Baghdadi Capital, the global independent family office specialised in working capital finance and founded by Spanish businessman Baihas Baghdadi, has completed a strategic investment in Teybridge Capital Europe, a specialist in working-capital solutions and trade finance. Following its recent investment in American Capital Financial Group (ACF), this new transaction further strengthens Baghdadi Capital’s international footprint — tripling its client base and accelerating geographic expansion in the UK and Ireland, while reinforcing its presence in the US and along the principal commercial corridors between Spain and these countries. As part of the transaction, Baghdadi Capital will join Teybridge Capital Europe’s board.

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) today announces the Shanghai Electronic Certification Authority Co. Ltd. (SHECA) as the latest Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI) within the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) ecosystem.

SkySparc, a trusted global provider of digital transformation solutions for treasury and finance institutions, today announced the acquisition of Inovotek Solutions (“Inovotek” or the “Company”), a specialist provider of transformation services to capital markets and financial institutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform services provider, announced today that its TT® Trade Surveillance solution was named winner of the Best AI Solution for Trade Surveillance at the inaugural AI in Capital Markets Awards. The award highlighted the platform's ability to deliver measurable value to financial institutions through an AI-driven data and technology solution.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, today announced the release of Version 1.2 of IBKR Desktop, a next-generation trading platform that balances simplicity with advanced functionality. The improved version offers new features and tools, including one-click, instant order transmission which is a highly requested and sought-after feature for Interactive Brokers’ active and sophisticated traders.

Eventus, a leading provider of comprehensive, at-scale trade surveillance and financial risk solutions, and Openmarkets Group (OMG), one of Australia’s leading wealth management and trading fintechs, announced that Openmarkets has just moved to Eventus to provide the trade surveillance solution for all of its business.

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), global Fintech leader, today announced record activity on its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, which processed an average of $339 billion in daily repo transactions during September. The results mark a 21% increase over August’s $280 billion daily average and a 650% increase year‑over‑year, highlighting the rapid adoption of tokenized settlement.

The Hemispheres Foundation, an independent organization dedicated to the advancement and adoption of Hemi, the world’s largest programmability layer on Bitcoin, today announced a strategic investment from American Ventures, and an engagement with Dominari Securities, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and investment bank based in New York (“Dominari”) and a subsidiary of Dominari Holdings, Inc. (DOMH). As part of the deal, Dominari and Hemi will jointly develop regulated digital asset and ETF platforms designed to expand institutional utility of the $HEMI token.

TS Imagine, a leading global provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announced a strategic development partnership with Gentek.ai, a pure-play horizontal AI platform with deep domain experience in financial services.

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, has introduced enhancements to its professional tax planning toolkit with the launch of Tax Planner, available through PortfolioAnalyst. Its new capabilities complement existing tax-lot matching and tax loss harvesting features, giving investors greater control over the tax implications of their investment activity.

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.