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25/07/2025

The digital Euro for E.U. autonomy is in stark contrast to Crypto Week: https://lnkd.in/e9eQnPvM President Trump signed the Genius Act into law, creating “the first-ever Federal regulatory system for stablecoins: https://shorturl.at/Z54VZ Let the crypto races begin!

23/07/2025

President Trump signed the Genius Act into law, creating a Federal regulatory system for stablecoins. But securities-trading firms face major compliance & Ops overhauls before they can join the hoped-for digital currency revolution: https://lnkd.in/eHVvBgGk

17/07/2025

The DTCC subsidiary hit a new cleared transactions high on June 03:

The Fixed Income Clearing Corp. (FICC), a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), processed a new peak volume of $11.8 trillion in

17/07/2025

The collaboration is intended to help advisors manage their accounts in BNY Pershing’s Wove across alternative and traditional holdings:

Custodian giant the Bank of New York Mellon Corp., (BNY Mellon) and iCapital, a fintech platform for investing, have allied to deliver an integrated

17/07/2025

Regulators & both houses of Congress are paving the way for digital assets to go mainstream. But are Ops and Compliance teams ready to process digital assets? Check out the Minding the Gap blog:

The powers that be in the federal government are facilitating digital asset and crypto projects, tokenization efforts, and cryptocurrency legislation and

17/07/2025

ESG is not dead yet:

While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks and other sustainable finance efforts are on the wane in the United States, key exchanges

17/07/2025

The bank is targeting institutional clients, including corporates, investors, and asset managers, with its spot Cryptoasset trading.

Standard Chartered has launched an integrated digital assets trading service for institutional clients that includes spot trading for Bitcoin (XBT/USD)

03/07/2025

Applying A.I. to securities operations is “definitely a force multiplier,” says Rob Stone at SS&C Technologies, in this FTF News Q&A: https://lnkd.in/eW6NGs47

18/06/2025

It’s time to consider a framework where firms start small, explain results, and scale gradually. Check out the Bull Run: https://lnkd.in/g9C2T2-x

11/06/2025

Humans must be in the loop for workflows that use artificial intelligence, as that will build trust in A.I. at financial services firms, says P. McKay Marschalk Jr., CFA, vice president, director, reporting and distribution product management at FactSet. He took part in this FTF News video, which also features Pat Reilly, CFA, senior vice president, senior director, middle office – Americas, FactSet.

This FTF News video explores how A.I.-enhanced workflows for client reporting teams still need humans.

10/06/2025

Tim Leissner, formerly with Goldman Sachs, was ultimately sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the 1MDB fiasco:

The wheels of justice in the U.S. appear to be a little rusty, but they still run, and every once in a while, they remind us of a major scandal or two.

05/06/2025

FTF has announced the winners of the 2025 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program — now in its 14th year:

Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has revealed the winners of the 2025 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program, and cutting-edge and mainstream