An investor group led by Marc Joppeck, which also owns global trading brand INFINOX, has today announced the acquisition of Skilling.com (Skilling), a leading European online brokerage, subject to final regulatory approval. The move marks a significant step in the group’s long-term vision to build a diversified financial services portfolio, strengthen its presence in one of the world’s most competitive trading regions, and enhance client access to innovative trading solutions.

CMC Markets, a global leader in online trading for retail, professional and institutional clients, has successfully completed the private placement of a shareholding in the UK using distributed-ledger technology (DLT). The use of a digital token to represent the shareholding marks a new phase in the company’s digital strategy.

Quoreka, a leading provider of energy and commodity trading risk management (E/CTRM) solutions, today announced the launch of the Quoreka Sentiment Index (QIndex), an AI-driven commodity sentiment index designed to give market participants a real-time pulse on global sentiment. Powered by Barchart’s comprehensive news and data feeds, QIndex leverages the latest in AI and large language models (LLMs) to measure, analyze and quantify sentiment in daily news coverage and generate confidence-based sentiment scores for key commodities.

Global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), today announced that it has delivered full ISO 20022 cash processing capabilities for its global bank and broker/dealer clients. This positions clients well ahead of the November 2025 Swift Standard Release.

Deriv, a global leader in online trading today announced it has obtained a licence from the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) for its newly formed UAE subsidiary, Deriv Capital Contracts & Currencies L.L.C. This marks Deriv’s strategic expansion across the region, further enabling its mission to offer regulated online trading services in one of the world’s most dynamic financial hubs.

TMX Group today announced it has acquired Verity, a leading buy-side investment research management system, data, and analytics provider. The acquisition enhances TMX Datalinx's client offering, strengthening its position in delivering global investment-grade data, insights, and investment workflow tools across equities, fixed income, and private assets.

InstrumentiX, an award-winning provider of trading infrastructure monitoring and analytics, today announced that Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a global technology leader in design, test and network visibility solutions, has acquired a strategic stake in the company. Keysight’s targeted investment underscores InstrumentiX’s market-leading innovation and deepens the companies’ strategic partnership, accelerating development and expanding adoption of advanced monitoring solutions across capital markets.

21X, the operator of the first EU-regulated on-chain trading and settlement system, and DekaBank, the securities services provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe), today announced the successful completion of an on-chain trade on the Polygon testnet. This marks a critical step forward in their collaboration to integrate and expand tokenized asset capabilities for their clients.

Aark Digital the largest 1000x perp-dex on Arbitrum has announced its updated roadmap, highlighting both its rapid token growth and product expansion. Following an all-time high in trading activity, the platform is preparing to introduce new layers of liquidity, gamification, and leverage, positioning itself as the most advanced environment for high-frequency decentralized trading.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader, today announced that Merck has selected Broadridge to implement Swift's new Instant Cash Reporting service through its Swift Service Bureau (SSB) and SCORE+ services. The comprehensive solution enables Merck to transform treasury operations with real-time, on-demand access to balance and transaction information of more than 400 accounts globally.

Global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), in collaboration with The ValueExchange, ISSA, Accenture, and Taurus, today released the sixth annual DLT in the Real World report, a comprehensive study tracking the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets across global financial markets. Drawing on insights from investors, banks, brokers, and market operators worldwide, the 2025 study highlights a shift in priorities across the buy side, in which both DLT and digital assets are gaining momentum and operational significance.

Kudotrade, one of the leading global CFD brokers known for its award-winning trading platform, is proud to announce the official launch of “Kudo Funded” its Proprietary Trading (Prop Trading) Platform.

Ajyad Capital, a leading investment management firm licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), has announced a new strategic partnership with prime global brokerage EXANTE which extends Ajyad's global reach, providing investors with exposure to a wide range of financial instruments in international markets, through its upcoming digital investment platform.

Today at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Nomentia, a leading European treasury management system provider, and Mitigram, a platform leader for trade finance, have announced a new Nordic partnership aimed at delivering greater value to corporate finance teams across Europe and beyond.

Investec Bank plc, a leading international financial services provider, today announces the appointment of William Boddy as Head of Fixed Income and ETFs and Ben Goodchild as Deputy Head of Fixed Income Trading and ETFs.