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Standard Chartered and OKX partner in the EEA
15 October 2025 UK, Luxembourg
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The partnership will allow the companies to cover the full value chain from execution to custody, allowing the possibility to trade and secure their digital assets

FinScan hires LaPorte and Ostrowski
15 October 2025 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Becki LaPorte joins as principal, AML strategy and innovation, and Christopher Ostrowski joins as product management leader

Banco Monex goes live on CLSNet
14 October 2025 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The service standardises and automates post-trade matching and netting processes, delivering risk mitigation, liquidity optimisation, and operational efficiencies for currency flows

Northern Trust selected as global custodian by IFFEd
14 October 2025 Switzerland, US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The International Finance Facility for Education is a Switzerland-based financing engine for global education, and is designed to increase public-private partnerships

SIX signs seven-year strategic collaboration with Barclays
14 October 2025 UK, Spain, Switzerland
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The partnership will provide Barclays' entire business access to the SIX’s suite of financial data products

FCA sets out proposals to support tokenisation
14 October 2025 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The Financial Conduct Authority’s plans include guidance to provide firms with additional clarity to aid adoption of this new technology

T2’s RTGS platform authorisation granted to ISX Financial
13 October 2025 Cyprus
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

According to the firm, this move puts the company at the forefront of non-bank participants and enables direct communication with the Eurosystem’s real-time gross settlement platform

“Bybit, DigiFT & UBS uMINT partner on institutional collateral access
13 October 2025 UAE
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The firms say this project marks a step towards Bybit’s goal of bridging traditional finance with the digital asset economy

Banque de France and Euroclear to tokenise short-term debt
13 October 2025 France, Belgium
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The tokenisation project intends to provide central operational and administrative efficiencies, while improving transparency and security for market participants

KKR acquires OSTTRA
13 October 2025 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The terms of the deal for OSTTRA equaled total enterprise value at US$3.1 billion

XBase Virtual Asset Broker and Dealer obtains in-principle VARA Licence Approval
10 October 2025 UAE
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The In-Principal Approval is the last stage before XBase Virtual Assets Broker and Dealer Services, can initiate trading in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) awaiting full authorisation

PIVOT Management launches GIFT City Advisory
10 October 2025 India
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Gujarat International Finance Tec-City City Advisory will be led by Arup Mukherjee as consulting director