API
Bilateral streaming relationships set to grow, say LPs
FX Markets Europe: More clients are embracing APIs to access bank liquidity directly
FX industry shows little appetite for single API
Market players sceptical over need for standard programming code to connect clients with services
Optiver becomes first non-bank options market-maker on FXall
Dutch e-trading firm joins OTC FX options platform in a market taking electronic baby steps
Bilateral streams slash FX trading costs by 80%, dealers claim
Risk Live: FX dealers report 70% of spot traded in bilateral feeds, at least four times cheaper than RFQs and venues
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Citi: e-FX matching engine goes live in Singapore
The bank will expand the e-FX offering to more products after spot debut
SVB Financial Group invests in TickTrade Systems
Parent company of Silicon Valley Bank partners Toronto-based fintech to strengthen FX offering as client base goes global
Argentina reimposes currency controls as peso plummets
Authorities aim to stem depreciation of peso, which has fallen 23.9% against dollar since August 11
MUFG hires Paster in FX and derivatives risk management push
Paster’s newly created role aims to strengthen MUFG’s markets arm in Americas
Kooltra plots broker entry with FX market technology
Fintech firm plans compliance, dealing and settlement automation solution for FX payments providers next year
TraderTools to allow banks to white-label forwards and swaps
Firm gears up to give regional banks an algo suite in coming weeks to help market-making abilities
Crypto to look more like FX market in 2019, says B2C2
Over-the-counter tipped to gain in importance, but faces funding and credit constraints, says cryptocurrency market-maker
EBS to turn on API streaming for Quant Analytics
Service will cover outbound analytics when it launches later this year, but should add inbound later
Barclays launches new algo on Barx platform
Barx Peg offers access to the bank’s franchise liquidity pools
MarketFactory secures funding from Silicon Valley investment firm
Accel-KKR’s strategic investment will facilitate MarketFactory’s expansion into new markets and services
Bloomberg adds real-time market data service to cloud
Its front-office solution, B-pipe, is available via Amazon Web Services
MarketFactory partners Elysium
MarketFactory's API Whisperer integrates with Elysium and its cloud-based enterprise solution, Mission Control
Refinitiv expands data delivery with Amazon cloud
The service is improving access to real-time financial data globally
Swift calls for standard API methodology
Open banking ecosystem will only succeed if standard-setters create universal method for API specifications, payment provider says
TransFicc secures Citi investment
Connectivity provider will join US bank’s innovation lab in London
Nex eFix adds Bloomberg benchmarks
Nex chief Seth Johnson says the platform has seen significant customer demand for BFix rates