Delta Capita, a provider of consulting, managed services, and technology solutions for capital markets, has launched Elaris OTC, a solution intended to streamline and modernize post-trade processes for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, officials say. The Elaris OTC technology platform uses the Fragmos Chain blockchain for derivatives and facilitates the “automated matching of OTC derivatives trades and… Read More >>
‘Crypto Week’ Marks the Arrival of Digital Assets
The powers that be in the federal government are facilitating digital asset and crypto projects, tokenization efforts, and cryptocurrency legislation and regulation, and have even declared that the week of July 14 as “Crypto Week.” Yet SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, who generally favors innovation for digital assets, has made a regulatory declaration that will… Read More >>
Standard Chartered Launches Spot Trading for Bitcoin & Ether
Standard Chartered has launched an integrated digital assets trading service for institutional clients that includes spot trading for Bitcoin (XBT/USD) and Ether (XET/USD) through its U.K. branch and will be introducing non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) trading, officials say. Officials at the bank say this move makes Standard Chartered “the first global systemically important bank to offer… Read More >>
Raymond James Ltd. to Hasten Digital Transformation via FNZ
Raymond James Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of the North American investment firm Raymond James Financial, is investing in and collaborating with FNZ, a wealth management platform provider, to deliver a wealth management system intended to strengthen Raymond James Ltd.’s value proposition, officials say. The strategic investment in FNZ is intended to strengthen Raymond James Ltd.’s… Read More >>
Time to Embrace Tokenized Bank Liabilities?
A new report backed by regulators and financial services industry groups aims to set the stage for using tokenized bank liabilities and shared ledgers in cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) settlement. The initiative falls under Project Guardian, a global effort led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to enhance liquidity and efficiency in… Read More >>
‘Your Bourse’ Expands Liquidity via BlockFills Link
BlockFills, a digital assets market infrastructure provider, has been integrated with brokerage technology provider Your Bourse, which will expand BlockFills’ network of liquidity providers while at the same time allowing BlockFills to serve as a liquidity provider to brokers using the Your Bourse platform, officials say. The Your Bourse trading and pricing infrastructure supports cryptocurrencies,… Read More >>
Partior Links to OSTTRA’s FX PvP Settlement Service
Partior, a provider of DLT-based wholesale settlement for tokenized instruments, has a new link to the on-demand FX payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service from OSTTRA and Baton Systems, officials say. The new integration between Baton’s and Partior’s DLT-based systems “expands participants’ options for settling FX transactions with PvP protection to include using tokenized commercial bank facilities…. Read More >>
DTCC to Explore Fnality Integration with Digital Launchpad
Post-trade infrastructure provider the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) and a provider of regulated DLT-based wholesale payment systems Fnality are collaborating “on the potential integration of the Fnality wholesale payments system (FnPS) as a payment rail” within DTCC’s recently introduced Digital Launchpad, officials say. The Digital Launchpad supports “the testing and advancement of emerging… Read More >>
Franklin Templeton’s ‘Benji’ Gets ‘Intraday Yield’ Feature
Global asset manager Franklin Templeton has launched the “Intraday Yield” feature for its Benji Technology Platform, a proprietary blockchain-integrated stack for the trading, management, and administration of token-based investments, officials say. The Intraday Yield service is intended to provide “proportional calculation and distribution of yield, down to the second, when a tokenized security is transferred… Read More >>
FTF Reveals Winners of the 14th Annual Awards Program
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has revealed the winners of the 2025 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program, and cutting-edge and mainstream achievements are the common themes among the winners. The FTF Awards program — now in its 14th year — honors providers, organizations, and individuals who made significant contributions to the profession of securities operations… Read More >>
