Soramitsu Announces "Iroha," A Proposal To The Linux Foundation's...
Makoto Takemiya and Ryu Okada; hereafter, "Soramitsu") has announced today the open sourcing and proposal of a distributed ledger technology (blockchain) platform called "Iroha" to the Hyperledger...
View ArticleVienna Stock Exchange Strongly Positioned As Trading System Service Provider...
As trading system service provider for five stock exchanges in the region, the Vienna Stock Exchange has been hosting its yearly partner exchange conference “PeXcon” in Vienna. 22 stock exchange...
View ArticleBoat Adds Innovative Insurance Offering To Increasing Portfolio Of Services
Boat Services Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of leading exchange and clearing technology supplier Cinnober, has signed an agreement with Lloyd’s of London and ten managing agents to provide access to...
View ArticleKuflink Integrates Contegoâs Multi-Source Identity Verification And...
Contego, the multi-source identity verification and risk-scoring platform, today has been appointed by Kuflink, the peer-to-peer lending platform, where loans are secured against UK based property, to...
View ArticleSWIFT Expands FX Portfolio With New Business Insights Information Service -...
SWIFT announces today that HSBC is the first customer to use its new FX Business Insights information service. The new FX service from SWIFT allows its customers to continuously measure their FX...
View ArticleUBS MTF Market Notice: Symbology Issue- Resolved
Further to notice N14, the reference data issue previously reported has now been resolved.read more...
View Article27Sep/Challenges of low commodity prices for Africa
The impressive growth of many African economies during the past decade was highly dependent on booming commodity markets and strong capital inflows, often related to commodities. With commodity prices...
View Article27Sep/Financial inclusion: guidance on the regulation and supervision of...
The Guidance published today identifies 19 of the total 29 Basel Core Principles where additional guidance is needed in the application of the Core Principles to the supervision of financial...
View ArticleLuxembourg Makes Bold Move Ahead Of COP22 - Llaunches First Green Exchange In...
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) becomes the first stock exchange globally to introduce a platform for green financial instruments. Branded Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX), it goes live today....
View Article27Sep/Guidance on the application of the Core Principles for Effective...
This document reflects comments received during a consultation period and builds on past work by the Committee to elaborate additional guidance in the application of the Committee's Core principles for...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Global Market Collaborates with Jordan Securities Commission
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) signed an agreement (MoU) on 26 September 2016 to enhance regulatory...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates Shows Stellar Growth In RMB Adoption - Special Edition...
Data from SWIFT’s latest RMB Tracker shows exceptional growth in RMB adoption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) witnessing a 210.8% growth in payments value of the currency since August 2014, albeit...
View ArticleDubai Financial Services Authority Strengthens Regional Regulatory Co-operation
The MoU was signed on behalf of the DFSA by Chief Executive, Mr Ian Johnston, and on behalf of the JSC by Commissioner Mr Mazen Wathaifi, at the DFSA offices in Dubai. The JSC was established as an...
View ArticleITG Announces Key Hires in Foreign Exchange and Analytics
NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced the hiring of Ruben Costa-Santos as Director and Head of FX...
View ArticleBulgarian Stock Exchange-Sofia: The First Bulgarian ETF Debuts The Stock...
Today, 27 September 2016, the first Bulgarian Exchange Traded Fund was listed on BSE. Expat Bulgaria SOFIX UCIT ETF was created by the local fund manager Expat Asset Management. The ETF was admitted to...
View ArticleUK's Financial Conduct Authority: Alex Hope Sentenced For Failing To Pay...
Alex Hope was today sentenced to 603 days’ imprisonment for failing to pay the full value of a confiscation order made against him.read more...
View ArticleCSDs Sign Letter Of Intent To Collaborate On Initiatives Using Distributed...
The Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) Strate, South Africa and NSD, Russia have signed a Letter of Intent at the Sibos event in Geneva in September 2016.read more...
View ArticleThomson Reuters And Clifford Chance Team Up To Deliver OTC Derivatives...
Thomson Reuters and Clifford Chance have joined forces to help global financial institutions tackle in a timely, efficient and more cost-effective manner their most pressing regulatory obligations...
View ArticleCHAPS Co Welcomes New Independent Directors - Noel Harwerth And Marcus...
CHAPS Co, the UK’s same day high-value payment system, which is used predominantly for international and wholesale payments, as well as critical retail, commercial and corporate payments processing...
View ArticleThinkMarkets Deploys GBG For Automatic Client On-Boarding
Leading multi-asset trading platform, ThinkMarkets, has implemented GBG’s online verification solution to enhance its account opening and anti-money laundering screening capabilities. The move will...
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