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fundcraft makes two senior appointments
16 December 2025 Luxembourg
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Jan Lazar joins as the head of digital transformation and Benjamin Epstein as head of sales of institutional clients

Startale Group and SBI Holdings jointly launch yen-denominated stablecoin
16 December 2025 Japan
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The project brings together Startale's blockchain infrastructure expertise with SBI Holdings' position as one of Japan's largest financial conglomerates

Asian central bank implements SimCorp One
16 December 2025 Singapore
Reporter: Tahlia Kraeffft

The central bank's front-to-back activities will be consolidated on a single, integrated platform through SimCorp One, streamlining investment management processes]

Broadridge strengthens platform for alternative investment managers
16 December 2025 UK, US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The new general ledger capabilities extend the firm’s portfolio management system by embedding period accounting and financial statement reporting directly into the investment platform

UK Treasury drafting legislation to regulate cryptocurrency markets
15 December 2025 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The Treasury is formulating laws that will demand crypto firms to meet a set of standards governed by the Financial Conduct Authority

GCEX secures MiCA License from the Danish FSA
15 December 2025 Denmark
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The authorisation enables the digital prime broker to offer its crypto products to institutional and professional clients across European Union countries.

Ripple partners with AMINA Bank
15 December 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

By using Ripple’s infrastructure, AMINA Bank will solve the challenge of integrating blockchain operations with traditional bank rails

Euronext streamlines bond settlement
15 December 2025 Europe
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The firm’s TARGET2-Securities based model provides users with increased settlement options and improved efficiency across boarders

Clearstream implements ISO 20022 standard for CBPR+
12 December 2025 Germany, Luxembourg
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The move away from the legacy message type, which are limited in their data capacity, to the modern XML-based MX format, is designed to further standardise financial messaging globally

Hex Trust announces issuing and custody of wrapped XRP
12 December 2025 Hong Kong
Reporter: Matthew Challis

wXRP will launch with over US$100 million in Total Value Locked, and is designed to support DeFi and cross-chain utility, becoming tradeable with RLUSD on ethereum and other supported platforms

SimCorp promotes Chabanis
12 December 2025 Denmark
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Hugues Chabanis has been with the firm for 10 years and will become head of SimCorp Alternatives and chief operating officer of Domos by SimCorp

Zodia Custody granted MiCA license by Luxembourg regulator
12 December 2025 Luxembourg
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Authorisation from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier enables the company to operate as a regulated cryptoassets service provider in the EU