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By Symphony's Odette Maher
Symphony wrapped up 2024 with record annual recurring revenue (ARR), record trader voice sales and record federation messaging volume. Our head of communications and corporate affairs, Odette Maher, reviews the firm’s 2024 and how its product offering was more relevant than ever when it comes to compliance, legacy technology risk, and security and resilience.
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Blog Post
By Symphony's Mario Orphanou
Financial institutions have long faced risk – and challenges – in protecting their data. In the United States, the FBI recently issued a warning about the dangers posed by unsecured communication platforms, specifically focused on SMS and other “off-channel” messaging systems which lack encryption.
Attempted data breaches are becoming more sophisticated by the day. Both U.S. and European agencies are currently urging businesses to adopt encrypted messaging solutions to safeguard sensitive information. These recommendations are made in light of several high-profile data incidents that have compromised private communications, particularly within government and political circles.
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By Symphony
Ten years ago, a vision to transform how the financial world connects, began. Today, Symphony celebrates a decade of innovation, growth, and unwavering commitment to our customers. Join us as we reflect on our journey, share the stories of our incredible team, and look ahead to the exciting future of fintech.
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Blog Post
By Symphony CEO Brad Levy
As Symphony celebrates its 10-year anniversary, we reflect on a decade of innovation that has helped reshape the financial services industry. From native cloud to encrypted messaging and distributed workflows, Symphony has pioneered the technologies that are propelling market infrastructure for global finance forward.
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Symphony’s Michael Lynch discusses the Cloud9 award win with WatersTechnology.
Symphony’s Cloud9 has been awarded ‘Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider’ in the Waters Rankings 2024. In this interview, learn about the flexibility, efficiency and performance that help Cloud9 stand out among market participants.
Dive into how an evolving regulatory, technology and competitive landscape drives Symphony’s development of Cloud9 and how the product helps manage clients’ complex needs.
Get an insider view on the release radar for Cloud9, and the features on the horizon in the foreseeable future for this award-winning voice technology here.
Blog Post
By Symphony's Katherine Kilpatrick
Every year, Symphony Innovate brings together industry leaders to share insights, showcase live demos of products, integrations and workflow automations, as well as provide case studies on how technological advancements have transformed the community.
Innovate New York 2024 featured live demos and new innovations in action from Symphony, Citi, DTCC, Eidosmedia, HUB, LoanBook, RBC & MDX Technologies, Taskize, TP ICAP & ipushpull, UBS, Wells Fargo, 28Stone and more.
Read the recap here.
Blog Post
By Symphony CEO Brad Levy
The 2020s are an unprecedented decade of disruption.
Revolutionary change is happening more rapidly and on a globally connected level.
From economics to geopolitics, many of the social structures that we’ve relied upon for decades are being overturned and the effects are rippling outwards. But this disruption is not caused by a single event.
Rather, we are seeing the result of multi-generational changes that are now combining. From the 1920s to the 2020s, a century of human history has led to this moment.
What happens next is anyone’s guess… but one thing is certain.
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Blog Post
An interview with Mario Orphanou
In this interview, Audrey Costabile from Coalition Greenwich speaks to Mario Orphanou, Senior Director of Product Management for Symphony, about the challenges of centralizing communication faced by capital markets businesses and how organizations can drive better client engagement, regulatory compliance and security outcomes with the right solution.
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November 28, 2023
Symphony’s Cloud9 voice product for trading collaboration will be enhanced with Google Cloud’s speech-to-text fine-tuning gen AI capabilities for better efficiency and risk management.
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By Symphony CEO Brad Levy
Recent ripples of regulatory turbulence have kept financial institutions in the spotlight, raising critical questions about regulatory compliance, reputation, and the role of technology in the modern financial landscape. But what lies at the heart of this issue?
