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Signicat And TrustTech Bring Reusable Identity To European Businesses Through Private Wallets, Ahead Of New EU Rules

Date 02/07/2026

Signicat, the European digital identity leader and trust services provider, and TrustTech, the digital trust infrastructure company specialising in identity verification, reusable compliance checks and trusted signatures, today announced a partnership to help regulated businesses build reusable identity processes through private wallet ecosystems.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The US Currency Announces Deputy Comptroller For Supervision System And Analytical Support

Date 02/07/2026

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced the promotion of Jamie Wilds to Deputy Comptroller for Supervision System and Analytical Support (SSAS). In this role, Mr. Wilds will manage the administration, development, and enhancement of supervisory data, systems, reports and analytics, in support of supervision objectives and the agency’s mission.

OCC June 2026 Monthly Volume Data

Date 02/07/2026

OCC reported June 2026 total cleared contract volume of 1,608,649,778 contracts – up 45.0 per cent from June 2025. Total options cleared contract volume reached 1,603,491,559 in June 2026, up 45.0 per cent from 1,105,752,074 in June 2025. Equity options volume reached a total of 778,333,823 contracts, up 28.6 per cent. Total futures cleared contract volume reached 5,158,219 in June 2026, up 39.5 per cent from 3,698,687 in June 2025.

CCP Global Submits A Response To CPMI-IOSCO's Consultation On Updated Guidance And Public Disclosures To Implement IM Proposals

Date 02/07/2026

CCP Global has submitted a response to CPMI-IOSCO's consultation on updated guidance and public disclosures to implement initial margin proposals.

DOJ And FTC Issue Fiscal Year 2025 Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report

Date 02/07/2026

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission released their 48th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Report. This report summarizes the agencies’ merger enforcement efforts and provides fiscal year 2025 data on the Premerger Notification Program, which alerts the agencies to transactions that may substantially lessen competition in violation of federal law.

Eventus Wins Awards For Trade Surveillance Product Of The Year At Risk Technology Awards And Best Trade Surveillance Solution In The Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC

Date 02/07/2026

Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, has just won two major awards: Trade Surveillance Product of the Year at the Risk Technology Awards and Best Trade Surveillance Solution in the Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC 2026.

Trading Technologies Wins APAC Capital Markets Tech Supplier Of The Year At Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC 2026

Date 02/07/2026

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform services provider, today was named APAC Capital Markets Tech Supplier of the Year at the second annual Capital Markets Technology Awards APAC, hosted by A-Team Group.

Datos Insights Names Madeline Bailey To Lead InsTech Operations - Insurance Innovation Executive Joins To Accelerate Growth Of Independent, Community-Led Platform

Date 02/07/2026

Datos Insights is pleased to announce the appointment of Madeline Bailey as Executive Principal of InsTech. As a member of the InsTech Executive Leadership Team, Bailey will work alongside Matthew Grant and Robin Merttens to lead the next phase of InsTech's growth and development.

New York State Department of Financial Services: Twitter Investigation Report

Date 02/07/2026

On July 15, 2020, a 17-year old hacker and his accomplices breached Twitter’s network and seized control of dozens of Twitter accounts assigned to high-profile users. For several hours, the world watched while the Hackers carried out a public cyberattack, by seizing one high-profile account after another and tweeting out a “double your bitcoin” scam. The Hackers took over the Twitter accounts of politicians, celebrities, and entrepreneurs, including Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian West, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk, as well as Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services. And for several hours Twitter seemed unable to stop the hack.

Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation Announces Inaugural Subscription Of Secured General Collateral Notes (SGC Notes)

Date 02/07/2026

• Bank of Montreal (BMO), the first eligible subscribing bank, issued the first SGC Notes
• Moody's Ratings (Moody's) assigned a Prime-1 (sf) rating to the Series BMO-521 notes
• Bank of Canada announced the addition of SGC Notes as eligible collateral under its Standing Liquidity Facility (SLF), with the intent to support the development of this new market