Rebecca Natale

For almost four years, we’ve been following the ongoing legal challenge to Cusip Global Services (CGS) and the licensing structure it imposes on crucial reference data used in North American securities trading. For the first IMD Wrap of 2026, I thought we... See more

A proposal put forth by Nasdaq in September is seeking approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to trade tokenized securities on the exchange. The proposal would split Nasdaq’s definition of “security” to mean either their traditional form,... See more

In September, London-based fintech Ediphy contested the Financial Conduct Authority’s August decision to award the contract for the UK’s bond consolidated tape to rival fintech Etrading Software. The move immediately halted the process of building and imp... See more

A Palo Alto-based fintech is proposing the financial industry take a page out of the playbook of self-driving cars to bring standardization to the increasingly popular and fast-moving realm of financial artificial intelligence. Martini.ai, an AI-powered c... See more

Last week, plaintiffs in the pending case against Cusip Global Services (CGS) and its affiliates filed their motion for class certification, which would define the types of entities and persons eligible to be represented by Dinosaur Financial Group, Swiss... See more