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CLS, IBM and nine banks to build blockchain marketplace

Foreign exchange settlement house CLS is collaborating with nine banks and IBM to build a shared marketplace platform - or app-store - for multiple blockchain applications.

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Reuters brand consigned to the history books as business redefined as Refinitiv

Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk business is to operate under a new name, Refinitiv, ending a 160-year association with the Reuters brand following the closure of a majority stake sale to Blackstone.

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Nasdaq's transition to a tech stock comes into focus

Reporting a bump in second quarter net income, exchange operator Nasdaq has reiterated its repositioning as a capital markets technology and analytics provider.

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BofE confirms revamped RTGS will be able to interface with distributed ledgers

The Bank of England has confirmed that the rebuild of its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) platform will be able to interface with systems running distributed ledgers following proof-of-concept trials with four fintech firms.

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Capital markets firms to ramp up spending on cloud technologies

Capital markets firms plan to accelerate their investment in public cloud technologies, with spending on off-premise computing set to consume 47% of IT budgets by 2019, up from 30% last year.

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State Street to acquire Charles River Development

State Street is to acquire Charles River Development in an all cash transaction valued at $2.6 billion.

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Euroclear takes stake in Algomi

Euroclear has made an undisclosed investment in fixed income liquidity matching firm Algomi.

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DTCC makes Brexit break to Ireland

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has joined the rash of firms opening new offices in Europe to avoid the fall out from Britain's upcoming exit from the European Union.

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Citi to streamline corporate receivables with HighRadius

Citi is to use machine-learning tools from HighRadius to provide corporate clients with a more streamlined way to match payments received with expected receipts.

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Cinnober and BitGo partner on cryptocurrency exchange tech

Capital markets software house Cinnober is teaming up with virtual currency processor and security specialist BitGo to hawk their technology to cryptocurrency exchanges.

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TP-Icap fires boss Phizackerley as Brexit costs mount

Broker TP-Icap has fired boss John Phizackerley as it braces for a hit to profits from Brexit-related costs.

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SIX to build digital asset trading, settlement and custody service

In a world first, Switzerland's stock exchange plans to build a fully integrated, DLT-based end-to-end trading, settlement and custody service for digital assets.

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Citi launches digital proxy voting platform

Citi has teamed up with Computershare to launch an end-to-end digital proxy voting platform connecting issuers and investors for shareholder meetings.

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London Stock Exchange acquires stake in AcadiaSoft

The London Stock Exchange has acquired a 16% stake in AcadiaSoft in a bid to further streamline margin calculations and processing in the non-cleared derivatives market.

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Deutsche Bank shifts reconciliations burden to SmartStream utility

Deutsche Bank has moved its reconciliation operations offsite to a managed utility provided by SmartStream as part of an initiative to simplify its IT operations.

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Competition watchdog probes Ion takeover of Fidessa

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Ion Investment Group's proposed £1.5 billion takeover of trading technology firm Fidessa.

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Live: EBAday2018, day two

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

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10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

US bank Citi has warned that it could shed half of its 20,000 tech and ops staff in the next five years due to the rise of robotics and automation.

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Live: EBAday2018, day one

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

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Northern Trust applies for blockchain patents

Northern Trust, one of the few financial firms in the world to have a implemented a live distributed ledger application, has applied for two new blockchain-related patents in digital identity and meeting management.