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By Symphony's Mario Orphanou
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By Symphony's Katherine Kilpatrick
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By Symphony's Kate Chatzopoulos
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By Symphony CEO, Brad Levy
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By Symphony's Gary Godshaw, Barry Purkis & Corry Starr
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By Symphony's Michael Lynch
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By Symphony's Umesh Patel
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By Symphony's Corinna Mitchell and Gary Godshaw
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By Symphony's Jean-Francois Garet, Siamak Khoubyari, Olivier Richaud
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By Symphony's CPO, Michael Lynch
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By Symphony's CPO, Michael Lynch
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By CEO, Brad Levy
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By Symphony's Global Head of Solutions, Krishna Nadella
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Symphony has named StreetLinx co-founder and former CEO Gary Godshaw as the company’s chief revenue officer (CRO).
In this newly created role Godshaw – who joined the company in August when Symphony acquired StreetLinx – will lead Symphony’s commercial organization and execution globally, including strategic account management, solutions, and client experience.
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Blog Post
Symphony is partnering with Unqork, the leading enterprise no-code platform.
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Our latest thought leadership series features six agents of change transforming financial markets.
Over the coming months, we will showcase how pioneers across the buy-side, sell-side, and broader ecosystem are tackling the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in financial markets.
Check out our blog here.
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Check out the session videos from Symphony Innovate 2021, hosted on 2nd November.
Watch all session videos and read more about the event in our blog.
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Join us on Tuesday 16th November at 3pm GMT / 10am ET
Join us for our next Innovators Showcase Series, highlighting Saphyre and Unqork. The session will feature community-built solutions that streamline client onboarding workflows, driving efficiency and reducing risk across the financial services ecosystem.
This session will also cover:
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Community
The acquisition of StreetLinx, the new Marketplace, Annual Innovate Conference, and more.
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Exploring the latest in voice trading
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Blog Post
By Symphony's CIO, Dietmar Fauser
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Join us at Symphony Innovate New York DIGITAL Edition on November 2nd, 2021.
Symphony Innovate 2021 will bring together hundreds of key financial and technology experts from all over the world into a single, digital venue to discuss recent industry transformations, unlock powerful workflows, and connect with purpose.
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Join our Developer Relations team for the webinar aired on September 29th.
The Workflow Developer kit webinar will:
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Community
Workflow Developer Kit, Symphony Marketplace, Partner News and more.
View September's Developer Relations Newsletter for the latest updates.
Community
Technology leaders from Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank elected Finos' new governing board chairs as open-source collaboration expands further across financial services
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In order to stay connected and productive whilst working remotely, Symphony's chat and collaboration tools can help provide a more dynamic, real-time work experience to keep conversations and work...
Community
The acquisition of Cloud9, a new Saphyre Partnership, spotlight on Morgan Stanley's AskResearch Bot and more.
View Symphony's July Community Newsletter for the latest updates.
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Watch the Symphony demo video for an overview of the platform and key features of both Essential Collaboration Mode and Capital Markets Mode.
Blog Post
Trader Voice by Jim Miller
Capital markets have undergone a seismic shift in recent years, particularly with the accelerated adoption of technology and cloud-based solutions over the last 15 months. One thing that has not changed, however, is the importance voice trading continues to play in the institutional landscape. And with the increasing levels of sophistication that are enabling individuals on and off the trading floor to communicate with each other – particularly through more advanced APIs – there is now a greater appetite than ever before for cloud-based trading solutions.
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Brad Levy begins his journey as CEO of Symphony.
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Exciting news! We have announced the winners of the Symphony U: Fintech Challenge – a Symphony programming competition held for university students across the United States.
The goal of this competition was to give an opportunity to the participants to leverage Symphony Bots to build financial workflows and address real use cases, get free access to the Symphony Bot Developer Certification program, and gain hands-on coding experience with the platform that powers Financial Services.
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Thought Leadership piece. By Symphony's Global Head of Solutions, Krishna Nadella
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Community
Bot Developer Kit, Symphony Developer Days and more.
View May's Developer Relations Newsletter for the latest updates.
Blog Post
Today, we have announced that David Gurlé will be stepping back from the day-to-day operations of Symphony and will remain on the board of directors to support the company on strategic matters....
