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RBI in Russia sells pension fund business
19 October 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Raffeisen Bank International’s Russian subsidiary has sold its pension fund business to BIN Group for an undisclosed sum...

NSD’s control procedures up to scratch
19 October 2015 Moscow
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

National Settlement Depository has passed its operational audit analysing control over settlement, depository, clearing and repository services, in compliance with the ISAE 3402 type II standard...

Clearstream enjoys assets boost
19 October 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Clearstream’s boasted a 6 percent rise in its total assets under custody for September compared to the same time last year, according its latest figures...

Barclays gives boost to New York fintech
19 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Barclays has signed contracts with eight companies off the back of its financial technology accelerator programme in New York, including two firms working with blockchain technology...

Banco Santander joins SWIFT’s KYC Registry
16 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Banco Santander has joined the SWIFT Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of information about correspondent banks required for KYC compliance...

MUFG Fund Services appoints new COO
15 October 2015 Hamilton, Bermuda
Reporter: Becky Butcher

MUFG Fund Services has appointed Tim Thornton as COO...

BNY Mellon automates process for broker-dealers
15 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Becky Butcher

BNY Mellon has automated the notifications that broker-dealers send to mutual fund complexes when large trades in their funds are imminent...

Sibos 2015: blockchain not so disruptive after all
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

‘Disruptive’ technology is not a challenge to financial services but an opportunity, and could be recruited for the fight against cyber crime, according to Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset Holdings...

Hyperledger wins 2015 Innotribe Startup Challenge
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Hyperledger has won the 2015 Innotribe Startup Challenge at Sibos 2015, securing a $50,000 prize...

SmartStream upgrades TLM Collateral Management
14 October 2015 London
Reporter: Becky Butcher

SmartStream has launched a TLM Collateral Management adaptor to provide a full lifecycle of trading messages for the non-clearing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market...

Sibos 2015: staggered take-off for ISO 20022
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ISO 20022 messaging standards are taking flight around the world, but the timescales are varied, according to a panel at Sibos 2015...

FMIs back ISO 20022 harmonisation
14 October 2015 Singapore
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Financial market infrastructures have endorsed a charter to jointly implement a global framework enabling ISO 20022 harmonisation, according to SWIFT...