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JP Morgan has announced changes to its senior management designed to cater for the growing number of trading counterparties using algorithms and electronic platforms.
11 May 2018
Capital markets software house Cinnober is running tests on the Lightning Network to determine its potential for scaling up cryptocurrency transactions across the bitcoin blockchain.
02 May 2018
Finastra has made its blockchain-based Fusion LenderComm tool for firms operating in the syndicated lending market commercially available as an app on R3's Corda platform.
24 April 2018
Approximately one-in-five financial institutions surveyed by Thomson Reuters are considering introducing crypto trading desks within the next twelve months.
JPMorgan and National Bank of Canada (NBC) have carried out a debt issuance simulation using a new blockchain platform.
20 April 2018
Irish software house ION has entered the bidding for Fidessa, offering a cash deal of £38.07 per share in the capital markets tech firm.
Sowa Labs, a subsidiary of German retail investment exchange Boerse Stuttgart, has developed a prototype app that promises uncomplicated and secure trading in cryptocurrencies.
13 April 2018
Financial communication platform Symphony has secured $67 million in new funding from a group of global investors as it bids to break into new market segments including insurance, legal, healthcare services and government.
11 April 2018
The UK Takeover Panel has given Ion Investment Group and SS&C Technologies 10 days to put in a firm offer for Fidessa.
10 April 2018
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned regulated banks and its account holders from dealing in cryptocurrencies.
06 April 2018
The last minute entrants into the bidding war for UK technology provider Fidessa have been named as financial technology firm Ion Investment Group and the US financial services group SS&C Technologies.
05 April 2018
Trading technology supplier Fidessa has postponed a shareholder vote on whether to accept a £1.4 billion takeover offer from Temenos because two more potential bidders have indicated that they may enter the fray.
03 April 2018
CME Group has reached agreement on a £3.9 billion take over of the UK's NEX Group, in a deal that promises to transform the world's currency and sovereign debt markets.
29 March 2018
Deutsche Börse is to work with liquidity and collateral management outfit HQLAx and blockchain consortium R3 to create a front-to-back operating model for securities lending.
26 March 2018
UK fintech startup Nivaura has tapped Microsoft's cloud technology to launch what it claims is the world's first blockchain-based investment product.
Canadian exchange operator TMX Group is setting up a subsidiary that will run a cryptocurrency brokerage service focused on Bitcoin and Ether.
23 March 2018
Social trading network eToro is set to double down on its work in blockchain-based technologies after raising $100 million in a Series E financing round led China Minsheng Financial.
21 March 2018
Icap financial technology spin off NEX Group has confirmed a preliminary takeover approach by Chicago futures exchange CME.
16 March 2018
JPMorgan has taken a stake in UK-based data visualisation outfit Mosaic Smart Data, a graduate of the bank's 'In-Residence' startup programme.
14 March 2018
Smartkarma has signed its first exchange client, Singapore Exchange, for a pilot programme to bring listed companies, analysts and investors on to a single broker-independent research platform.
12 March 2018
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