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Posts Tagged ‘Compass’
API, Proxy, and Hybrid. Navigating the conversation.
When it comes to social media compliance there has been a lot of debate over what technology is best for firms. You will hear terms like “API”, “Proxy,” and “Hybrid”. Instead of focusing on how specific technologies work, let’s talk about what’s required to be compliant.
SEC Swept Up by Social Media (PART 2)
For Part 2 of our discussion on the SEC social media sweeps letter I’d like to address the following questions that I suspect many of you are asking:
Socialware and LinkedIn to tackle Financial Services
Today Socialware and LinkedIn announced a new relationship to unlock social media for financial services organizations.
Joining the excitement of Socialware
I thought I had an idea of how exciting things were at Socialware prior to joining, but I honestly underestimated things. The daily focus on innovation, customer success and true (not just surface level) understanding of the challenges and opportunities for social networking in financial services organizations has inspired me
Socialware secures $3mm in additional funding
As you’ve probably read 2010 was an exciting year and 2011 is already off to a great start. Today we announced that Socialware has raised an additional $3mm in funding from existing investors, including FLOODGATE, G-51 Capital and Silverton Partners. This funding will allow us to address the increasing demand in this industry, extend our [...]
IIROC Publishes Social Media Notice
This week started off with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) releasing updated guidelines for the review, supervision and retention of advertisements, sales literature and correspondence.
New York Life “gets” social with Socialware
Today Baseline Magazine released an article on the efforts of New York Life to move from prohibition to participation in the world of social media. Recently recognized by FORTUNE as one of the world’s most admired companies in 2010, New York Life is now directing their innovation towards the social frontier.
Are your employees farming at work?
You can have the clearest social media policy for the enterprise, implement and train on it, but if it’s not automated, employees will flat out ignore it.
Accelerate the creation of your social media policy
Adopting social media can be a daunting task for any business. If you are in a regulated industry the social media mountain is seemingly insurmountable. Many firms get stuck right out of the gates trying to answer the question of “what should our policy be?”
Ignoring social networks won’t work
As all types of businesses evolve on the social web one thing is true, everything has changed. IT is no longer in control, decisions are made on a department-by-department basis. In the world of financial services this can also mean individual advisors are making their own decisions, regardless of corporate policy.
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