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EU’s AI Act Loads Data Responsibilities on Institutions but also Offers Opportunities
Financial institutions are under pressure to put their data estates in order as the European Union’s artificial intelligence regulation comes into force this week, threatening huge fines for failures to observe its tough rules on the safe and fair use of the technology. Nevertheless, the introduction of stringent measures that will place new compliance burdens…
InTick Secures £2 Million Funding to Fuel Expansion of Derivatives Block Trading Platform
InTick, the fintech firm focused on automating listed derivatives block trading, has secured £2 million in a funding round from a diverse range of angel investors. The investment is earmarked to accelerate the development of its technological infrastructure and expand its all-to-all matching platform across more products. The funding follows a period of significant momentum…
Alkymi Sees Rapid Growth After Founders Bet Early on Privates and AI
When Harald Collet co-founded Alkymi in 2017, he could see which way the wind was blowing in private and alternative assets, especially their growing interest to traditional capital markets participants. He could also sense the burgeoning demand for artificial intelligence applications within the investment space. And so it was that Alkymi was born almost fully…
Rapid Addition and TradingStack Partner to Bridge FIX Connectivity with Digital Asset Markets
FIX connectivity provider Rapid Addition has partnered with TradingStack.io to deliver institutional-grade access to digital asset markets. The collaboration aims to support capital markets firms looking to integrate digital assets into their trading operations without compromising performance or regulatory standards. The move comes as capital markets institutions increasingly explore opportunities in digital assets and tokenisation,…
IEX Selects DataBP Platform to Modernise Market Data Administration
The Investors’ Exchange (IEX) has adopted DataBP’s market data management platform to streamline its commercial data operations, aiming to enhance efficiency across licensing, reporting, and compliance workflows. The move is part of a broader strategy by IEX to simplify its administrative processes as it expands. According to Mark Schaedel, CEO of DataBP, the project was…
The Digital Last Mile: Reimagining Trader Workflows for the AI Era
As trading desks evolve, firms are turning to AI, interoperability, and modern technology platforms to create smarter, more connected environments that reduce friction for traders, enhance decision-making, and allow users to interact seamlessly with data and tools. However, one of the biggest hurdles they face is the sheer weight of the past. Decades of bespoke…
From Alerts to Answers: Castellum.AI’s $8.5 Million Series A Signals a New Era for Agentic Compliance
Earlier this month, an early stage RegTech startup Castellum.AI closed an oversubscribed US $8.5 million Series A round led by Curql and other banking backed investors. Management says the cash will turbocharge its platform that fuses first party risk data, a highspeed screening engine and “agentic” AI assistants. “Compliance teams are drowning in false positives…
From Pilot to Production: Deploying Agentic AI for Compliance with MCP
In late November 2024, Anthropic unveiled the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open, standard and accompanying software development kits (SDKs). MCP is designed to address specific agentic AI adoption bottlenecks. By defining a common interface through which large language model (LLM) applications discover and invoke external tools, MCP promises to transform AI deployments from a…
Archax Expands European Footprint with Acquisition of Deutsche Digital Assets
UK-based digital asset exchange, broker and custodian Archax is set to acquire Germany’s Deutsche Digital Assets (DDA) in a move that further extends its regulated presence across the EU. The deal builds on Archax’s 2023 acquisition of Spanish broker KSCM, supporting its goal to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets across the UK…
Value of ESG Ratings, Scores Still Debated Amid Differing Reports
Consensus remains elusive over the value of aggregated ESG metrics such as ratings and other scores despite a flurry of recent studies on the contentious issue. Three issuers of ratings and indexes conducted their own research into the performance of funds and assets relative to their ratings and while two found at least some correlation…