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Patron Announces Plans for Compliance Industry Acquisitions |
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AM Henry, 14-APR-04
Patron Systems Inc. announced that it has retained legal and securities counsel as well as certified public auditors to assist with its mergers and acquisitions in consolidating an information security and technology platform.
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Onyx Software Announces Acquisition of Visuale BPM Technology |
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By
AM Henry, 7-APR-04
Onyx Software Corp. announced its intent to acquire BPM (business process management) technology from Visuale, Inc. for a reported purchase price of $4 million in cash and stock.
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Study Reveals Governance Drives Compliance Software Market |
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AM Henry, 30-MAR-04
Radicati Group, Inc. announced the results of its study, “Compliance and Policy Management Market Trends 2004-2008."
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Treasury Addresses Regulatory Needs in Housing Markets |
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AM Henry, 9-MAR-04
Treasury Secretary, John Snow, spoke on the topic of the need for an enhanced regulatory structure on government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan, progress made with the USA PATRIOT Act and the economy.
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Information Architects Announces ICABS.COM Acquisition |
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AM Henry, 2-MAR-04
Information Architects Corporation announced that it has signed an acquisition agreement with ICABS.COM, Inc. to better assist with the “Know Your Customer” requirements of the USAPA.
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Thomson NETg Announces Acquisition of Educational Training Systems |
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AM Henry, 1-MAR-04
Thomson NETg announced the acquisition of Educational Training Systems, Inc./financial campus (FinancialCampus) to better provide training services focused on compliance in the financial services industry.
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Certegy Announces Acquisition of Crittson Financial LLC |
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AM Henry, 20-FEB-04
Certegy Inc. announced its intent to acquire Crittson Financial Services LLC for a reported $22.5 million in cash.
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Certegy Announces Acquisition of Gaming Financial Corp |
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By
AM Henry, 20-FEB-04
Certegy Inc. announced its intent to acquire Gaming Financial Corporation for a reported $43 million in cash.
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MasterCard Acquires TowerGroup from Reuters |
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E. Herrera, 20-FEB-04
MasterCard Advisors TM, a subsidiary of MasterCard International, has announced the acquisition of TowerGroup, a research and advisory firm focused on the financial services industry.
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FileNet Released Compliance Management Framework |
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AM Henry, 9-FEB-04
FileNet announced the release of the “industry’s first…Enterprise Content Management [ECM] compliance…framework” to help companies reduce risk and increase control.
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Security Biometrics to Acquire Datagility |
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AM Henry, 29-JAN-04
Security Biometrics announced that “it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Datagility, Inc,” as well as the exclusive rights to CyberTrooper ™, a compliance solution.
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Celequest Announces $1.9 Million in Funding |
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By
AM Henry, 27-JAN-04
Celequest announced that it received another $1.9 million in funding from Bay Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners to assist with the expansion of sales, distribution and marketing.
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Budget Increases Requested for FinCEN and OFAC |
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AM Henry, 16-JAN-04
The Bush Administration requested a 12.7% budget increase in the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and a 3.6% budget increase for the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to assist in combating terrorist financing and money-laundering crimes.
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Key US Govt Entities Responsible for Deterring Terrorist Financing |
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Joe Pucciarelli, 7-JAN-04
Essential reference information -- the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) summarizes the twenty key U.S. government entities charged with deterring terrorist financing activities.
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Atchley Systems Announces AML Software in ASP Format |
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AM Henry, 6-JAN-04
Atchley Systems announced that it is to make its anti-money laundering (AML) software more accessible by making the software available in Application Service Provider (ASP) format.
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Presidential Directive Addresses Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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AM Henry, 17-DEC-03
A new Presidential Directive outlining the identification, prioritization and protection of critical infrastructure has been implemented which includes the banking and finance industries. This will likely increase regulatory compliance requirements by 2005.
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Treasury Speaks on Financial Information Sharing Initiative |
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AM Henry, 9-DEC-03
Acting Treasury Secretary for domestic finance, Brian Roseboro, spoke at the launching of the updated Financial Services Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).
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Bankers Systems Acquires Atchley Systems |
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By
AM Henry, 21-OCT-03
Bankers Systems announced the acquisition of Atchley Systems to enhance its customer identification and anti-money laundering offerings.
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ChoicePoint ® Announces the Acquisition of Bridger Systems |
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AM Henry, 2-OCT-03
ChoicePoint announced its acquisition of Bridger Systems, to improve its USA PATRIOT Act offerings to the financial services industry.
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Mantas and SOTAS Announce Merger |
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AM Henry, 1-OCT-03
Mantas and SOTAS announced a “strategic merger” to provide analytic applications to telecommunications and financial services.
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NeoMedia to Acquire SST and Expand Compliance Solutions |
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By
AM Henry, 7-AUG-03
Neomedia announced its agreement to acquire Secure Source Technologies, Inc. (SST) to expand its compliance offerings.
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Director of OFAC Gives Statement on Terrorist Financing |
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AM Henry, 31-JUL-03
In a hearing of the Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Hearings on Terrorism Financing: Origination, Organization and Prevention, Mr. Newcomb expounded upon the support infrastructure of terrorist financing and the OFAC and other U.S. agencies efforts to obstruct terrorist financing.
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U.S. Secret Service Develops Electronic Crimes Task Force |
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By
AM Henry, 16-JUN-03
The United States Secret Service announced the development of four Electronic Crimes Task Forces to combat cyber crimes.
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