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Moscow Exchange Introduces Micro-Lots, Currency Trades Starting From One Dollar Or Euro

Date 19/04/2021

From 26 April 2021, Moscow Exchange will make it possible to trade the world's major currencies with order sizes starting from one US dollar or euro, with a new micro-lot of one cent in the respective currency. At present, one lot on MOEX’s FX Market is 1,000 US dollars or euros.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of Money Markets Committee Meeting - March 2021

Date 19/04/2021

The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.

The World Federation Of Exchanges To Hold 37th Clearing & Derivatives Forum This Week

Date 19/04/2021

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), the global industry group for CCPs and exchanges, will hold the 37th edition of its Clearing & Derivatives Conference virtually this week.  The conference runs April 19- 23.

Deutsche Börse Venture Network Expands Reach In Europe: Bulgarian Stock Exchange Becomes New Partner

Date 19/04/2021

Deutsche Börse Venture Network is expanding its offering in Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgarian startups can now become early members of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and better position themselves towards international capital providers and stakeholders in one of Europe's leading startup networks. This is made possible by a partnership between the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) in Sofia and Deutsche Börse's pre-IPO platform.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Makes Key Sustainability And Technology Hires

Date 19/04/2021

The FCA has appointed Sacha Sadan as Director of Environment Social and Governance.

Tether Live On Hermez Network Layer 2 Solution Cutting Fees, Congestion On Ethereum

Date 19/04/2021

Tether Operations Limited (“Tether”), the company operating the blockchain-enabled platform tether.to that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has today announced that Tether tokens (USDt) are live on Hermez Network, a decentralised zero-knowledge rollup (zk-rollup).

Bank Of England Statement On Central Bank Digital Currency

Date 19/04/2021

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have today announced the joint creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential UK CBDC.

RegTech Industry Backs FCA Calls For ‘Purposeful’ AML Policies

Date 19/04/2021

RegTech industry experts have spoken out in support for the FCA’s recent call for ‘purposeful’ AML controls and financial fraud action.

Fnality Recognises A Major Market Milestone - Bank Of England Publishes An Omnibus Accounts Policy To Enable Innovative Payment Systems

Date 19/04/2021

Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer made an announcement as part of UK FinTech Week 2021, welcoming the Bank of England’s new omnibus account model, devised to allow new and innovative financial market infrastructures to access central bank settlement money. Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Bank of England also issued a press release on the publication of this policy. Fnality International, a private sector initiative supported by 15 major financial institutions, is delighted to announce that it has already made an application and notes this major milestone on its journey to launch innovative DLT based payment systems, together comprising Fnality Global Payments.

Tide Selected For Tech Nation Future Fifty Following Strongest Year Of Growth

Date 19/04/2021

• Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme supports the leadership teams of the most successful tech companies in the UK
• Tide has now surpasses 5% market share with its member base more than doubling over the last year