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BNP Paribas appointed by Banco Mediolanum
16 December 2025 Spain
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

This integration reinforces the custodian's existing relationship with Mediolanum Group in Europe, including a range of securities services already provided in Ireland and Italy

Royal London deploys AutoRek for its financial operations
16 December 2025 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The firm says that as Royal London expanded, AutoRek's platform enabled the organisation to transform its financial operations infrastructure

Duco collaborates with Phoenix Group for its asset management division
16 December 2025 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The firm says that this project will create a unified, cloud-based environment for reconciling investment and accounting records across 20 administrators and multiple asset classes

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