R3 and European banks complete euro commercial paper transaction
Second attempt with Commerzbank, ING, Natixis and Rabobank.
Trading Technology
Calastone to launch blockchain-powered funds marketplace
Coming in May 2019 via its new distributed market infrastructure.
Cloud adoption: the key to agile change
What does agility actually mean in practice for the post-trade market?
UK watchdog investigating Nasdaq’s $190m bid for Cinnober
Competition and Markets Authority checking things out.
Nordea and Finnish friends to digitalise share trading on blockchain
Joined by Asiakastieto, OP, Privanet and Tieto for a feisty fintech force.
Xena the warrior for crypto trading with $3m funding
Series A round of financing led by Klever Internet Investments.
Capital markets software firm Genesis makes $3m funding revelation
Then fintech said: “Let there be light funding”; and there was light funding.
Singapore Exchange and regulator in cross-DLT settlement breakthrough
They have developed delivery versus payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets.
JP Morgan finds nice match in fintech Wematch
Trading tech firm Wematch will join in-residence programme.
First blockchain securities exchange to launch in Mauritius
Mindex, GMEX Group and HYBSE team up for new platform.
Fintech Sharegain raises $5m and rolls out securities lending platform
It has raised a total of $12m so far.
Laureate turns to AlphaPoint for blockchain-based asset management tech
Laureate’s asset digitisation, investor portal, and secondary trading will rely on AlphaPoint’s technology.
#IGForexChat 3: What does the next year hold for emerging market currencies?
FX trading provider IG is taking a look at what the next 12 months could hold for currency pairs.
DBS Bank and Agrocorp to launch a supply chain blockchain platform
From Australian farmers, to Singapore and beyond.
Demand Derivatives teams up with GMEX for new exchange and clearing house
GMEX also takes minority stake in Demand Derivatives.
Fidelity launches Fidelity Digital Assets for crypto tech
Bringing blockchain and crypto to institutional investors.
Clearmatics raises $12m to build new financial market infrastructure
Building P2P networks for trade finance.
HKEX takes no risks with Nasdaq tech
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing rolls out risk solution.
TradeIt and TradingView go for big brokers
Retail investors and traders will be able to buy and sell with some of the biggest brokers.
Cinnober to be taken over by Nasdaq for $190m
Nasdaq has made a $190 million all cash offer for Swedish trading tech firm Cinnober.
Goldman Sachs hasn’t dropped crypto trading desk plans
Well… this story has been updated.
ASX blockchain system go-live delayed
Australian Stock Exchange’s system was meant to go live at end of March 2018.
Trading platform Infinox unveils free sentiment analysis tool
“Sentiment is more than just a mirror on the market.”
Barclays seeks to boost e-trading innovation
Newly-created role will also look at AI and ML for improvements.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange links up with London and BSO
Israeli trading expands with better network.
Citi invests in e-trader TransFICC to make innovation click
TransFICC has also joined Citi’s Innovation Lab in London.
TradeIt teams with IBM Cloud for Financial Services
Will help developers add universal brokerage functionality to financial apps, platforms, and websites.
Blockchain Board of Derivatives trading platform goes live
The “world’s first hybrid cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform”.
Euronext moves cash markets to its Optiq platform
It wants Optiq to pump up performance.
Barclays and JP Morgan lead $14m funding in Cloud9
Cloud9 will speed up roll-out of its SaaS-based voice communications platform.
AlphaPoint’s blockchain fuels crypto exchange DCEX
DCEX is using Ripple’s digital currency, XRP, as its base currency.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank goes live with DTCC’s Alert
Becomes the first Japanese global custodian on the database.
Italian robo-trading firm Fintech4i launches
4i – international, independent, institutional, investor-oriented.
Euroclear takes stake in fixed income tech provider Algomi
Algomi focuses on banks, institutional investors, inter-dealer brokers and exchanges.
Santander sets up digital investment unit for blockchain
Led by the director of the bank’s blockchain lab.
ITI Capital coming in hot with Torstone’s post-trade processing tech
Applied to institutional investors, for the time being.
SIX to use Nasdaq’s clearing and risk management tech
Across pan-European equities and Nordic derivatives.
Share-buying Dabbl app overfunded in first Seedrs campaign
Designed as a low-barrier entry for the public.
Swiss stock exchange to build digital asset trading service
SIX Digital Exchange will offer trading, settlement and custody infrastructure.
First trades go live on we.trade blockchain platform
Ten companies traded via four banks.