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Thought Leadership piece. By Symphony's Global Head of Solutions, Krishna Nadella
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Thought Leadership piece. By Symphony's Global Head of Solutions, Krishna Nadella
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At the end of last year, we introduced SymBot: the first Symphony bot built specifically to provide automated support to Symphony users. I couldn’t be more proud of the team – while improving the...
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Powered by a growing and open app ecosystem, Symphony is the cloud-based messaging and collaboration platform that securely connects markets, organizations, and individuals. Already the platform of...
Community
New Partner: AccessFintech, SymBot, and our Build a Bot series.
View Symphony's March Community Newsletter for the latest updates.
Community
Symphony U: Fintech challenge for university students, All you need to know about BDK 2.0 and much more.
View February's Developer Relations Newsletter for the latest updates.
Community
Symphony 2.0, Symphony’s university coding challenge, and more...
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Updates on Symphony Developer Certification, Bot Developer Kit 2.0, Symphony Elements, Activities API and Amazon Lex integration, Innovate recap, APAC Hackathon results, and much more.
October newsletter includes updates on Symphony Developer Certification, Bot Developer Kit 2.0, Symphony Elements, Activities API and Amazon Lex integration, Innovate recap, APAC Hackathon results, and much more in this month’s newsletter!
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Blog Post
Last week, we gathered virtually for our second digital Innovate, where we were inspired and impressed by the resiliency and achievements of the Symphony community. Almost 1000 attendees from all...
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Check out the session videos from Symphony Innovate 2020, hosted online on October 8.
Symphony Innovate 2020 (Digital) hosted hundreds of attendees digitally for an action-packed agenda where executives and technology experts discussed how to streamline secure collaboration, connect information systems, and automate workflow across global markets.
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Hack a New Way to Work Build on your secure collaboration platform to extend critical workflows beyond your company walls. Develop scalable, innovative solutions at an upcoming Digital Symphony...
Hack a New Way to Work
Build on your secure collaboration platform to extend critical workflows beyond your company walls. Develop scalable, innovative solutions at an upcoming Digital Symphony Hackathon to bring progress and efficiency to your firm. Developments should break down silos across firms, as well as internally across front, middle, and back offices.
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There is no debate that the way we work has been transformed in 2020. A new wave of digital collaboration and innovation drove record growth of the Symphony community. More than half a million users...
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With the Symphony 2.0 rollout underway, the mobile team is excited to introduce a corresponding refresh for the Symphony mobile app. The new version of the app offers improved speed and performance...
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Symphony 2.0 is all about the user experience (UX). To keep UX front and center as we developed the new version of Symphony, we established a set of guiding principles: Keep the user in...
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ServiceNow is used broadly across organizations, with use cases ranging from mission critical incident management for trading systems outages to everyday employee IT support.
By integrating ServiceNow with Symphony you can manage and collaborate on incidents and requests from one place, in real-time.
Get the right people involved and interacting instantly
Catch up on the background and reduce email traffic
Enjoy the ease of a consolidated audit trail
Learn more Contact your Symphony account manager or request more information here >
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Stop Jira alerts filling your inbox and work smarter
Collaborate on multiple Jira projects seamlessly in chat
Create and update Jira tickets from Symphony
Automate notifications and prioritize tasks with our Jira Bot
Watch our Jira integration in action >
Get Jira in Symphony today Reach out to your Symphony account manager or sales@symphony.com
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Check out the session videos from Symphony Innovate Europe 2020, hosted online on 28 April.
Symphony Innovate Europe 2020 (Digital) hosted over 700 live attendees for an action-packed agenda where executives and technology experts discussed how to streamline secure collaboration, connect information systems, and automate workflow across global markets.
Watch all session videos and read more about the event in our blog.
For those planning your global calendars, save the date for Innovate New York 2020 on 7-8 October. More information to come in Spring.
