Formicary Strengthens Group Chat Presence by Joining Financial Services Instant Messaging Association (FIMA)

 

London, 7 July 2010 - Formicary, an information technology company specialising in integrated solutions for the financial services industry, has become an affiliate vendor member of the Financial Services Instant Messaging Association (FIMA), an organisation dedicated to understanding and promoting the Instant Messaging (IM) requirements of the financial services industry.  Joining FIMA not only re-enforces Formicary’s standing as an IM Group Chat authority, but demonstrates the company’s commitment to the industry. 

FIMA’s membership includes all of the world’s largest global financial institutions as well as a cross section of firms who are active in the Instant Messaging Space.  As an affiliated vendor member, Formicary will be able to share experiences and best practices with its IM peers as well as work more closely with financial services organisations to ensure that its solutions continue to develop to meet the evolving needs of their businesses.

Commenting on joining FIMA, Howard Travers, director, Formicary, says, “By its very nature, Group Chat is all about knowledge sharing and collaboration. Joining FIMA will bring Formicary even closer to the people at the forefront of Group Chat use within the financial services industry, enhancing how all parties work together to improve Chat uptake and ensure it continues to make a positive impact on their businesses.”

 

 

 

About Formicary Ltd

Formicary is an information technology company that specialises in building integrated applications/solutions to maximise business efficiency and streamline business processes for the Financial Services industry. Founded in 2000, Formicary brings together a world class team of talented and dedicated professionals with industry experience covering Unified Communications (particularly Persistent Group Chat), business integration, trading and risk systems integration and Cross Asset Trading applications. This knowledge, coupled with technical excellence ranging from legacy client/server to cut¬ting edge technologies, enables Formicary to offer innovative and sophisticated services and software to help clients improve their productivity and increase their return on investment. Formicary has offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

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