https://www.finextra.com/ The Latest Financial IT Post-trade & ops 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/48338/euroclear-and-hsbc-to-launch-automated-fx-service-for-t1-settlement?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48338/euroclear-and-hsbc-to-launch-automated-fx-service-for-t1-settlement?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:52:00 GMT Euroclear and HSBC are collaborating on a new automated FX service designed to support clients as they prepare for the upoming shortening of the post-trade settlement cycle to T+1. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48317/rqd-clearing-raises-74-million?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48317/rqd-clearing-raises-74-million?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:01:00 GMT Bain Capital has led a $74 million minority growth investment in technology-driven clearing and custody player RQD* Clearing. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48287/responsible-fintech-institute-debuts-quantum-pilot?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48287/responsible-fintech-institute-debuts-quantum-pilot?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:33:00 GMT Non-profit fintech, Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI), has launched a pilot designed to examine post-quantum security for digital assets transactions https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48102/dtcc-turns-tokenisation-into-reality?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48102/dtcc-turns-tokenisation-into-reality?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:48:00 GMT The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has brought together a host of Wall Street giants and blockchain players for a day demonstrating its tokenisation bona fides. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48021/eurobank-announces-1bn-tech-investment-plan?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48021/eurobank-announces-1bn-tech-investment-plan?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:46:00 GMT Greece-based Eurobank is planning to invest as much as €1bn in technology as part of a digital transformation programme. 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/47917/asx-settles-legal-case-over-bungled-chess-project?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47917/asx-settles-legal-case-over-bungled-chess-project?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:57:00 GMT The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is to pay a $20.5 million penalty to settle a legal case brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Asic), which alleged that the stock market operator deliberately misled the market about the progress of its post-trade Chess replacement project. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47830/paxos-gets-green-light-to-settle-securities-on-blockchain?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47830/paxos-gets-green-light-to-settle-securities-on-blockchain?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 29 May 2026 14:04:00 GMT Paxos has become the first blockchain-native firm to be approved by US regulators to provide clearing and settlement services by the SEC. 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/47407/nasdaq-to-connect-european-trading-venues-to-seturion-tokenized-asset-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47407/nasdaq-to-connect-european-trading-venues-to-seturion-tokenized-asset-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:08:00 GMT Nasdaq is to connect its European trading venues to Boerse Stuttgart's tokenized assets platform Seturion, in a step towards transforming Europe’s fragmented settlement landscape. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/46953/fca-moves-to-streamline-transaction-reporting-requirements?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/46953/fca-moves-to-streamline-transaction-reporting-requirements?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:01:00 GMT The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to streamline transaction reporting requirements in a move it says will save firms £100 million a year. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/46923/occ-rolls-out-aws-genai-tech?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/46923/occ-rolls-out-aws-genai-tech?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:00 GMT The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has rolled out Amazon Web Services generative AI technology to streamline development workflows. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110273/national-securities-clearing-corporation-extends-clearing-hours?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110273/national-securities-clearing-corporation-extends-clearing-hours?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:38:00 GMT The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that its subsidiary, the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), has extended its clearing hours to 24x5 availability, from Sundays at 8:00 PM ET to Fridays at 8:00 PM ET, supporting overnight trading activity from Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) and exchanges. 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/110391/siam-commercial-bank-selects-citis-token-clearing-service?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110391/siam-commercial-bank-selects-citis-token-clearing-service?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:45:00 GMT The Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and Citi announce SCB as the first financial institution client globally to go live with Citi’s newly integrated 24/7 USD Clearing and Citi Token Services solution. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110422/sp-invests-in-ssimple?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110422/sp-invests-in-ssimple?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:29:00 GMT We’re excited to announce that S&P Global has made a strategic investment in SSImple. 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/pressarticle/110897/smarttrade-launches-post-trade-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110897/smarttrade-launches-post-trade-platform?