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BNY Mellon tackles settlement failures with Google Cloud

16 February 2021 US
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The bank says the Google Cloud-powered tools could help clients forecast 40 per cent of daily settlement failures in the US treasury market which sees roughly 2 per cent of trades fail per day

BNY Mellon creates digital assets unit

12 February 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The unit will help clients address growing and evolving needs related to the growth of digital assets including cryptocurrencies, says the bank

GLEIF lays out digital LEI specs

11 February 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Financial Stability Board-backed foundation has released the technology underpinning its new blockchain-friendly verifiable legal entity identifier

Northern Trust makes investment in Equity Data Science

10 February 2021 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

In return for its investment, Northern Trust will integrate EDS’s decision support tools into its technology platforms to provide specialised and innovative solutions to institutional investors

DNB to leverage Trading Apps securities finance solution

09 February 2021 Norwary
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Norway’s largest financial services group DNB has signed on to use Trading Apps' full front-end software to enhance its securities finance capabilities

IHS Markit enhances exchange traded collateral lists

02 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

IHS Markit has enhanced its ETF collateral lists to accelerate counterparty borrowing with the help of Barclays, BlackRock, BNY Mellon, Citi, Credit Suisse, HSBC, J.P. Morgan and State Street

Delta Capita deploy Luminance’s AI platform

29 January 2021 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Delta Capita is using Luminance’s artificial intelligence technology to assist with LIBOR transition reviews

GLEIF enhances LEI search engine

20 January 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“The value delivered by the LEI search engine is growing as the use of the LEI system expands around the world,” says CEO GLEIF Stephan Wolf

AcadiaSoft partners with KIS Pricing for APAC expansion

19 January 2021 South Korea
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The partnership will give KIS Pricing clients access to AcadiaSoft’s Initial Margin Exposure Manager and will also enhance AcadiaSoft’s presence in the South Korean market

Clearstream and FundsDLT complete first blockchain fund transaction

19 January 2021 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Zürcher Kantonalbank was the first to leverage the joint FundsDLT-Clearstream solution, with an end investor placing a fund transaction request via a mobile app directly on the private blockchain

J.P. Morgan executes intraday repo transaction using blockchain

11 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

By deploying blockchain, J.P. Morgan “creates new opportunities” to streamline operational processes and accelerate settlement for repo, says Scott Lucas, head of markets

DTCC to create “the most comprehensive pre-and-post-trade reporting solution”

10 December 2020 US
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has acquired Publicis Sapient’s Compliance Management Reporting System and will integrate it with its own reporting hub to enable firms to better manage pre-and-post reporting processes

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