https://www.finextra.com/ The Latest Financial IT Trade execution Headlines Copyright 2026 Finextra Research Ltd en-GB contact@finextra.com (Finextra Contact) https://www.finextra.com https://www.finextra.com/finextra-images/site/finextra.png https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48290/india-set-to-tokenise-corporate-bond-market---reuters?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48290/india-set-to-tokenise-corporate-bond-market---reuters?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:32:00 GMT India's corporate bond market is set to undergo its first use of tokenisation in a move that could enable instant settlement of transactions. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48172/ice-agrees-57-billion-marketaxess-acquisition?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48172/ice-agrees-57-billion-marketaxess-acquisition?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT Nyse owner Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has agreed a $5.7 billion deal to buy fixed income electronic trading platform MarketAxess. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48019/credit-agricole-launches-euro-stablecoin?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48019/credit-agricole-launches-euro-stablecoin?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:30:00 GMT French bank Credit Agricole has launched a euro-denominated stablecoin and subscribed to a tokenised Amundi money market fund (MMF), in what the bank has described as a European first. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48007/eib-issues-dlt-native-commercial-paper-on-clearstream-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48007/eib-issues-dlt-native-commercial-paper-on-clearstream-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:01:00 GMT The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued the first distributed ledger technology-native commercial paper on Clearstream’s D7 platform. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48006/lse-warns-of-listed-companies-moving-to-us?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48006/lse-warns-of-listed-companies-moving-to-us?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:52:00 GMT Up to 200 companies could move their listings from the UK to the US, according to a 'worst case' scenario plan devised by the London Stock Exchange (LSE). https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47817/robinhood-customers-can-now-let-ai-agents-make-trades-and-credit-card-purchases?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47817/robinhood-customers-can-now-let-ai-agents-make-trades-and-credit-card-purchases?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 27 May 2026 15:00:00 GMT Robinhood customers can now enable their AI agents to make payments and trade stocks on their behalf. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47816/sbi-group-invests-in-temple-digital?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47816/sbi-group-invests-in-temple-digital?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 27 May 2026 13:15:00 GMT Japanese financial behemoth SBI Holdings has led an investment round in Temple Digital Group, a New York-based outfit building trading infrastructure on the Canton Network blockchain. The size of the investment was not disclosed. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47726/twoway-raises-15m-pre-seed-brings-real-time-intelligence-to-fragmented-trading-desks?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47726/twoway-raises-15m-pre-seed-brings-real-time-intelligence-to-fragmented-trading-desks?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 12 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT Paris-based fintech TwoWay, led by industry leaders Chirine BenZaied-Bourgerie, David Boclé, and Guillaume Spay, aims to tackle the volume of unstructured broker communication that dominates front-office flows across institutional trading. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47660/247-trading-platform-liquid-closes-18m-seed-round?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47660/247-trading-platform-liquid-closes-18m-seed-round?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:01:00 GMT New York-based cross-asset 24/7 trading platform Liquid has raised $18 million in a seed funding round co-led by Neo and Left Lane Capital. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47472/nasdaq-gains-sec-approval-for-trading-tokenised-securities?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47472/nasdaq-gains-sec-approval-for-trading-tokenised-securities?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:14:00 GMT The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq’s proposal to trade certain stocks as tokens on Wednesday. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47265/broadridge-to-buy-cqg-to-boost-futures-and-options-trading-capabilities?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47265/broadridge-to-buy-cqg-to-boost-futures-and-options-trading-capabilities?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:25:00 GMT Broadridge Financial Solutions has agreed a deal to buy CQG, a provider of futures and options trading, execution management, and market connectivity. Financial terms were not disclosed. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/46995/deutsche-brse-bids-55bn-for-allfunds?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/46995/deutsche-brse-bids-55bn-for-allfunds?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:05:00 GMT German stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse has bid $5.5bn to acquire investment funds platform Allfunds in a move that could have ramifications for Europe's asset and wealth management market. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110262/swedens-vermiculus-makes-executive-appointments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110262/swedens-vermiculus-makes-executive-appointments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:43:00 GMT Vermiculus Financial Technology today announced that the company’s Board of Directors and CEO have appointed Chris Dorougidenis as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Henrik Rouet-Leduc as Deputy CEO. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110283/softsolutions-adds-ai-to-fixed-income-trading-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110283/softsolutions-adds-ai-to-fixed-income-trading-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:21:00 GMT AI is now integrated into nexRates. SoftSolutions today announced that its flagship fixed-income trading platform ships with production-ready AI capabilities, giving traders the agility to move at the speed of the market. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110297/flextrade-integrates-with-edx-markets-for-institutional-grade-crypto-trading?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110297/flextrade-integrates-with-edx-markets-for-institutional-grade-crypto-trading?