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DTCC & Major Players Tokenize Assets & Trade Them

July 22, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

DTCC & Major Players Tokenize Assets & Trade Them

Tokenization is hitting its stride in the securities industry as its operations infrastructure provider — the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) — and major industry players tokenized real-world assets held at the Depository Trust Co. (DTC) and later used them in real trades via the largest tokenization production initiative “in breadth of use cases,… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards Tagged With: asset tokenization, automation, back office, crypto-tokens, data management, Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC), DTC, operational risk, Securities Operations, securities trading, Standards, tokenised repos, tokens, treasury operations, wall street

‘LSE 24’ to Offer Digital, Algo & Agentic Trading

July 22, 2026 by FTF News

‘LSE 24’ to Offer Digital, Algo & Agentic Trading

Officials at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) unveiled plans to launch a 24/5 trading venue, known as London Stock Exchange 24 (LSE 24), that will support digital, algorithmic, and agentic trading, officials say. “LSE 24 is designed to support near-continuous trading from Monday to Friday, giving global investors greater flexibility to respond to market events,… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Governance, Data Science, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: algorithmic trading, algorithmic trading flow, automation, back office, data management, digital exchange, London Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Banks in the Nation of Georgia Embrace Nasdaq Calypso

July 22, 2026 by FTF News

Banks in the Nation of Georgia Embrace Nasdaq Calypso

The National Bank of Georgia — the European nation, not the Southern state — intends to modernize its treasury and financial markets infrastructure with the help of provider Nasdaq Calypso Technology, whose platform will serve as a common infrastructure for the front-to-back trade lifecycle, officials say. “Five of the country’s largest commercial banks — Bank… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, FX Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Digital Transformation, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: accounting, automation, back office, compliance, Nasdaq Calypso, The Nation of Georgia, treasury and risk

Why Exchange Connectivity Is Creating An ‘Engineering Tax’

July 15, 2026 by Sean Creamer

Why Exchange Connectivity Is Creating An ‘Engineering Tax’

The upcoming launch of the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) is forcing a structural shift in how broker-dealers manage their middle- and back-office technology. Faced with a compounding “engineering tax” of connecting to an increasingly fragmented market, Tier-1 firms are actively abandoning in-house application programming interfaces (APIs) and turning to A.I.-driven vendor platforms to prevent costly… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Integration, Standards Tagged With: AI, API, artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies, automation, back office, data management, The Texas Stock Exchange

SS&C To Build Digital Cash Settlement Architecture

July 15, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

SS&C To Build Digital Cash Settlement Architecture

SS&C Technologies is building an open, digital cash settlement architecture to support regulated, digital assets such as stablecoins and tokenized commercial bank deposits — the next step after SS&C launched live tokenized fund issuance and distribution capabilities via Calastone, which it acquired last year, officials say. SS&C acquired Calastone from private equity giant the Carlyle… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, IBOR, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Private Equity, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Startups, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Social Media Tagged With: back office, blockchain, data management, digital cash, digital cash settlement, exchange traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, tokenized investment products, tokenized securities

Murex’s A.I. Research Effort Will Focus on Capital Markets

July 15, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

Murex’s A.I. Research Effort Will Focus on Capital Markets

The hype, scope, and achievements of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies are stunning for good and bad reasons. It is no secret that A.I.-based anything is getting glib approval everywhere, including the multiple facets of securities operations. The only period that is somewhat comparable is the run-up to the Year 2000, when every Y2K project got… Read More >>

Filed Under: Commodities Trading Operations, Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, FX Operations, Hedge Fund Operations, Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Diversity & Human Interest, General Interest, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Standards, Opinion, Minding the Gap, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: artificial intelligence (AI), automation, back office, blockchain, compliance, data management, Securities Operations, Standards, SWIFT, wall street

StanChart Links Its System to BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth

July 15, 2026 by FTF News

StanChart Links Its System to BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth

Standard Chartered is integrating its “myWealth Advisor” platform with BlackRock’s wealth management technology platform, “Aladdin Wealth,” and the initial rollout of the combined systems will be to Singapore and Hong Kong across the bank’s Priority, Priority Private, and Private Banking client segments, officials say. The bank plans to offer the integrated systems to additional markets… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, IBOR, Back Office, Buy-Side, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Hedge Fund Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, operational risk, Securities Operations, wealth advisor, wealth management technology

Frankfurt International Bank Taps FIS Global

July 15, 2026 by FTF News

Frankfurt International Bank Taps FIS Global

Frankfurt International Bank (FIB) has deployed the FIS Treasury & Risk Manager – Quantum Cloud Edition, a cloud-native, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform from FIS Global, as the basis for its core treasury and risk operations, officials say. The new platform offers “fully integrated front-to-back treasury coverage … enabling the bank to build on modern infrastructure from… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, FX Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Digital Transformation Tagged With: automation, back office, cloud native, data management, FX transactions, liquidity risk, money markets, risk management, Securities Operations, software-as-a-service (SaaS), treasury and risk, treasury functions

Report Urges FINRA to Overhaul Enforcement Procedures

July 8, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

Report Urges FINRA to Overhaul Enforcement Procedures

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for U.S. broker-dealers, has received sweeping recommendations to overhaul its enforcement efforts, including modifications to its due process and “Wells process” practices, as a result of an effort “to better serve our self-regulatory mission,” officials say. “Last year, as part of FINRA Forward, FINRA engaged… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, FX Operations, Hedge Fund Operations, Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Office, Ops Automation, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, FinTech Trends, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Economic Sanctions Tagged With: automation, back office, data management, enforcement, Financial Crime, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), fines and penalties, FINRA arbitration, FINRA investigators, Securities Operations, Wells Process

USD Stablecoin To Be Explored for Tokenized Settlement

July 8, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

USD Stablecoin To Be Explored for Tokenized Settlement

In a bid to help firms maximize the benefits of tokenization, financial services market infrastructure provider Euroclear and stablecoin issuer Société Générale-FORGE (SG-FORGE) will be exploring how a regulated USD stablecoin can be applied to the settlement and issuance of tokenized short-term funding instruments denominated in dollars, officials say. The initiative will happen at the… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, FX Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Digital Transformation, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, operational risk, Securities Operations, settlement, Standards, wall street

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