Refinitiv Integrates GIACT’s EPIC Platform And World Check for Enhanced KYC
Refinitiv has bundled the EPIC Platform from GIACT and World-Check to be accessible together via a single API.
Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
August 2021
Broadridge Welcomes UBS to Its Distributed Ledger Repo Platform
The distributed ledger repo (DLR) platform by Broadridge Financial Solutions has onboarded a heavy-weight of the trading industry, UBS.
Beeks Launches Cloud Service Optimized for Low-Latency Trading
Beeks Group has launched Proximity Cloud, a fully configured, pre-installed physical trading environment that is optimized for low latency trading conditions.
LCH Adds Euro Repo to Sponsored Clearing Model
LCH has expanded its Sponsored Clearing model to include Euro repo clearing, thus enabling buy-side firms to directly access repo clearing at LCH SA, including €GCPlus.
Horizon Expands Into Middle East via Business France
Horizon Software has partnered with Business France Middle East to expand the range of services on offer to clients based in the MENA region.
Capitolis to Acquire LMRKTS for Its Trade Compression Solutions
Capitolis has entered into an agreement to acquire LMRKTS, an industry-leading multilateral optimization and compression provider.
Boerse Stuttgart Integrates Tradeweb’s data for US Coporate Bonds
Boerse Stuttgart is integrating Tradeweb’s live streaming prices for US corporate bonds on Boerse Stuttgart’s bond order book.
Admirals Adds CIO Andrey Koks as Third Board Member
Admirals, formerly known as Admiral Markets, has appointed Andrey Koks as a new member of the Management Board as of 2 August 2021.
Cornerstone Hires Vorto Trading Sales Team to Focus on Asian HNWI
Cornerstone continues with its strategy of increasing its direct business by acquisition and team hires.
SWIFT Appoints Cybersecurity Specialist Cheri McGuire as CTO
SWIFT has appointed Cheri McGuire as Chief Technology Officer, a cybersecurity specialist with experience in banking, big tech, and Homeland Security.
Wirex Appoints Lloyds’ Head of Risk for Digital Channels as Non-Executive Director
Wirex has appointed Diana Carrasco-Vime as the firm's first Non-Executive Director.
July 2021
NAGA listed on OTC Markets Group’s OTCQX Best Market for US investors
Naga Group has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market, operated by OTC Markets Group, a trading venue that has 11,000 U.S.
Darwinex raises $3 million to expand fintech, broker, asset manager across the globe
Darwinex has raised €3 million as part of its quest to expand the firm's three businesses - fintech, brokerage, and asset management - across the globe.
BCS Global Markets Hires Inna Kryachko As HR Director
BCS Global Markets has appointed Inna Kryachko as their new HR Director, based at the Russian investment bank's Moscow headquarters.
BlockQuake Announces Top Partnerships Amid Launch of Digital Asset Exchange
BlockQuake has launched its digital asset exchange with the aim of offering a variety of order options existing in trading in traditional financial markets.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.