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Red Hat Launches Blockchain Overture

April 6, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

Open source software and Linux solutions vendor Red Hat has launched an initiative targeting financial technology startups and independent software vendors (ISVs) serving financial services firms that are developing blockchain/distributed ledged technology (DLT) applications and technologies. Red Hat’s OpenShift Blockchain Initiative is intended to help the financial services industry as it develops hosted blockchain solutions… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Industry News, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Settlement, General Interest, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Industry News Tagged With: blockchain, disruptive technology, distributed-ledger technology, OpenShift Blockchain Initiative, Red Hat

Regulators Could Halt Blockchain’s Progress

April 5, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo is calling on U.S. and European regulators and policymakers to take a “do no harm approach” toward the oversight of emerging distributed ledger technology (DLT), popularized by the blockchain underpinnings for cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Otherwise, DLT’s growth is at “risk of being stymied by disparate and uncertain regulation,” says Giancarlo, who… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Operational Risk, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Settlement, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives Tagged With: bitcoin, blockchain, CFTC, Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, counterparty, cryptocurrency, disruptive technology, distributed-ledger technology, Dodd-Frank, DTCC, european regulation, settlement

Q&A: Could Blockchain Really Be a Revolution?

April 4, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

(The securities industry is jumping on the distributed ledger/blockchain technology bandwagon at a record pace and with widespread support. The underlying backbone of cryptocurrency Bitcoin-based transactions is having a life of its own among major Wall Street firms and industry organizations. FTF News got a few minutes with industry analyst Dr. Anshuman Jaswal, who is… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Industry News, Settlement, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Regulation & Compliance, Derivatives Tagged With: bitcoin, blockchain, Celent, disruptive technology, distributed-ledger technology, Dr. Anshuman Jaswal, Post-Trade Processing, post-trade technology, settlement

DTCC & Digital Asset Launch Distributed Ledger Project for Repos

March 30, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

The DTCC, the industry post-trade utility and related services provider, and fintech startup Digital Asset Holdings are developing a solution based on distributed ledger technology, intended to help firms better manage the clearing and settlement of U.S. Treasury, agency, and agency mortgage-backed repurchase agreement (repo) transactions. The effort should yield a central counterparty process that… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Settlement, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT Tagged With: bitcoin, blockchain, clearing, cryptocurrency, Digital Asset Holdings, disruptive technology, DTCC, FICC, Fixed Income Clearing Corp, post trade, repo, settlement

Firms Have Tough Decisions Ahead of Them: ISITC

March 22, 2016 by Eugene Grygo

(Editor’s note: Jeffrey Zoller, chairman of The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC), an industry trade group focused on standards, speaks to FTF News about some of the difficult choices coming for financial services firms. ISITC’s 22nd Annual Industry Forum & Vendor Show is underway in Boston this week. In addition to his… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Industry News, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Settlement, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Opinion, Q&As, Regulation & Compliance Tagged With: blockchain, cost cutting, disruptive technology, DTCC, ISITC, outsourcing, regulatory compliance, T+2, T. Rowe Price

Ops Gets on the Blockchain Revolution Bus

January 4, 2016 by Louis Chunovic

Bitcoin, a so-called crypto-currency, may fade before anyone really understands what it was or how it could actually have prevailed in financial services. However, out of Bitcoin’s ashes has risen the humbly named Blockchain technology. The distributed ledger technology that has been propping up Bitcoin has come to the attention of major industry players. This… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Clearing, Middle-Office, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Settlement, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, FTF News Special Reports Tagged With: Barclays, bitcoin, BitGo, blockchain, Blockchain and Financial Markets, Blockchain-based ledgers, BNY Mellon, CFTC, Chain.com, clearing, crypto-currency, Dan Connell, decentralized ledger, derivatives, Deutsche Bank, Digital Asset Holdings, digital currency, digital technology, disruptive technology, Distributed Ledger Group (DLG), ESMA, Ethereum, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Financial Technology, FIX, FIX Trading Community, Goldman Sachs, Greenwich Associates, Hyperledger, JPMorgan, Kevin McPartland, Level39, Microsoft, Nasdaq, Nasdaq Linq, NASDAQ OMX Group, open source technology, payment, ProtonMail, R3, RBS, Royalbank of Scotland, Sand Hill Exchange, Santander Bank, SETL, settlement, T+0, Tabb Group, TeraExchange, UBS, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

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