significant investment in its technology capabilities and reaffirmation of its commitment to its unique self-clearing platform. Cetera Financial Institutions is the marketing name for Cetera Investment Services, a self-clearing FINRA member broker-dealer and registered investment adviser within Cetera Financial Group, the leading network of independent broker-dealer firms owned by RCS Capital (NYSE: RCAP), a full-service investment firm expressly focused on the retail investor.
RCAP: 19.97 (+1.12), BR: 41.69 (+1.22), FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Efma and Accenture Announce 2014 Global Financial Services Award Winners
Business Wire - Wed Oct 15, 11:03PM CDT
Efma, an association whose membership includes nearly one-third of the world's large retail banks, and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) have announced the winners of their second annual Global Distribution & Marketing Innovation Awards for financial services. The global program, jointly launched by Efma and Accenture, recognizes financial services firms for the most innovative projects and initiatives in distribution and marketing.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18), ACN: 77.93 (+1.49)
SolarCity Launches First Public Offering of Solar Bonds
GlobeNewswire - Wed Oct 15, 8:35AM CDT
SolarCity(R) (Nasdaq:SCTY) launched the nation's first registered public offering of solar bonds today, creating a simple way for individuals across the United States to earn attractive returns on their investments while also participating in the nation's transformation to clean energy. The company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this morning to issue up to $200 million in solar bonds initially, and launched a new online investment site (solarbonds.solarcity.com) to make them available directly to consumers.
SCTY: 55.73 (+1.81), FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Kratos Receives $3.9 Million in Critical Infrastructure Security System Awards
GlobeNewswire - Wed Oct 15, 6:00AM CDT
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Public Safety & Security Solutions (PSS) Division has recently received $3.9 million in new contract awards for the deployment of specialized security systems at major financial institution locations. The security system deployments will include video surveillance, access control and other security related assets. KPSS is a leader in the design, engineering, deployment, integration into command and control infrastructure, operation and maintenance of specialized security systems for the protection of strategic assets, critical infrastructure, public venues and public safety. Due to customer related and other considerations, no additional information will be provided related to this contract award.
KTOS: 6.41 (-0.03), FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Fitch: Central American Banks Growing at Different Paces, with Sound Balance Sheets
Business Wire - Tue Oct 14, 12:40PM CDT
Low financial deepening in most of the banking systems continues to provide important opportunities for the expansion of balance sheets, but low per capita incomes challenge further growth, according to a new report published today by Fitch Ratings.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Till Capital Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Omega Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Filing Services Canada XHTML - Tue Oct 14, 7:16AM CDT
TIL.VN: 8.650 (-0.120), FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
EPIC adds Bill Cosgrove as Financial Institutions Practice Leader
PR Newswire - Mon Oct 13, 6:00AM CDT
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that William P. (Bill) Cosgrove has joined the firm as managing principal and Financial Institutions Practice leader. Cosgrove brings 28 years of insurance industry underwriting, production, marketing, client service, management and executive leadership experience to the firm.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Fitch Reviews Peruvian State-Owned Financial Institutions
Business Wire - Fri Oct 10, 4:47PM CDT
Fitch Ratings conducted a peer review of the international scale ratings of four state-owned financial institutions in Peru. As a result, the ratings of Fondo MiVivienda (FMV), Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE), Banco de la Nacion (BN), and Banco Agropecuario (Agrobanco) were affirmed. The rating actions are summarized at the end of this press release.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Financial Institutions, Inc. Appoints Kreienberg General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer
GlobeNewswire - Thu Oct 09, 3:05PM CDT
Financial Institutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISI), the parent company of Five Star Bank, announced today that William L. Kreienberg is joining the company as executive vice president, general counsel and chief risk officer.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)
Insurance Affinity Direct Marketing Decline Continues in 2014
Business Wire - Tue Oct 07, 1:51PM CDT
Increased enforcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which seemed to intensify in late 2012, continues to have an effect on the marketing outreach of affinity programs utilized by the financial community targeting the insurance needs of their customers. In fact, the latest intelligence from Chicago-based Competiscan reveals that the first six months of 2014 saw a three-year low for financial institutions participating in life, health and long term care insurance affinity direct marketing.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18), WFC: 50.45 (+1.27)
Chalkbucket Labs and Bluefin Payment Systems Expand Their Integrated Payments Partnership to Include QuickSwipe™ Mobile Payments for Chalkbucket Clients
PRWeb - Tue Oct 07, 10:16AM CDT
Chalkbucket Labs, the leading provider of gym management and athletic performance tracking software, and payment security solution leader Bluefin Payment Systems announced today that Bluefin's QuickSwipe™ mobile payment system is now available to Chalkbucket Labs clients. This allows Chalkbucket's clients to now accept payments on an iOS mobile phone or tablet, through a laptop or computer with Bluefin's Virtual Terminal product, and online with Bluefin's Ecommerce payment page.
FISI: 24.20 (+0.18)