By attending Symphony Innovate Europe 2020, you consent to (i) the recording of your questions and comments posted during the live sessions; (ii) be included in Symphony’s newsletter distribution list (which distribution will contain an unsubscribe option if you no longer desire to receive the newsletters); and (iii) the use and publication by Symphony Communication Services, LLC, its affiliates and any applicable media agency acting on Symphony’s behalf of (1) your name, statements & voice (if applicable), (2) a live stream of Symphony Innovate Europe 2020 and portions thereof, and (3) images, descriptions (whether verbal or written) and videos of any developments you create for purposes of participating in the event, in each case as such information or media is received or recorded by Symphony at Symphony Innovate Europe 2020, for any purpose in which Symphony engages, including any promotion, advertisement or other conduct of trade.
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Join Craig Butterworth, Global Head of Account Management and Olivia Knocker, Head of EMEA Client Strategy as they take you through a virtual day using Symphony as their single workspace - from...
As the financial services industry adjusts to the day-to-day reality of working remotely and the novelty of commute free days wears off, we want to show how Symphony can mitigate some of the issues and stresses that complicate working from home.
However the current environment plays out remote working will be a far larger part of our future. Use this opportunity to adapt.
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Did you know you can start instant voice and video meetings in Symphony chat?
With Symphony Meetings, you can:
Features:
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Join us next Thursday, March 19 to learn how Symphony’s deep integration with PagerDuty provides real-time, interactive collaboration across the incident management lifecycle. From the moment an...
Mario Orphanou, Head of Integration Solutions at Symphony and Adam Del Gobbo, Solutions Consultant at PagerDuty will show how Symphony users can separate important signals from the “noise” of billions of events, while orchestrating the right actions in real-time.
We will cover:
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Join our webinar with Chris Rodriguez, Global Head of Workflow, and Olivia Knocker, Regional Head of Client Strategy of EMEA, as they discuss how operations teams within sell side and buy side firms...
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Symphony and Tencent recently announced their partnership, where Symphony connects two disjointed network communities together in a fully governed and compliant manner, thereby integrating the...
Join our webinar with Queenie Chan, Symphony General Manager of APAC, and Carl Burton, Regional Head of Workflow of APAC to hear how Symphony users can work with their clients who are connected via WeChat in real-time while leveraging and maintaining existing governance, compliance and surveillance tools and policies.
This webinar will cover:
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Thanks to those of you who joined us in London, Paris, and New York to compete in the Symphony Innovate 2019 Hackathons. Take a look at the winning developments!
Thanks to those of you who joined us in London, Paris, and New York to compete in the Symphony Innovate 2019 Hackathons. It was great to see so many teams build on their secure collaboration platforms to extend critical workflows beyond their company walls. Developers built scalable, innovative solutions in just 12 hours at our Symphony Hackathon to bring progress and efficiency to their firms. These developments broke down silos across firms, as well as internally across front, middle, and back offices.
Take a look at the winning developments today and keep an eye out for future hackathons!
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Learn about secure team collaboration and workflow automation in the new digital workplace. Join our webinar to hear about highlights from our customer conference, Symphony Innovate Asia 2019, and...
This 30 minute webinar will cover:
Pro Tip
Add context to replies by including the original message in your response.
Respond directly to a specific message to keep conversations in context, even in busy chat rooms. To send a direct reply, click on the … in the upper right-hand corner, then select Message Actions. Type your response and send.
The message you reply to will appear in italics above your response.
Pro Tip
Use keyword search in chat rooms and review results in context.
Click the Search icon at the top right of a chat room and type any keyword to search and view a list of all relevant hits. You can also add filters to narrow your search. Once you find the message, click Go here to view the original.
Pro Tip
Organize your follow-up actions, messages, and wall posts.
Bookmark a message by clicking on the … menu in the upper right corner, select Message Actions and Bookmark. Symphony will store it under the Bookmarks tab at the lower left of the platform.
Bookmarks are perfect for reminders, research or to-do lists. You can add notes, sort bookmarks, or search for content by keyword or tag. Remove any bookmark by clicking Unbookmark in the same menu.