Top fintech stories this week – 16 August 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
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Blade raises $4.3m from Coinbase
The crypto derivatives exchange is launching in three weeks.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 August 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Nasdaq uses AI to root out stock-market abuse
It detects irregular trading patterns and alerts officials according to machine-learning.
CFTC charges trader with spoofing in financial futures markets
The filing and settling charges are against the trader, Benjamin Cox.
Swift shifts from MT to XML format
Payment transfers will be shifting to the ISO 20022 standard.
Nasdaq signs market tech agreement with Iraq Stock Exchange
Electro-trading was introduced for the first time in Iraq via Nasdaq’s platform in April 2009.
Diamond ETF: a gem of a trading opportunity
An asset’s right of passage to the commodity world is becoming an exchange traded fund (ETF).
SGX upgrades to Nasdaq’s multi-matching trading engine
The tech provides “a more robust and efficient platform”.
Turing Technology completes second funding round
Following the release of CryptoMood, an AI market data analysis tool.
IOWA.rocks signs specialist deal with Numerco
Users will have access to nuclear and marine distillate DMA fuels content.
Former Equifax CIO jailed for insider trading
Jun Ying sold his shares before a data breach was made public.
Top fintech stories this week – 31 May 2019
The first Amadeus event on payments, a new Indonesian payment standard, and more!
Refinitiv acquires AlphaDesk to expand buy-side solutions
Deal adds a cloud-based OMS to Refinitiv’s offering.
Five banks fined €1bn for rigging foreign exchange market
UBS escaped a European Commission penalty after exposing the cartels.
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Crypto exchange Binance falls victim of $41m hack
It has since stopped trading to keep the market under control.
Unite Global now licensed to issue WOCU currency for banking
EXCLUSIVE. The WOCU currency aims to challenge the dollar-mandated status quo in trading.
A five-year crypto plan: here’s what we can expect
Fintechs must stop squabbling with the regulators for real progress to be made.
TradeIt to be acquired by TradingView
The company will leverage TradeIt’s technology to bring mobile trading.
Trade finance standardisation project backed by 14 giants
The project seeks technology use and standardisation for the wider distribution of trade finance assets.
Wealth managers can adapt to digital assets and thrive
There are 2,000+ digital assets worth over $200bn, and a wide variety of digital investments on offer.
Sweden’s SEB chooses DTCC’s Global Trade Depository to meet SFTR obligations
DTCC has added data transformation services to its SFTR offering.
TickSmith powers CanDeal’s DataVault Innovations
The company will use the Data Pooling Platform to launch its Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) offering.
Bcause picks Nasdaq for market surveillance cause
It will go live in H1 2019 with launch of its new spot cryptocurrency market.
San Juan Mercantile Exchange partners up for digital assets solution launch
CQG, Elysium and Mercury Digital Assets will power exchange and banking tech.
Xena unleashes crypto-settled derivative contract for GRAM token
“This is a significant step for the entire crypto market.”
“Hello USA!” eToro goes live in America
Its US launch will enable customers in 32 states to trade and invest in six cryptocurrencies.
GreenKey Technologies secures investment from IPC
IPC gets exclusive rights to GreenKey’s machine learning voice solutions.
SIX picks Corda blockchain to support digital exchange
Many of SIX’s traders are also R3 investors and members.
Voleo and Nasdaq launch second student equity trading contest
Their plan to promote financial literacy and awareness among college-age students.
Capitalise goes live with Interactive Brokers
Capitalise enables traders to automate their strategies using natural language.
Equidate re-named Forge Global, boosts Series B to $85m
US-based trading platform looking to broaden its services.
Dinosaur and tZero unleash securities trading on blockchain
Brokerage outfit and Salt Lake City-based firm in no danger of becoming extinct.
Industry brief: FRTB and XVA – Addressing real-time regulatory and business needs with in-memory computing
Fintech companies have already adopted GridGain in-memory computing. Find out why!
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
Data firm Essentia Analytics brings in £2.5m funding
Provided by Calculus Capital.
Temenos and Bloomberg on same side for buy-side action
The new solutions will provide NAV calculations.
Capis acquires FinTech Securities
Texan firm also reveals new promotions and products.
Calastone to launch blockchain-powered funds marketplace
Coming in May 2019 via its new distributed market infrastructure.
