Citi, Coinbase team up to develop digital asset payment capabilities for institutional clients

Today, Citi and Coinbase announced their intention to collaborate on digital asset payment capabilities for Citi’s institutional clients and to explore additional clients globally in the future. The initial phase of their partnership is focused on fiat payments/payments, supporting Coinbase’s on/off ramps – the bridge between traditional fiat and digital asset ecosystems – along with […]

The FCA provides information for companies looking to offer crypto ETNs

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a notice to companies wishing to offer cryptocurrency exchange traded notes (cETNs). Consumers can now access cryptocurrency exchange traded notes (cETNs), with many products available. The FCA lifted its ban on retail access to certain cETNs on 8 October. Retail consumers can now access cETNs when […]

TradingView adds leverage support to Long and Short Position tools

TradingView continues to improve its charting tools and today introduces leverage settings for Long and Short Position tools. With leverage, TradingView users can make their trades more closely reflect real-world conditions by linking their position size to their account balance. This update allows TradingView users to set leverage so that their position size remains in […]

Worldpay introduces 3D Secure optimization service with artificial intelligence

Worldpay today announced the launch of its innovative Authentication Optimization Service, a patent-pending solution designed to maximize payment approval rates and minimize unnecessary friction for merchants using 3D Secure (3DS) for payment authentication. This service is widely available to merchants who accept payments in non-3DS regulated markets. “With our authentication optimization service, we use artificial […]

Tradeweb Completes First Fully Electronic Trade of RFM Exchange Packages

Tradeweb Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:TW), a global operator of electronic markets for interest rates, credit, equities and money markets, today announced that it has completed the first fully electronic order-to-market (RFM) swap package trade. Citadel and Barclays were counterparties to the trade, which was recently executed on the Tradeweb Swap Execution Facility (TW SEF). This trademark […]

ICE SONIA futures and options hit record OI

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) today announced that ICE’s SONIA futures and options market, the UK’s benchmark for interest rate risk management, hit a record open interest (OI) of 11.4 million on 23 October 2025, up 68% year-on-year (y-o-y), including of OI record over 7M SONIA options 7M% YoY. “As clients manage exposure between central bank […]

Nordic Capital acquires financial data and analytics provider BMLL

Following its acquisition earlier this year (along with other private equity investors) of UK online broker Hargreaves Lansdown, Stockholm-based Nordic Capital has announced an agreement to acquire BMLL, a leading independent provider of harmonized historical order book data and analytics. The investment will be made in close collaboration with BMLL’s management team and minority shareholder […]

Robinhood UK launches futures trading

US broker Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) has announced that from today its FCA-regulated arm Robinhood UK Ltd is launching futures for UK clients, enabling clients to trade index, energy, metals and currency futures directly in the app Robinhood and in Robinhood Legend. Clients can access CME Group’s 40+ futures products — including S&P 500 futures, oil, […]

SFC obtains court order to freeze up to $82.4m in assets belonging to suspected Smartac share handlers

The Court of First Instance has granted an interim injunction against 12 suspected Smartac International Holdings Limited stock manipulators in proceedings brought by the Hong Kong Securities and Exchange Commission (SFC) under section 213 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO). According to the Court’s decision, the 12 suspected operators, who allegedly manipulated Smartac shares […]