Swift says a new round of sandbox testing has found that its central bank digital currency interlinking technology can enable financial institutions to carry out a wide range of transactions using CBDCs and other forms of digital tokens, easily incorporating them into their business practices.

Morgan Stanley is preparing to offer crypto trading to retail customers through its E-Trade platform, according to reports. The Wall Street giant is working with zerohash on the plans after joining a $104 million funding round for the crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has implemented a permanent Digital Sandbox, making the testpad available full-time for firms wanting to try out innovative technologies.

Metro Bank has announced its CFO James Hopkinson will leave his role after joining in September 2022.

Eurex Clearing has successfully tested the settlement of cash over a distributed ledger operated by the Banque de France.

ClearToken, a London-based clearing house for global digital assets, has secured a $10 million funding round with support from Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura, several global liquidity providers including Flow Traders and GSR, and leading digital asset firms LMAX Digital and Zodia Custody.

US online brokerages suffered downtime as market opened in anticipation of a stock market rout.

OCBC has launched the sale of bespoke tokenised bonds issued in S$1,000 denominations to corporate clients that have net assets exceeding S$10 million.

Open banking payments in the UK are beginning to catch the attention of fraudsters, with authorised push payment scams on the rise.

Slovenia has emerged as the most ‘crypto-obsessed’ state in Europe, according to recently published research.

The initiative supports the COP30 Presidency’s goal of accelerating climate finance for forests and developing economies. Brazil, as host nation, is placing strong emphasis on halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030.

BBVA Colombia and IFC are to issue the financial sector’s first biodiversity bond.

ClearToken, a London-based clearing house for global digital assets, has signed up for Nasdaq’s Eqlipse Clearing technology.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has sold a 20% stake in its Post Trade Solutions business to a consortium of 11 banks.

Spanish incumbent bank BBVA launched a hostile takeover bid on Thursday to buy out rival Banco Sabadell.