Markets - Announcements, News, Articles & Research: Finextra

R3 connects to Solana

R3 and Solana Foundation today announce a strategic collaboration to bring regulated financial institutions and their real-world assets onto Solana.

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Clearstream integrates with SimCorp

SimCorp, a global leader in financial technology, and Clearstream, the innovative and trusted post-trade business for the global markets, have launched a strategic partnership to incorporate Clearstream’s post-trade offering in SimCorp’s integrated, front-to-back investment platform SimCorp One.

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Philippine Stock Exchange adopts Nasdaq Eqlipse Trading

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) (PSE:PM) today announced a significant expansion of their technology partnership, which will see PSE upgrade its trading infrastructure to Nasdaq's most advanced platform, Nasdaq Eqlipse Trading.

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Bybit launches direct trading of stocks with USDT

In a landmark move bridging traditional and decentralized finance, Bybit, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched direct trading of top global stocks with USDT.

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UK startup CurveBlock approved to join Digital Securities Sandbox

CurveBlock, a UK-based proptech start-up pioneering carbon-zero housing and real estate tokenisation, has been officially approved to join the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) — a joint initiative from the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

20 May 2025

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Droit integrates LSEG's global shareholding disclosure data

Droit, a technology firm at the forefront of computational law and regulation, now supports LSEG’s Global Shareholding Disclosure Data in its Position Reporting product.

20 May 2025

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Dutch fintech GoDutch raises pre-seed funding round of €1.2m

Dutch fintech GoDutch, founded by serial entrepreneur Thomas Vles, has raised a pre-seed funding round of €1.2 million. Reputable founders of Dutch neobanks such as René Frijters and Mike de Boer (Knab) and Bart Wesselink (former COO and CFO of bunq) provided half of the investment. A group of early GoDutch users raised the other half of the money.

16 May 2025

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Etops acquires financial planning software provider Finanzportal24

With the acquisition of Finanzportal24, Etops strengthens its position in the market for digital wealth advisory and will offer financial service providers — including independent financial advisors, intermediaries, as well as banks and insurance companies — an even broader range of integrated client advisory solutions.

16 May 2025

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UK Government to pass legislation for private market platform Pisces

Capital markets are set to be boosted, as part of this government’s Plan for Change as we deliver legislation for PISCES, a new type of stock market which will give investors the chance to get in on the ground floor of some of the most exciting companies around, so supporting those businesses to grow.

15 May 2025

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Private markets startup iAlta goes live on $20 million funding round

iAltA Holdings (“iAltA”), a private markets infrastructure company, announces its launch with an initial funding of $20 million led by WestCap, a strategic operating and investing firm with over $6 billion in assets under management.

15 May 2025

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A2X signs up UBS South Africa as first international broker to trade

A2X Markets, the licensed stock exchange providing a secondary listing venue for companies, today announces that UBS South Africa aims to commence trading on its platform in the second quarter of 2025, thus becoming the first international broker authorised to trade on the platform.

15 May 2025

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Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange launches new trading platform with CMA-developed CSD

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) has officially launched its next-generation trading platform, marking a major milestone in the modernization of Vietnam’s capital market infrastructure.

15 May 2025

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