API
The programmatic shift: how APIs, embedded FX and AI will redefine FX distribution
FX is shifting from standalone platforms to embedded, API-driven and embedded execution workflows
smartTrade eyes role as direct streaming linchpin
Vendor plans to tap growing demand for direct API trading solutions across asset classes
Banks eye cost cuts ahead of RateStream Treasuries push
FX SpotStream’s move into rates seen as both fee-saver and potential boost to streaming execution
FX options API trading takes off at quant hedge funds
Systematic players behind surge in direct execution, say dealers
FXSpotStream expands into US Treasuries trading
Bank-owned streaming venue targets mid-year launch, offering “all you can eat” subscription fees
Electronic trading support product of the year: TransFICC
TransFICC’s success at the Markets Technology Awards 2026 is thanks to its fast and reliable One API platform
LSEG readies hard matching on forwards venue
Forwards Matching eyes Q4 start for new function that enables faster credit checks
Dealers bullish on Bloomberg chat interface for FX markets
Service expanded its API offering to integrate broker chats into banks’ engines for cash FX pricing late last year
For US Treasury algos, dealers get with the program
Four banks now offer execution algos on Bloomberg, with plans to go further, faster
Drawing the road map for digital treasury in banking: part two
Negotiate the way forward with open technologies and Rest APIs
Citi rolls out revamped SDP in emerging markets
Unified API will boost electronic pricing and automation for restricted currencies, says bank
Bloomberg offers auto-RFQ chat feed – but banks want a bigger prize
Traders hope for unfettered access to IB chat so they can build their own AI-enhanced trading tools
Bilateral streaming relationships set to grow, say LPs
FX Markets Europe: More clients are embracing APIs to access bank liquidity directly
LSEG shelves replatforming project for FX Matching venues
After EBS migration, dealers had little appetite for another major technology project
Dealer relief at delays to Refinitiv Matching’s tech migration
First phase of replatforming for Swiss spot pairs set to be pushed to mid-2025
Keys to the kingdom: FX dealers open doors to passive trades
Banks provide entry to internal exchanges and principal trading desks
FXSpotStream looks to growth products beyond spot
New chief exec Jeff Ward highlights NDFs and FX swaps as next boom area for the venue
Electronic FX swaps execution advances on 360t
Sun platform could help banks auto-hedge and develop algo execution for the instruments
Tradeweb treads fine line as API trend brings challenges
Buy-side rates traders look to dodge platform’s interface but remain barred from cross-venue price-shopping
‘Holes’ in new UK regulatory net worry trading venues
Regulated venues say rival firms might unfairly escape oversight in activities such as blocking trades and price aggregation
From ‘cottage industry’ to quant-ready: prop data at JP Morgan
Unique information now “table stakes” for brokers as they compete for new clients