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ECB begins preparatory work for investments in tokenised securities

21 September 2026 Europe
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The European Central Bank hopes to gain first-hand experience throughout the whole investment lifecycle, including trade execution, settlement, systems, and portfolio management

Eurosystem launches Pontes

21 September 2026 Europe
Reporter: Matthew Challis

According to the Eurosystem, Pontes is the first initiative in its strategic programme to make central bank money ��fit for a tokenised future��

Caceis becomes Cr辿dit Agricole Caceis

21 September 2026 France
Reporter: Theodore Law

According to the firm, this marks a decisive step in the group's strategic trajectory towards Cr辿dit Agricole S.A.��s ACT 2028 medium-term plan

Cboe Clear Europe selected as CCP for Nasdaq Iceland

18 September 2026 Europe
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The move is expected to support the continued development of Iceland��s capital markets by introducing central clearing and bringing the market closer to international standards

Wematch.live hires das Merc棚s

18 September 2026 France
Reporter: Theodore Law

Based in Paris, Gr辿gory das Merc棚s brings almost 25 years of experience, having previously served as a consultant and private investor at Ithil IM

Euroclear appoints Haswani

18 September 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Theodore Law

Based in Hong Kong, Bhavna Haswani brings almost two decades of experience to the role

TreasurySpring becomes super validator on Canton Network

18 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

Through the Canton improvement proposal, TreasurySpring will record the ownership of a material and growing proportion of newly issued fixed-term fund shares on Canton��s distributed ledger technology

Ownera and DFNS partner to accelerate adoption of tokenised collateral

17 September 2026 UK, France
Reporter: Theodore Law

The partnership combines Ownera's production-grade orchestration and interoperability infrastructure with DFNS�� secure wallet, governance policy management, and transaction management-signing technology

Standard Chartered and QNB T端rkiye execute gender equality-focused repo

17 September 2026 UK, Turkey
Reporter: Theodore Law

The transaction is aligned with QNB T端rkiye's Sustainable Finance and Product Framework and will support the bank's financing of eligible women-led SMEs across T端rkiye

Tradeweb expands Saudi debt market access with domestic execution

17 September 2026 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Theodore Law

GIB Capital and Saudi Awwal Bank executed the first transaction using the local-to-local trading and post-trade workflow, with post-trade processing and settlement completed locally through Muqassa and Edaa

Data Insights: AI infrastructure buildout shifts from equity to debt financing

17 September 2026 Global
Reporter: Theodore Law

Companies relying more heavily on external financing for AI investment showed early signs of greater sensitivity than those funding growth through internal cash generation, the firm says

Clear Street attains London Stock Exchange clearing membership

17 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm��s admission as a General Clearing Member marks the completion its UK and European equities build