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SETL to open source PORTL framework to speed up adoption of blockchain and DLT solutions
27 October UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SETL, a London-based blockchain fintech, has launched the platform PORTL in an effort to speed up adoption of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions

Citi launches new digital liquidity solution
26 October 2021 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Citi has launched On-Demand Sweeps (ODS) in China, a new digital liquidity solution for corporate clients to self-service real-time sweeps and manage working capital more efficiently

AFME: CSDR mandatory buy-in rules are “fundamentally flawed”
21 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) rulings, relating to mandatory buy-ins, are “fundamentally flawed”, according to James Cunningham, head of European regulatory and market initiatives at BNY Mellon

SBI Securities centralises settlement operations with Broadridge
20 October 2021 Japan
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

SBI Securities has extended its partnership with Broadridge Financial Solutions by migrating the post-trade operations of its Hong Kong and Singapore businesses to Broadridge’s cloud-based ASP service in Asia

HKEX launches new corporate actions service
18 October 2021 Hong Kong
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The new service provides an additional channel for market participants to receive information on corporate actions in the form of ISO 20022 messages via SWIFT

Sibos: There is no master plan for broader securities interaction
14 October 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“The requirements around the SRD was a recent example of where ISO 20022 was used and this generated incredible learning opportunities. But unfortunately, there is no master plan for broader securities interactions,” says Vicky Kyproglou

BNY Mellon partners with Microsoft for payments
12 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

BNY Mellon has partnered with Microsoft to migrate infrastructure supporting wire payments into Microsoft Azure

DTCC’s CTM now used by more than 1,800 firms
12 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s central trade manager (CTM) service for US domestic trade matching has grown to more than 1,800 firms, with organisations further consolidating global post-trade flows on a single platform

EBA Clearing, SWIFT and TCH join forces to enhance cross-border payments
11 October 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EBA Clearing, SWIFT and TCH have completed a proof of concept as part of a new initiative to make cross-border payments as seamless as the fastest domestic payment options

Industry lacks confidence in its payments products and services, finds Volante survey
06 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Between 32 per cent and 36 per cent of banks and services providers feel their organisation is, at best, only delivering the minimum expected standard of payments products and services, according to global cloud payments provider Volante

Naren Patel moves to Proxymity
13 September 2021 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Prior to Proxymity, Patel was director of business development and strategy at InvestCloud (formerly Fiserv Investment Services and Tegra118)

CloudMargin readies its clients for UMR Phases 5 and 6
10 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

CloudMargin is assisting clients whose firms have just fallen under the scope of Uncleared Margin Rules Phase 5