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:51:00 GMT SmartTrade Technologies, the global leader in AI-powered multi-asset electronic trading and payments solutions, today announced the launch of smartTrade Flow, a comprehensive post-trade platform that takes trades from front-office execution through middle-office controls to back-office fulfillment. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110908/allfunds-and-hsbc-collaborate-to-deliver-same-day-settlement-for-hong-kong-money-market-funds?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/110908/allfunds-and-hsbc-collaborate-to-deliver-same-day-settlement-for-hong-kong-money-market-funds?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:44:00 GMT Allfunds, a leading global wealth management platform, today announces a strategic collaboration with HSBC to deliver enhanced same-day (T+0) settlement capabilities for Hong Kong money market funds. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3400/why-t1-is-just-the-beginning-reimagining-post-trade-for-a-real-time-future?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/3400/why-t1-is-just-the-beginning-reimagining-post-trade-for-a-real-time-future?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMT At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Danny Green, Head of International Post-Trade Solutions, Broadridge, discussed the global shift toward shortened settlement cycles, with Europe targeting T+1 by October 2027 and Asia to follow. He emphasised that this transition is not just a regulatory requirement but a catalyst for operational and technological transformation. Green highlighted the role of AI in optimising inventory management and predicting settlement fails, helping firms adapt to faster, more complex post-trade environments. He stressed the importance of balancing innovation with resilience, ensuring secure, 24/7 operations while embracing automation and digitisation. Success, he noted, depends on choosing the right partners who share a commitment to both progress and stability. 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/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/2223/the-status-of-blockchain-development-within-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2223/the-status-of-blockchain-development-within-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:00:00 GMT Vinay Mendonca, Global Head of Products and Propositions, HSBC, speaks at Sibos 2019 about how technology is improving world trade, the status of blockchain development and whether corporates are seeing the benefits from investment in blockchain. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2178/what-a-comprehensive-post-trade-utility-for-fx-would-look-like?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/2178/what-a-comprehensive-post-trade-utility-for-fx-would-look-like?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:24:00 GMT Alex Walker, Head of Post Trade FX, Refinitiv, talks about post trade costs, processes and utilities, the principal obstacles to change, what Refinitiv has done to reduce post-trade costs and how fragmented post-trade processes can best be overcome. 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/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/videoarticle/1966/advancing-the-digitisation-of-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1966/advancing-the-digitisation-of-trade?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:08:00 GMT Farooq Siddiqi, Global Head of Trade, Standard Chartered, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about the current state of affairs for trade digitisation, how close we are to seeing trade being digitised, what the existing challenge is and what needs to be done. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1932/improving-the-efficiency-of-trade-settlement-status?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1932/improving-the-efficiency-of-trade-settlement-status?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:00:00 GMT Jeslyn Tan, Head of Securities Services, Global Product Management, Deutsche Bank, talks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about the market dynamics driving securities settlement, how these dynamics mean that the challenges and problem statements are unique for each client, and how Deutsche Bank is collaborating with clients to deliver insights that enable effective decision-making and deliver tangible benefit. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1931/following-the-trade-wars-rhetoric?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1931/following-the-trade-wars-rhetoric?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:38:00 GMT Daniel Schmand, Global Head of Trade Finance, Deutsche Bank and Chair of the ICC Banking Commission, & Dr Rebecca Harding, Founder and CEO, Coriolis Technologies, speak at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about how trade had changed since Sibos 2017, how trade wars is affecting trade finance, what progress is being made to reduce the US$1.5trn trade finance gap, and whether digitisation is the solution. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1929/major-drivers-for-banking-in-the-asia-pacific-region?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1929/major-drivers-for-banking-in-the-asia-pacific-region?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:27:00 GMT Mark Evans, Managing Director, Transaction Banking, ANZ, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney, about the major drivers for banking in the Asia Pacific region, how banks are responding to the fintech and digital transformation era, and how emerging technologies are affecting change within trade finance. https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1922/the-progression-of-swift-gpi?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1922/the-progression-of-swift-gpi?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:44:00 GMT Marc Recker, Global Head of Institutional Market Management, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, talks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about how SWIFT’s global payment initiative is progressing, how transformative the initiative is, what opportunities it offers, and how it drives innovation and value for the corporate sector. https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/32915/your-liveness-check-passed-so-why-is-the-identity-still-fake?utm_medium=rssfinextra&utm_source=finextrafeed 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