Latest Foreign exchange News: Finextra Research

Finablr owners set for merger with Bahrain payments firm

A UAE-Israeli consortium is in talks with Bahrain outfit BFC Group Holdings about a merger that would create a remittances and currency player with more than 24 million customers.

24 February 2021

News/crypto

China and UAE central banks explore CBDC for cross-border payments

The central banks of China and the United Arab Emirates are joining their counterparts in Thailand and Hong Kong on a CBDC project investigating cross-border foreign currency payments.

23 February 2021

News/payments

TransferWise enlists Goldman and Morgan Stanley for IPO - Sky News

Online money transfer unicorn TransferWise has appointed Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to co-ordinate a planned initial public offering in London later this year, according to Sky News.

21 January 2021

News/wholesale

Standard Chartered goes live on Cobalt

Standard Chartered has gone live on Cobalt’s foreign exchange market infrastructure platform for its prime brokerage and executing broking business.

07 January 2021

News/markets

Trading analytics startup Tradefeedr raises $3 million

IPGL, the private investment company run by Michael Spencer, founder and former CEO of Icap and NEX, has become a cornerstone investor in trade anlytics startup tradefeedr.

21 December 2020

News/people

TransferWise to make 750 hires

Online money transfer firm TransferWise plans to add 750 jobs over the next six months, equivalent to more than a third of its current workforce.

09 December 2020

News/payments

PagoFX launches international money transfer service for UK SMEs

PagoFX, the international money transfer app from Santander, has launched a service for small businesses in the UK.

01 December 2020

News/payments

ClearBank dances on the cloud’s silver lining thanks to Covid-19

For the latest feather in its cap, the cloud-based ClearBank became the first clearing bank to offer multi-currency bank accounts via API. Partnering with JP Morgan, ClearBank will offer clients the ability to move funds between accounts through an API-based connection to JPMorgan, but this is just one step in what promises to be a period of strong growth for the firm.

22 September 2020

News/payments

UAE card issuer and processor NymCard secures regulatory pre-approval

Abu Dhabi-based fintech NymCard has received in-principle approval (IPA) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FRSA) to hold and transfer money, issue payment instruments with stored value and carry out currency exchange.

17 August 2020

News/markets

ION offers to sell Broadway fixed income biz to clear competition concerns

ION Group has agreed to offload Broadway Technology's fixed income business in order to appease the UK's competition watchdog and secure the acquisition of the rest of the company.

10 August 2020

News/payments

Airwallex adds Deutsche Bank for cross-border collection and API-enabled FX services

Fintech unicorn Airwallex has turned to Deutsche Bank to help it provide virtual account collections and API-enabled foreign exchange services in in Japan and Hong Kong, respectively.

28 July 2020

News/markets

Standard Chartered invests in post-trade FX platform Cobalt

Standard Chartered has invested in foreign exchange (FX) post-trade infrastructure provider Cobalt, joining Citi as the second client-side backer of the blockchain-based network.

23 July 2020

News/Foreign exchange

SGX to acquire BidFX

Singapore Exchange is to enter the over-the-counter FX market after acquiring the remaining 80% stake in BidFX from its other shareholders for a cash consideration of approximately $128 million.

29 June 2020

News/retail

Built for Mars’ Peter Ramsay: HSBC needs Tom Blomfield-like figure to truly transform UX

Built for Mars’ Peter Ramsay has released the fourth instalment of the now sought-after ‘UX for banking’ series where he reviews 12 UK-based banks and reveals whether the experience of opening an account, making a payment or freezing a card is slicker and quicker when banking with the digital challengers.

11 June 2020

News/markets

Citi and HSBC join $10.5 million round in FX marketplace Spark

Citi and HSBC have joined a $10.5 million funding round in Singapore-based low latency foreign exchange trading technology venture Spark Systems.

15 May 2020

News/Foreign exchange

FCA reports a drop in suspicious transactions

The number of suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs) recorded by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reduced for the first time since records began in 2016

28 February 2020

News/payments

Foreign Currency Direct buys Earthport's corporate FX biz

Foreign Currency Direct has bought the corporate FX unit of Earthport, the cross-border payments firm acquired by Visa last year. Financial terms were not disclosed.

04 February 2020

News/markets

Deutsche Bourse and Euronext eyed as potential Currenex suitors

State Street may be looking for a buyer for its multi-bank FX platform Currenex, with Deutsche Bourse and Euronext both in the frame as potential suitors.

20 January 2020

News/Foreign exchange

Citi partners with WorldLink to enhance supply chain offering

Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) has strengthened supplier finance offerings in partnership with the bank's internal platform WorldLink, allowing clients to transact and settle across multiple major currencies in the US with plans to expand globally.

21 October 2019

News/Foreign exchange

Where do incumbents look for game-changing innovation?

How can the established players in financial services deliver meaningful game-changing innovation? What are the challenges in building this from scratch and does the key lie in partnerships with fintechs and start-ups?

14 October 2019