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LiquidShare completes successful CBDC test
08 July 2021 France
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

LiquidShare and Banque de France have successfully completed an experimental use of central bank digital currency for interbank settlement purposes

BNP Paribas appoints new head of distribution products and solutions
08 July 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Paul Daly will build on the bank’s innovative offering in this area and will also drive the development of the bank’s transfer agency solutions

LiquidShare selects BTP’s Sextant for Daml platform
29 June 2021 France
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

LiquidShare was created in 2017 by eight European financial institutions, including AFS Group, BNP Paribas Securities Services, CACEIS, Caisse des Dépôts, Euroclear, Euronext, S2iEM and Société Générale

Six global banks to leverage SWIFT’s new transaction management platform
24 June 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The six banks are all preparing to use the platform’s expanded capabilities to enable new services, improve efficiency and reduce costs when the platform goes live in November 2022

HQLA^x receives funding from J.P Morgan
22 June 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The funding will be used for accelerating market adoption of the HQLA^x platform by expanding product scope and functionality, while further extending connectivity to the industry

BNY Mellon’s Mark Militello joins ASIFMA board
18 June 2021 Japan
Reporter: Alex Pugh

ASIFMA’s board of directors — the association’s governing body — is composed of 28 senior representatives from member firms, including BlackRock, Bank of America and BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas boosts assets under depositary in Spain with Banco Sabadel acquisition
07 June 2021 Spain
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

"This consolidates our position as the fourth leading provider of depositary banking services in Spain and as the first depositary bank for independent asset managers in the country," says BNP Paribas' Soledad Lecube

Bridgepoint and Astorg to acquire Fenergo
18 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Bridgepoint and Astorg have signed a definitive agreement alongside Fenergo’s management team to acquire Fenergo from Insight Partners

Deutsche Bank and STACS complete POC on the use of DLT for digital assets
18 May 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The POC results were tested with UBS, Malaysia National Stock Exchange Bursa Malaysia, and Union Bank of the Philippines

Darrell Tucker joins growing executive team at Drawbridge
13 May 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Tucker comments: “I’m thrilled to join Drawbridge at such an exciting time in the company’s history to expand our culture of service excellence, enhance client delivery and ensure our clients maximise their use of the Drawbridge platform.”

BNP Paribas bolsters proprietary network with local custody services in Chile
04 May 2021 Chile
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas Securities Services has expanded its proprietary network to 27 markets with the launch of local custody services in Chile

BNP Paribas sees securities services revenues increase
30 April 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

BNP Paribas’ securities services revenues have increased by 0.7 per cent at €581 million for Q1 2021