A-Team Insight Author: Rollings Nicole
Why the ICE Binary Order Entry API is a Structural Shift, Not Just a Faster Interface
By Harry Palmer, Market Operations, OnixS. The introduction of the ICE Binary Order Entry API is easy to misinterpret as a routine performance upgrade. Binary interfaces are often framed narrowly, as a way to reduce order submission latency or to serve the fastest trading firms. In this case, that reading misses the point. What Intercontinental...
Inside the Uneven Geography of AML Enforcement Outcomes in 2025 – Fenergo Analysis
Fenergo’s latest Global enforcement analysis shows total AML, KYC, sanctions and customer due diligence penalties declining to $3.8 billion in 2025, down from $4.6 billion in 2024 and $6.6 billion in 2023, marking a second consecutive year of decline. Beneath that headline, regional outcomes moved in sharply different directions. North American fines fell by 58%,...
Funding Regulatory Oversight: 2026 Budgets for US Supervisors
On January 11, 2026, the House Appropriations Committee released conferenced versions of two major fiscal year 2026 spending measures: the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) bill and the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) bill. While appropriations announcements rarely attract sustained market attention, these packages carry direct implications for how financial...
Tokenised Deposits Edge Closer to Production Settlement Workflows
Recent initiatives from Lloyds Bank and London Stock Exchange Group highlight how tokenised commercial bank money is being positioned for regulated post-trade and settlement use cases. Two closely timed announcements from the UK market point to a maturing approach to tokenised cash and its role in regulated financial market infrastructure. Lloyds Banking Group has completed...
Broadridge Deepens AI Push with Minority Investment in DeepSee to Transform Post-Trade Operations
Broadridge Financial Solutions has taken a minority stake in agentic AI specialist DeepSee and expanded its partnership to embed intelligent automation into post-trade workflows, marking a strategic advance in its data and AI roadmap for capital markets operations. Tom Carey, President of Broadridge Global Technology and Operations (GTO), will join DeepSee’s Board of Directors as...
LSEG Collaborates with AWS to Support Real-Time Data Infrastructure
London Stock Exchange Group has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services aimed at modernising the infrastructure underpinning its real-time market data services, as part of a broader cloud transformation strategy. Under the collaboration, LSEG will leverage AWS services to support the collection, routing, and distribution of its Full Tick and Real-Time Optimized data, while...
BridgePort Launches BridgePort Analytics with AI-Driven Exchange Intelligence Assistant
BridgePort, the middleware coordination layer for off-exchange settlement (OES) in institutional crypto, has launched BridgePort Analytics, an exchange intelligence platform designed to support institutional trading firms operating in OES environments. The platform includes Bridget, an AI-powered assistant that allows users to query execution and venue data using natural language. According to the company, BridgePort Analytics...
ITRS Acquires IP-Label to Expand Digital Experience Monitoring Capabilities
ITRS, the performance monitoring and analytics provider, has agreed to acquire IP-Label, the Paris-based specialist in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) and performance analytics, with the aim of strengthening its DEM capabilities and expanding its presence in Europe. The acquisition brings IP-Label’s Ekara platform into the ITRS portfolio, adding capabilities including Synthetic Transaction Monitoring (STM), Real...
Exegy Acquires NovaSparks to Accelerate Convergence at the FPGA Layer
Exegy, the low-latency market data, trading, and execution technology provider, has agreed to acquire NovaSparks Inc., the specialist in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) enabled market data and trading products. Exegy’s move to bring NovaSparks into the group signals a clear intent to exert deeper control over the FPGA-driven market data pipeline, from normalisation and...
Diginex Labour Rights Expert Acquisition Highlights ESG Data Shift to Risk
Sustainability data and RegTech provider Diginex’s recent acquisition of The Remedy Project labour and human rights advisory illustrates how ESG is transforming from an investment strategy to a risk mitigation objective among financial companies. The London-based company, which last year purchased sustainability data and analytics provider Matter DK, anticipates that the The Remedy Project’s expertise...