Technology
Deutsche Bank picks Thought Machine for core overhaul
Deutsche Bank’s Private Bank has selected Thought Machine’s Vault Core platform for its technology transformation.The move marks a key step in the lender’s plan...
Deutsche Bank backs Google’s financial AI launch
Deutsche Bank has helped develop Google Cloud's new Financial Research Agent.Earlier this year, in its Q1 2026 results, Deutsche Bank said it was investing...
Nomura unit wins crypto services approval
Nomura's Laser Digital Japan has secured approval to provide institutional crypto asset services.It comes as traditional capital markets players continue to respond to the...
HSBC, Standard Chartered test Swift blockchain ledger
HSBC and Standard Chartered have executed the first live cross‑border bank‑to‑bank transaction using tokenised deposits on Swift’s blockchain‑based ledger. The banks described it as...
Citi launches real-time Custody+ platform
Citi Investor Services has unveiled Custody+, a new suite of near- and real-time custody solutions designed to help institutional investors operate in an increasingly...
CBI calls for UK AI adoption push
The Confederation of British Industry and consultancy Oliver Wyman have called for a national drive to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption across the UK economy,...
MUFG trials blockchain settlement
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has launched a proof-of-concept to bring Japanese Government Bond (JGB) repo transactions on-chain, working with Digital Asset, Progmat and...
Galaxy and BNY expand digital asset infrastructure
Galaxy and BNY are collaborating to advance digital asset infrastructure for institutional markets, combining digital asset custody and staking within a single servicing model. The partnership will...
BlackRock launches tokenised money market funds
BlackRock has launched its first tokenised fund offering in Europe, introducing on-chain share classes for selected BlackRock Institutional Cash Series money market funds. The launch extends...
Diesta adds J.P. Morgan payee verification
Insurance payments platform Diesta has integrated Kinexys by J.P. Morgan’s payee verification technology to help insurers, brokers and managing general agents (MGAs) reduce payment risks and improve digital settlement processes. The...
BNY launches digital fund servicing platform
BNY has launched new digital transfer agency capabilities, extending its fund servicing platform to support digitally native funds and tokenised assets across multiple jurisdictions and blockchains. The...
Arqitech enables Canton cross-chain swaps
Arqitech has deployed Canton Token Standard V2 within its Atomic Swap Protocol, enabling institutions to exchange Canton Coin directly with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and...
European institutions launch shared blockchain for digital assets
A group of major European financial institutions has launched Regulated Layer One (RL1), a jointly governed blockchain network designed to support the issuance and...
FMLC calls for legal clarity on tokenisation
The Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) has called for a series of legal reforms to support the wider adoption of tokenisation in UK wholesale...
Circle acquires IBM Blockchain patent portfolio
Circle has announced the acquisition of fundamental assets from the IBM blockchain patent portfolio. The portfolio comprises over 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide, spanning foundational...
Anthropic backs FCA AI sandbox
Anthropic will support the second cohort of firms taking part in the FCA's Supercharged Sandbox. The scheme gives firms access to Claude, Claude Code and...
