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PSD2 and strategies for banks

Petri Syvänne, Head of Accenture Payment Services Nordic and Ilkka Ruotsila, Nordic Head of Accenture Strategy for Banking & Financial Services, speak about how banks should prepare for PSD2 and the strategies banks should adopt in dealing with the regulation.

03 February 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Goldman and IBM join Digital Asset Holdings funding round

Goldman Sachs and IBM have jumped aboard Digital Asset Holdings' recent investment round, taking the blockchain startup's haul to more than $60 million.

02 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Eurex Clearing wins US regulatory approval

Eurex Clearing, Europe’s leading clearing house and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a registered Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO).

02 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Indata launches compliance-as-a-service

INDATA, a leading industry provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms delivered via its iPM Epic platform, today announced that it has launched a Compliance-as-a-Service offering which includes a global shareholder disclosure service leveraging legal content from aosphere LLP, an affiliate of leading international legal practice, Allen & Overy LLP.

02 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Nikko Asset Management selects SmartStream OnDemand reconciliation package

SmartStream Technologies, the Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) specialist, today announced that Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko Asset Management) has implemented SmartStream’s TLM OnDemand as its cloud-based reconciliations solution.

02 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

GBST ready for Australian equities T+2

GBST Holdings Limited (ASX: GBT), “GBST” is the first provider of securities transaction software to confirm readiness for the impending T+2 settlement regime for the Australian equities market, attesting readiness on 18 December 2015. With a target date of 7 March 2016,

01 February 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Horizontal change in the payments industry

Paul Thomalla, SVP Global Corporate Relations & Development, ACI Worldwide, speaks about whether business or technology drivers are changing the payments landscape, and the role of regulation in disrupting the industry.

01 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

CDCC and NGX receive CCP recognition from Esma

TMX announced today that both NGX, a North American energy exchange and central clearing counterparty (CCP), and the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), Canada's national CCP for exchange-traded derivative products, certain over-the-counter (OTC) products and repos, have received third country CCP recognition from the European Securities and Markets Authorities (ESMA), effective immediately.

01 February 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

JPMorgan begins blockchain trial - FT

JPMorgan has begun a trial project to test the use of blockchain technology in its loan trading operations, according to a report in the Financial Times.

01 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

LCH.Clearnet receives recognition as a clearing house in Singapore by MAS

LCH.Clearnet Ltd (“LCH.Clearnet”), the global clearing house, today announced that it has been formally granted the status of Recognised Clearing House by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

01 February 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

RHB goes live with Fidessa across Asia

Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA) today announced that RHB Investment Bank (RHB), a premier Malaysian bank, has implemented Fidessa as its strategic trading platform across Asia.

01 February 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

‘From disruption to real world change’

Erica Åhman, Head of Nordics, SWIFT, speaks about the value of this year’s SWIFT Nordics Regional Conference in Oslo for the Norwegian and Nordic communities, and what important global payments topics will be discussed, alongside securities and an Innotribe session.

29 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Russian depositories and registrars test automated corporate actions

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, together with other depositories and registrars, have conducted a test of the full information and files exchange during a shareholder-requested purchase (buyout) of company shares (BIDS) using EDI and electronic communications channels.

29 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Commcise opens NY office; hire Charie and Rogge

Commcise, the provider of award-winning Integrated Commission Management Solutions for investment management firms, today announced the opening of its office in New York and the addition of two new senior hires; Paul Charie, ex Fidessa, in London and Kyle Rogge, ex Alliance Bernstein, in the US.

28 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Nyse outlines actions to prepare market for volatile trading

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) global network of exchanges, today outlined actions it will prioritize to enhance U.S. equity market structure and strengthen the markets during times of extreme volatility.

28 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Nasdaq reports Q4 profits uplift

Nasdaq, Inc. ( NDAQ ) today reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015.

28 January 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Nasdaq to provide Smarts market surveillance technology to Nigerian Stock Exchange

Nasdaq (NDAQ) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (“The Exchange” or “NSE”) have announced that NSE, which services the largest economy in Africa, will acquire Nasdaq’s Smarts Market Surveillance platform to power their compliance program.

27 January 2016

More links between banks and start-ups to come

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Moelis Australia Securities selects Analec investment research and CRM platforms

ANALEC announced that Moelis Australia Securities has selected its investment research management platform – ResearchWise – along with its CRM for broker-dealers – ClientManager – to power its brokerage operations.

26 January 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

We should not dismiss bitcoin

Jan Skoyles, Co-founder and former CEO, The Real Asset Co, and Marketing, Coinsilium, speaks about the hype around blockchain, the role of bitcoin in inspiring exploration into alternative approaches to the monetary system, and the support blockchain companies can receive.

25 January 2016