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Global banks collaborate on payment innovation
05 April 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SWIFT has launched its global payments innovation initiative, with 51 banks collaborating to improve the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments...

BNP Paribas consults SmartAngels on blockchain
05 April 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas Securities Services and the direct investment platform SmartAngels have entered in to a strategic partnership using blockchain technology for issuing securities...

SIX selects Citi for US custody
05 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX Securities Services has mandated Citi to provide custody and clearing services for $320 billion in US assets...

GFT hires head for new agility team
05 April 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

GFT has hired Andrew Scotland as head of its new agile and continuous delivery practice...

R3 and Microsoft in blockchain collaboration
05 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Microsoft and R3 have entered a strategic partnership in order to encourage faster adoption of distributed ledger, or blockchain, technologies in global banks...

Yang leaves Barclays for Citi prime finance role
04 April 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Citi has appointed Angus Yang as head of prime finance for Asia Pacific...

Northern Trust wins Guernsey fund admin mandate
04 April 2016 Guernsey
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Peregrine Guernsey Limited, a subsidiary of Citadel Investment Group, has appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody and fund administration services...

Digital Asset joins ISSA
04 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Digital Asset Holdings has joined the International Securities Services Association (ISSA), a trade body for the post-trade securities services industry, effective immediately...

Eurex Clearing to launch new access model
04 April 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Eurex Clearing is launching a new buy-side membership type to allow a direct contractual relationship with the clearinghouse, facilitated by a clearing agent, starting Q3...

Colline scores contract renewal for Lombard Risk
01 April 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

A large UK investment manager has renewed its contract with Lombard Risk, and will continue to use its Colline cross-product collateral solution...

ESMA grants SIX x-clear third-country approval
01 April 2016 Zurich
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

SIX x-clear has been recognised by the ESMA as a third-country central counterparty under EMIR...

DTCC pays €64,000 in first derivatives data fine
01 April 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has fined the DTCC Derivatives Repository Limited (DDRL) for failing to properly report derivatives trading data...