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:31:00 GMT FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, and EDX Markets (EDX), a leading digital asset technology firm that combines an institutional-only trading venue with a central clearinghouse, today announced the integration of EDX into FlexTrade’s crypto and digital assets trading solution, FlexDigitalAssets. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110302/standard-chartered-and-lmax-execute-first-digital-asset-prime-broker-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110302/standard-chartered-and-lmax-execute-first-digital-asset-prime-broker-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:09:00 GMT Standard Chartered has executed the first digital asset prime brokerage trades with LMAX Group, marking a significant milestone in the development of institutional digital asset market infrastructure. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110308/ec-markets-installs-acuity-tradings-ai-driven-trading-tools?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110308/ec-markets-installs-acuity-tradings-ai-driven-trading-tools?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:20:00 GMT EC Markets traders will gain access to Acuity Trading’s full suite of AI-driven market, event and trade intelligence tools through EC Insights, bringing together sentiment analysis, economic data, macroeconomic context and AI-supported market commentary within the EC Markets trading environment. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110339/wbs-and-quai-digital-extend-fractional-dealing-partnership?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110339/wbs-and-quai-digital-extend-fractional-dealing-partnership?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:42:00 GMT WBS, a leading provider of dealing, custody, and technology solutions to the UK investment industry, today announces a five-year extension of its partnership with Quai Digital. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110482/ts-imagine-expands-integration-with-trumid-fixed-income-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110482/ts-imagine-expands-integration-with-trumid-fixed-income-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:30:00 GMT TS Imagine, a leading global cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, risk management and prime brokerage solutions, announced an expanded workflow integration with Trumid, a financial technology company and leading fixed income electronic trading platform. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110504/goldwise-taps-integral-for-247-institutional-precious-metals-trading?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110504/goldwise-taps-integral-for-247-institutional-precious-metals-trading?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:25:00 GMT Goldwise, the UK-based precious metals fintech, has partnered with Integral, a leading currency technology provider, to launch 24/7 institutional trading for physical gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110508/fca-and-bofe-appoint-members-to-transaction-and-post-trade-reporting-harmonisation-taskforce?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110508/fca-and-bofe-appoint-members-to-transaction-and-post-trade-reporting-harmonisation-taskforce?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:14:00 GMT The FCA and Bank of England (Bank) have appointed members to their Transaction and Post-trade Reporting Harmonisation Taskforce. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3193/tokenisation-use-cases-to-be-excited-about?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3193/tokenisation-use-cases-to-be-excited-about?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:20:00 GMT At Sibos 2024, Angie Walker, Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs, explored the topics of blockchain and tokenisation and how they are transforming the existing world as well as how the technology creates opportunities for the future. While historically, across money market and fixed income funds, high quality liquid assets have not been able to be moved, with tokenisation, these funds can be migrated seamlessly and instantaneously on the ledger. By liberating assets to be used for other functions in trading operations, the world is a trader’s oyster and future developments in ESG instruments, structured finance, and infrastructure also opens up a way to create commercial assets and verify sequestration with smart contracts and data oracles, ensuring the integrity of the asset, cross chain interoperability and keep the asset in sync throughout it’s life journey. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3188/overcoming-transaction-banks-cross-border-payments-pain-points?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3188/overcoming-transaction-banks-cross-border-payments-pain-points?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:45:00 GMT In a FinextraTV interview for Sibos 2024, Chad Wallace, Global Head of Commercial Solutions, and Alan Marquard, Global Head of Transfer Solutions at Mastercard, discuss existing pain points for banks in facilitating commercial cross-border payments, including trapped liquidity and high rates of failed payments. As global trade grows, they see opportunities in developing solutions that help banks overcome these issues and transform the experience for their corporate customers. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2298/more-and-more-banks-joining-the-esg-agenda?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2298/more-and-more-banks-joining-the-esg-agenda?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:48:00 GMT Jonathan Hughes, Co-Founder, Pollinate International, speaks at Sustainable Finance. Live about how Pollinate are working with banks to inform them and their customers about better buying decisions to help the environment, changing consumer views about their carbon footprint, the supply chain & impact of purchasing data and whether enough banks have enough of an appetite for Sustainable Finance. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2253/outlook-for-treasury-ecosystems-in-2022?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2253/outlook-for-treasury-ecosystems-in-2022?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:27:00 GMT Thomas Zink, Research Director, IDC & Tim Tyler, Global Industry Principle, Corporate, Finastra, speak about Finastra's on treasury trends, the shift in treasurers priorities, what banks need to do to stay relevant and future proof, and what technology banks can look to to support them going forward. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2246/finextratv--sibos2019--the-big-themes-3-regulation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2246/finextratv--sibos2019--the-big-themes-3-regulation?