Technology
Nigerian central bank will test prototype CBDC
“eNaira” will be tested in four cities, reaching a combined population of nearly 15 million
BIS-led CBDC trial could cut cross-border transfer time by 80%
Cross-border CBDC project seeks faster, cheaper payments by cutting out middlemen
Inside Wells Fargo’s bid to take on big FX players
The third-largest US bank by assets plans to use large corporate flows to lure institutional clients
Crypto market structure pushing institutions towards synthetics
Credit risk and custody challenges with spot could push investors to derivatives and ETPs
Bank of Israel accelerates work on CBDC
Central bank has been exploring pros and cons of issuing a digital shekel since 2017
LSEG to replatform Matching and FXall
Migration to stock exchange’s tech platform aims to deliver faster speeds and more order types
Singapore’s SWF starts work on cross-border payment network
JP Morgan, DBS Bank and Temasek say project will build on collaboration with MAS
Invesco bets on new tech to refine its FX trading
Home-grown tool will improve order routing and execution strategies, asset manager believes
Bloomberg’s new data retention policy vexes buy-side firms
Impacted users will have to pay extra to retain communications data for longer than two years
BoE and Treasury launch CBDC task force
Central bank also forms new division to lead “internal exploration” of digital currency
FX industry shows little appetite for single API
Market players sceptical over need for standard programming code to connect clients with services
‘Do no harm’: central bankers warn against rush to issue CBDC
Agustín Carstens, Jerome Powell and Jens Weidmann highlight risks of acting too fast
BIS and central banks partner to create CBDC ‘bridge’
Cross-border project will link up digital currencies of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage
First P2P trade completed on Siege FX
Dark pool aims to match algo orders among its 30 buy-side clients
New hedging tools for corps will test sales teams
Advances in automation could spell big changes in skills required of bank salespeople
Banks boot up next-gen hedging bots
Automated FX hedging can save money and time, proponents argue. But corporates have qualms
Digital Vega, Spark deal hints at wider shake-up for platforms
Two trading tech firms seek point of difference as dealers cull vendor relationships in cost-cutting drive
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
Machine learning will create new sales-bots – UBS’s Nuti
Technologists working to automate indications of interest from trading desks
Asia’s FX markets step to the algorithm
Buy-side use of automated trading programs builds, albeit from a low base
Benchmark rigging scandal: a remake in the making
Regulators should act now to prevent any repeat of the fixing scandal of 2013
Regulators voice concerns over cloud risk
Risk USA: failure of big cloud service provider could cause “a very large shock”, says NY Fed exec
How low can you go: falling cost of FX fix sparks concern
Algorithms are reducing fixing fees, but some dealers are willing to go even lower – perhaps dangerously so