Technology
Mobile Apps are Key for Financial Inclusion
Why FinTech startups shall think of going mobile first and how companies reimagine financial inclusion via mobile devices? When people think about the FinTech revolution, it’s natural to imagine a western or eastern country filled with innovation. The United States and China, for example, are top of mind whenever people speak on the evolvingFinTech environment.…
Read MoreSuccessful Robo-Advisor Companies Rely on OMS APIs
Find out how robo-advisor OMS API helps wealth tech companies launch faster and run more efficiently along with what an API really is. Did you know that 90 percent of Uber’s technology isn’t custom? Instead, the company’s code is built on top of APIs provided by platforms such as Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS).…
Read MoreA Quick Look at Ripple
It may sound contradictory, but the Ripple network is going to be making a big splash in the financial world. Some would argue it already has, with the Fed releasing a research paper praising the technology and banks beginning to use it. So what exactly is Ripple? Ripple is an open source protocol for sending…
Read MoreETNA will be at the 2015 International Traders Expo in New York
We are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the 2015 International Traders Expo, a three-day event starting on February 28th and ending March 2nd at the Marriott Marquis in New York. Come see us at Booth 5306! Throughout the event we will be showcasing ETNA Trader, a white label and fully customizable online…
Read MoreBitcoin & Exchanges – A Quick Primer
What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin. What is it? Bitcoin (known as BTC or XBT) is a decentralized, completely peer-to-peer, digital asset (some say currency, some say commodity) based on open source software that runs on millions of computers all around the globe. Being decentralized, there is no organization, bank, or government that controls Bitcoin. Any internet-connected…
Read More5 Reasons to Stop Building Trading Technology from Scratch
For reasons we cannot fathom, broker-dealers and FinTech firms are under the impression that buying a turn-key trading platform isn’t affordable. It seems like only a small clandestine group of tech-savvy Wall Streeters are aware that building a trading platform from scratch is more resource intensive and time consuming due to the plethora of known…
Read MoreETRE teams up with ETNA to create the first web based Exchange Traded Property platform
Utilizing ETNA’s broker-dealer technology, ETRE Financial creates a new system to trade single asset REITs on national stock exchanges. NEW YORK, New York – September 16, 2014 – ETRE Financial, a real estate financial services and information technology company, recently announced the release of the 2.0 beta version of their web based trading platform, making…
Read MoreETNA Trader disrupts the FinTech scene by allowing developer piggybacking to drive innovation
ETNA challenges the conventional approach to creating financial technology applications and opens their code to FinTech firms looking to build new software. ETNA, a trading platform provider traditionally catering to broker-dealers, announced today that it is partnering with FinTech Startups as well as well established financial services firms launching new software based on ETNA’s Platform.…
Read MoreQuickFIX creators honored with awards from FIX Trading Community
The FIX Trading Community standards group honored with awards the QuickFIX creators from Connamara Systems and Thoughtworks for their roles in establishing the QuickFIX Open Source Project.The Financial Information eXchange (“FIX”) Protocol was developed in 1992 as a result of collaboration by select participants from worldwide banks, broker-dealers, exchanges, industry associations, institutional investors, and information technology providers.…
Read MoreStartup Financial Services Companies Come Of Age
With one eye on businesses abandoned in the wake of the financial crisis and the other on a new generation of investors, startup companies are now raising significant sums to challenge the hegemony of big banks and investment firms. Since the beginning of 2013, venture investors committed over $800 million in new funding to develop…
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