JPMorgan Chase Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. annual meeting of shareholders will be held at its Highland Oaks Campus in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern).

Winners Announced for 2013 Paymetric Customer Innovation Awards

Customers Recognized During Award Ceremony at SAPPHIRE® NOW and ASUG Annual Conference

BitPay Raises $2 Million led by Founders Fund

BitPay Inc., the world’s leading payment processor for bitcoin, announces it has raised an additional $2M in seed round financing led by Founders Fund, which includes three founders of PayPal.

Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation Sends Letter to Stockholders Stressing Importance of Stockholders Voting for the Proposed Merger Transaction with Bond Street Holdings

Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation (the "Company" or "Atlantic Coast Financial," NASDAQ symbol: ACFC), the holding company for Atlantic Coast Bank (the "Bank"), today announced in a letter to stockholders that stockholder approval of the proposed merger of Atlantic Coast Financial with Bond Street Holdings is critical to assuring attractive value for a stockholder's investment in the Company. Under the proposed merger, Atlantic Coast Financial stockholders will receive $5.00 per share in cash for each common share owned.

H.I.G. Holds Final Closing of H.I.G. Bayside Loan Opportunity Fund III (Europe)

H.I.G. Capital announced today that it has held its final closing of H.I.G. Bayside Loan Opportunity Fund III (Europe). Total capital commitments to the fund exceeded its $1 billion target. The fund will invest primarily in debt obligations of small and medium-sized European companies, both existing loans acquired on the secondary markets as well as newly originated primary loans. With offices in London, Paris, Hamburg and Madrid, H.I.G. Capital has a team of 70 investment professionals in Europe.

CSC Expands Partnership with SAP to Provide Additional Comprehensive Next-Generation Solutions to the Global Banking Industry

CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced an expanded partnership with SAP (NYSE: SAP) designed to accelerate the banking industry’s move to next-generation technology platforms. CSC and SAP have cooperated to define a new global go-to-market strategy for their banking software and services offerings to help reduce the risk, implementation time, and cost of modernizing business processes and IT environments.

ACI Worldwide Named to Select Group of Financial and Retail Leaders Chosen to Guide U.S. EMV Rollout

ACI elected to EMV Migration Forum steering committee; Executive Dan Heimann elected vice-chairman

Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

Recently Announced Merger Amendment Lifts Contingency to Provide Stockholders with Cash Payment in Full at Closing

Imperial Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Results

Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IFT) ("Imperial" or the "Company"), a specialty finance company with a focus on providing liquidity solutions to owners of illiquid financial assets, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

BitPay Hires Bitcoin Core-Developer Jeff Garzik

Also Hires Bryan Krohn as Chief Financial Officer

FIS Study Shows Significant Revenue Opportunity for Large and Mid-tier Financial Institutions from Real-time Payments Offerings

Key FactsReal-time payments allow banks to achieve the transaction speed consumers demand while providing significant financial return for the institution.Study shows a $1.1 billion revenue opportunity for U.S. banks that use real-time payments to su Photo Gallery Available

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. Announces Public Offering of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (NYSE MKT: LTS) (“Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services” or the “Company”) announced today that it is commencing an underwritten public offering of shares of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The Company intends to list the Series A Preferred Stock on the NYSE MKT under the symbol “LTS PrA.” The Company intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock to cover over-allotments, if any.

National Holdings Corporation Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results

National Holdings Corporation (OTC BB: NHLD) (”National Holdings” or the “Company”), a leading hybrid broker dealer, today announced financial results for the Company’s fiscal second quarter and six months ended March 31, 2013.

First BanCorp Announces Decision in Lehman Related Claim

First BanCorp (the “Corporation”) (NYSE: FBP), the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico (“FirstBank” or “the Bank”), today filed a Form 8-K that disclosed that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has denied the Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in connection with its claim to recover certain assets posted as collateral with Lehman Brothers, Inc. ("Lehman").

Top-tier Financial Institutions to Converge in Milwaukee for Annual FIS Client Conference

Key Facts Nearly 1,500 financial institution and industry executives to attend annual FIS Client Conference May 13 – 16 in Milwaukee, Wis.Innovation and strategic integration are the focus of four-day event for large and mid-tier financial institut

LinguaSys Helps International Bank Deal with Compliance, Security and Fraud with New Product Release

New CCC Interpreter Eases Cost and Time to Decipher Chinese Character Codes

FIS Demonstrates the Latest Mobile Innovations that Are Supporting More than 20 Million Users at FinovateSpring 2013

Key FactsFIS is the industry’s leading provider of mobile financial services, supporting more than 20 million consumers.FIS to showcase the FIS Mobile Wallet with Cardless Cash Access, winner of the BAI Payments Innovation award, at FinovateSpring

BankUnited Chairman, President and CEO John Kanas works on another sweet bank deal outside BankUnited's new branch at 960 Avenue of the Americas, one of the bank's three recently opened Manhattan branches

Veteran New York Banker Kanas Works on Another Sweet Bank Deal

Veteran New York banker John Kanas returned to his New York banking roots Wednesday as BankUnited introduced itself to New Yorkers with a sweet deal – free ice cream for those who passed by the bank’s three new Manhattan branches. Kanas is the chairman, president and CEO of BankUnited, Inc.

Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, LLC Makes Announcement

Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, LLC (“Resolute”), a provider of anesthesia and pain management services, has been formed, participants in the venture announced today. Resolute was formed by the physician-founders and partners of Broad Anesthesia Associates and Mid-Florida Anesthesia Associates in a recapitalization led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. (NYSE:GS). The company is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

Net Element International Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results