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Staff Statement Regarding Broker-Dealer Registration Of Certain User Interfaces Utilized To Prepare Transactions In Crypto Asset Securities, SEC Division Of Trading And Markets

Date 13/04/2026

The Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets (“Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) is issuing the following statement to provide its views on the broker-dealer registration requirements under Section 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) with respect to a person that creates, offers, and/or operates certain interfaces utilized by users to, among other things, prepare transactions in crypto asset securities (“Covered User Interface Providers”).

OpenText And S3NS Partner To Deliver European Sovereign Cloud Solutions With Google Cloud - Strategic Partnership To Expand European Trusted Cloud With Hybrid Architecture For Secure AI At Scale

Date 13/04/2026

OpenText™ (NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX), a global leader in data management for enterprise AI, today announced a strategic partnership with S3NS, an alliance between Thales, a French leader in cybersecurity in Europe, and Google Cloud, to bring European organizations a trusted cloud platform based on Google Cloud technology, that meets the highest security and compliance criteria in France to offer strict data residency, regulatory compliance, and operational controls.

Bank Of England: FXJSC Combined Operations And Legal Sub-Committee Meeting

Date 13/04/2026

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

OpenText Enterprise Data And AI Solutions To Be Available On AWS European Sovereign Cloud - OpenText Will Offer Customers A Hybrid Sovereign Cloud Architecture That Supports Regulated European Union Organizations With Secure, AI‑Ready Data Platforms, Complementing What Is Available In North America Today

Date 13/04/2026

OpenText™ (NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX), a global leader in secure information management for AI, announced today that it will make a number of its world leading enterprise data and AI solutions available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new independent cloud for Europe.

Two-Way Street − Speech By Alan Taylor, External Member Of The Bank Of England Monetary Policy Committee, Given At The PSE–BdF Conference On International Macroeconomics In Historical Perspective At The Banque De France In Paris

Date 13/04/2026

In this speech Alan Taylor reflects on the evolving and mutually beneficial relationship between, on the one side, the macroeconomic policy world and, on the other side, the academic domain of macroeconomic history. 

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting – 27 November 2025

Date 13/04/2026

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.

The EBA Publishes Report On Banks’ Dry Run Testing Of Their Recovery Plans

Date 13/04/2026

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published a Report comparing how banks test the implementation of their recovery plans through so-called “dry runs”. In a context of heightened uncertainty and the continued need for operational preparedness and resilience to unexpected stress events, the analysis confirms that dry runs are an effective tool to strengthen the operationalisation of recovery plans and enhance institutions’ crisis readiness. When used meaningfully, dry runs improve institutions’ ability to respond to stress situations in a timely and credible manner.

Deutsche Börse Group: Business Indicators For March 2026

Date 13/04/2026

A summary of Deutsche Börse Group's business indicators for March 2026 is now available on the Deutsche Börse Group website:

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Bank Of England Enhances Resolution Readiness With Updated Operational Guides

Date 13/04/2026

The Bank of England has today published new and updated guidance on how the Bank might implement the UK’s resolution regime in the event of a bank failure.

Icon Solutions Appoints Anders Olofsson As EMEA Sales Director To Drive Global Adoption Of The Icon Payments Framework

Date 13/04/2026

Icon Solutions – the UK fintech enabling banks globally to design and implement state-of-the-art payment systems – has appointed Anders Olofsson as Sales Director, EMEA to drive adoption of the Icon Payments Framework (IPF) across the region.