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EBA Clearing’s RT1 reaches critical mass in Belgian for instant payments
09 February 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The pan-European instant payment infrastructure system now counts six participants based in Belgium: Aion SA, BNP Paribas Fortis, Belfius, CBC Banque, ING Belgium and KBC Bank

BNP Paribas securities services revenues increase on quarterly basis
05 February 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas reported its securities services revenues came in at €2.2 billion for Q4 2020, an increase of the €544 million total in the bank’s Q3 financial results

BNP Paribas collaborates with fintech for new blockchain powered solution
05 February 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new solution is set to enhance trade lifecycle management capabilities for exchange-traded derivatives

Cooper Wood & Associates continues team expansion
01 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

With more than 35 years of experience, Nick Emmins joins after working for a combination of insurance companies, asset managers, asset servicing firms and an international fund platform

Industry veteran Lawrence Au joins The Securities Services Advisory Group
21 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Lawrence Au is an independent consultant based and offers consulting services on securities services, custody, fund administration, pension funds and fiduciary services

BNP Paribas extends its initial margin services to Asia Pacific
13 January 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services is set to expand its collateral management range of services in APAC to assist firms in the region manage initial margin requirements arising from non-cleared over-the-counter derivatives positions

HQLA^x secures €14.4m from global banks
12 January 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HQLA^x has attracted new investment for its DLT-powered securities finance platform, from BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Citigroup

Exclusive: Glen Townsend joins Cooper Wood & Associates
11 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Commenting on the new recruit, Wood says Glen Townsend’s experience will “complement the depth and breadth of services that we offer”

BNP Paribas becomes sub-custodian for Clearstream
10 December 2020 Australia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services has gained a new mandate from Clearstream as local sub-custodian in Australia and New Zealand

HKEX partners with DTCC in light of new settlement acceleration platform
30 November 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The partnership between HKEX and DTCC will see HKEX Synapse link to DTCC’s institutional trade processing services

BNP Paribas partners with CLSA to ease access to China’s equity capital markets
23 November 2020 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services has partnered with CLSA as the latest partner broker for its multi approved partner (MAP) broker model for the China-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme

Curv partners with Solaris Digital Assets
18 November 2020 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Curv has partnered with Solaris Digital Assets to extend its reach into Europe following the onboarding of several BaFin-regulated custodians earlier this year