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:44:00 GMT FinextraTV reports from Sibos 2019 in London on the impact of Regulation on the industry. In this, final episode, we learn about how Banks are adapting to the changing regulatory landscape, whether the cost of compliance outweighs the value of innovation, what success in this space demands and whether regulation will be able to keep up with the pace set by the tech giants. Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, Nordea, LHV, KPMG and Crown Agents Bank are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2233/finextratv--sibos2019--the-big-themes-2-leveraging-data?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2233/finextratv--sibos2019--the-big-themes-2-leveraging-data?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:46:00 GMT FinextraTV reports from Sibos 2019 in London on how the industry is Leveraging Data. In this, second of three Sibos reports, we learn about how Banks are increasingly looking to develop a more formal strategy to better manage their data, the challenges leveraging data helps overcome and some of the new and improved services that are coming to market as a result. Barclays, LLoyds, BAML, Natwest, SEB, DBS Bank, Westpac, JPMorgan, Standard Chartered, Société Générale, Nordea, ING, Emirates NBD, and Absa are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research. Become a Finextra member now and be sure not to miss: Sibos2019 Big Themes: Regulation… https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2068/the-impact-of-ai-on-wealth-management?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2068/the-impact-of-ai-on-wealth-management?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 10 May 2019 09:45:00 GMT Martin Frick, Managing Director, APAC, Temenos, speaks at The Temenos Community Forum 2019 in The Hague, about the impact of AI on wealth management, how AI is shaping financial services in the APAC region and how the two will likely evolve along side each other in the future. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2036/the-business-gains-and-strategy-benefits-of-google-cloud?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2036/the-business-gains-and-strategy-benefits-of-google-cloud?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:46:00 GMT Adrian Poole, Head of Financial Services, Google Cloud Platform, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore, about how banks’ use of using cloud technology has changed over recent years, what the main impact of cloud technology is on the banking sector, the benefits of banks working with Google and how these relationships will evolve. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2028/faster-transparent-and-traceable-payments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2028/faster-transparent-and-traceable-payments?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 04 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT Thierry Chilosi, SWIFT gpi Go-to-Market Lead, speaks about what there is left to do around SWIFT gpi, why SWIFT is making payments confirmations mandatory, how banks will do this and how new services will be developed on the back of tracking these payments. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2008/redefining-the-trade-finance-asset-class-ecosystem?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2008/redefining-the-trade-finance-asset-class-ecosystem?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:56:00 GMT Michel Kilzi, Managing Partner, FINEON Exchange, speaks about the trade finance market today, what technological innovations are present of FINEON's marketplace, and what the future of trade finance looks like. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2007/industry-challenges-around-ibor-transition?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2007/industry-challenges-around-ibor-transition?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:12:00 GMT Andrew Kouloumbrides, CEO, Xceptor and Bruce Laing, Partner, IBOR Transition lead, Baringa, speaks about the industry challenges around IBOR Transition, what Financial Institutions have done up to date to meet these challenges and what to expect next. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2000/trends-of-the-foreign-exchange-today?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2000/trends-of-the-foreign-exchange-today?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:04:00 GMT Angus Scott, Head of Product, CLS, speaks at Sibos about the major trends around foreign exchange settlement today, what initiatives CLS are taking to attract more users and volumes over the CLS Settlement service and how the increasing adoption of new technology is impacting the services CLS provides today. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1972/new-technologies-and-the-next-generation-of-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1972/new-technologies-and-the-next-generation-of-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:58:00 GMT Nancy Amert, Director Trade and Supply Chain Finance & Rory Kaplan, Director Trade and Supply Chain Finance, CGI, speak at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about the key takeaways from this years event around trade, which technologies we should be focusing on, what their potential impact is and where they are heading. https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32915/your-liveness-check-passed-so-why-is-the-identity-still-fake?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32915/your-liveness-check-passed-so-why-is-the-identity-still-fake?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:56:17 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32914/the-2030-blueprint-how-agentic-ai-and-quantum-infrastructure-are-rewriting-uk-open-finance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32914/the-2030-blueprint-how-agentic-ai-and-quantum-infrastructure-are-rewriting-uk-open-finance?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:02:05 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32913/the-79-billion-horizon-why-the-uk-credit-crunch-demands-responsive-open-banking-architecture?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32913/the-79-billion-horizon-why-the-uk-credit-crunch-demands-responsive-open-banking-architecture?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:29:18 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32898/seven-questions-for-travel-marketplace-payout-providers--2026-09-17?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32898/seven-questions-for-travel-marketplace-payout-providers--2026-09-17?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:01:29 GMT Author: A finextra community member https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32912/the-resurgence-paradox-why-fintechs-116-billion-rebound-belongs-to-infrastructure-not-the-app?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32912/the-resurgence-paradox-why-fintechs-116-billion-rebound-belongs-to-infrastructure-not-the-app?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:44:13 GMT Author: A finextra community member