Tag: Northern Trust

clone firm FCA warning
September 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Northern Trust clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Northern Trust. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge, J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander complete pilot of blockchain-based proxy vote solution

Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander today announced the successful completion of a pilot which employs a blockchain technology to enhance global proxy vote transparency and analytics. The pilot, Broadridge’s first application of blockchain technology, provides transparency by adapting distributed ledger technology capabilities to provide daily…

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November 10, 2016 BY admin

R3 works with member banks on shared KYC service based on distributed ledger technology

Financial innovation company R3 and ten of its consortium member banks have successfully developed a proof-of-concept for a Know Your Customer (KYC) registry that addresses the challenges associated with satisfying regulatory requirements and allows identities to be managed by their owners. BBVA, CIBC, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Natixis, Nordea, Northern Trust, Société Générale, UBS and US…

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July 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Northern Trust to leverage Global Collateral’s margin settlement messaging service

DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd, a joint venture (JV) of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has announced that financial services company Northern Trust will implement GlobalCollateral’s Settlement Messaging Service. The adoption of the service will streamline Northern Trust’s margin call process, increase transparency through automated collateral settlement tracking, enhance client service and improve…

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March 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

R3 trials blockchain fixed income trading with 40 banks

The trial marked an unprecedented scale of institutional collaboration between the financial and technology communities exploring how distributed ledgers can be applied to global financial markets. Just released is a major blockchain announcement from financial technology innovation company R3 CEV. In short, they connected 40 banks to five different blockchains and allowed them to facilitate…

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