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Bank Of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting - 3 March 2021

Date 15/06/2021

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Pico Strengthens Its Asia-Pacific (APAC) Presence With Opening In China - Firm Receives Its Business License As A Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) From Shanghai Authorities To Provide Technology Services In China

Date 15/06/2021

Pico, a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community, continues to extend the reach of its globally comprehensive technology solutions with the formation of a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE), British Commercial Pico (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Moscow Exchange: REPO Risk Parameters Change For The Security MRKP - Update 2

Date 15/06/2021

As per the Securities market risk parameters methodology, on 15.06.2021, 13-02 (MSK) the lower bound of the REPO rate for tenor Y0/Y1Dt (up to -113.16 %), penalty rate and IR Risk Rate (up to -0.000913 rub) for the security MRKP were changed. New values are available here

Cowen Outsourced Trading Expands Fixed Income Team With Two Senior Traders

Date 15/06/2021

Cowen (NASDAQ:COWN) (“Cowen” or the “Company”) today announced the expansion of its Fixed Income Outsourced Trading team with two senior hires, Vincent Governara and Chris Taliercio. Both traders bring over 15 years’ experience in the credit space at buy-side and sell-side institutions. 

Umbria Network’s Narni Blockchain Bridge In Testing Mode - Easier, Quicker And Cheaper Transfer Of Assets Between Different Blockchain Ecosystems -

Date 15/06/2021

DeFi protocol Umbria Network - https://umbria.network/ - has initiated development of a first-of-its-kind blockchain bridge. 

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting - 9 March 2021

Date 15/06/2021

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC), which is a forum for discussion of the wholesale foreign exchange market. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Fabrick Unveils Suite Of API Based Solutions Harnessing Open Finance

Date 15/06/2021

Fabrick, Italy’s leading open banking ecosystem, is launching a suite of API based solutions that harness Open Finance. Fabrick has created two market-ready solutions based on Mastercard’s APIs: InControl for Business and Identity Check Mobile (IDCM) and utilises them to bring value to end users with easy-to-use applications.

United FinTech Announces Advisory Board Of World-Class Experts

Date 15/06/2021

United Fintech has announced its Advisory Board, with the appointment of six world-class experts who will play a key role in the global expansion of the fast-growth firm launched by Christian Frahm to help banks, hedge funds and asset managers to accelerate their transition to a digital world through access to fintechs specialising in capital markets.

Press Release Of The Steering Committee Of The Athens Stock Exchange

Date 15/06/2021

The Athens Stock Exchange, during today's session of its Stock Markets Steering Committee (SMSC), approved the listing of a new Futures Contract on the FTSE/ATHEX Bank Index, as well as the drafting of a new ATHEX BoD Resolution, regarding the specifications of this product, the terms and conditions under which the expiration dates are set, the daily settlement price calculation method, the special terms of pre agreed block trades and the terms of Market Making obligations. The first trading day of this product will be on Monday 28th of June 2021. You may find the relevant ATHEX BoD Resolution on the ATHEXGroup website and more specifically here.

SenseOn Launches New “On A Mission” Campaign, As Business Announced Technology Pioneer By World Economic Forum

Date 15/06/2021

• Cyber security pioneer SenseOn launches new campaign showcasing they are on a mission to create a safer world by putting people at the heart of cyber security.
• SenseOn’s vision is a safer world for everyone to work and play in, through democratised, affordable and accessible technology – as simple and effective as switching on and off.
• New campaign comes after firm named Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum alongside 100 of the most promising tech companies in the world.
• SenseOn is transforming the global cyber security market, having developed an industry-first, cloud-native security architecture, instantly deployable via a single piece of software.