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Swiss core banking provider Temenos is in advanced discussions regarding a possible all-cash £1.4 billion takeover of trading systems technology vendor Fidessa
20 February 2018
Deutsche Bourse is inviting entry's for a coding competition to create new business applications for crypto assets, reflecting the increasing interest in virtual currency markets by established financial firms
Citi has joined Credit Agricole in taking a minority stake in post-trade blockchain platform SETL.
19 February 2018
The 240-member strong UK Investment Association is to launch a fintech accelerator to host startups with 'market-viable' technology tailored to the needs of the asset management industry.
The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has unveiled plans for a blockchain-based clearing and settlement platform.
14 February 2018
International depository Clearstream is collaborating with the University of Luxembourg to investigate the use of artificial intelligence in determining user expectations and functional specifications for new IT systems.
02 February 2018
Thomson Reuters has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority 55% stake in its financial and risk division to private equity funds managed by Blackstone.
31 January 2018
Thomson Reuters is in advanced talks with US private equity outfit Blackstone over the acquisition of a majority stake in its financial and risk business.
30 January 2018
Banking cooperative Swift has signed an MoU with seven central securities depositaries (CSDs) to explore how distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used to improve post-trade processes such as corporate actions, proxy voting and trade processing.
16 January 2018
The largest commercial bank in Russia, Alfa Bank, is developing a new digital cash service where all transactions will be transmitted and cleared via the blockchain.
15 January 2018
As new technologies such as AI and DLT transform the capital markets landscape, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has called on regulators to hold new fintech entrants to the same standards as established players.
11 January 2018
The board of UK-based banking and compliance software firm Lombard Risk has accepted a cash for shares offer from Dutch software firm Vermeg.
SETL, a blockchain-based settlement system for the investment funds industry, has gone live with its pan-European funds record keeping platform IZNES having successfully processed its first transactions.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has delayed the introduction of new rules on dark pool trading, a key part of its MiFID II initiative.
10 January 2018
MiFID II,the biggest shake-up in financial regulation for a decade may have arrived, but for asset managers and brokers across Europe the work continues as the complexity and costs of full compliance begin to emerge.
03 January 2018
As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2017, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2018.
22 December 2017
The research and innovation centre of the Italian Bankers Association, ABI Lab, is building a blockchain proof-of-concept to handle straight-through processing of interbank reconciliations over the R3 Corda platform.
19 December 2017
As MiFID II looms into view, Swiss bank UBS is leading a pilot that will use Ethereum smart contracts to improve the quality of counterparty reference data through anonymous reconciliation.
15 December 2017
US Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation CEO Mike Bodson has poured cold water on some of the wilder hopes of distributed ledger technology cheerleaders, arguing that while DLT might represent the future, it is far from ready for primetime.
13 December 2017
The French Government has cleared the way for the use of blockchain technology in the trading of unlisted securities, as it rewrites is rules to stimulate the innovation economy.
11 December 2017
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