CLSNet Enlists BNY Mellon, ING to Enhance FX Transaction Handling

<p>BNY Mellon
and ING have joined the list of top global banks that have partnered with
financial market infrastructure company CLS. The banking giants have become
part of CLSNet, the bilateral payment netting calculation service for over 120
currencies.</p><p>BNY Mellon and ING Agree
to Join CLSNet Community</p><p>BNY Mellon,
the world's largest custodian bank managing over $41.1 trillion in assets, and
ING, the largest Dutch bank with over €951 billion in assets, are the latest
participants to join the growing CLSNet community. <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/institutional-forex/execution/bnp-paribas-citibank-jp-morgan-actinver-go-live-on-clsnet/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Eight of the top top global
banks</a> are already members of the service.</p><p>"We
are delighted that BNY Mellon and ING are joining CLSNet's growing community of
users," Lisa Danino-Lewis, the Chief Growth Officer <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/tag/cls/" target="_blank" rel="follow">at CLS</a>, commented. "In
addition to banks, CLSNet is directly accessible to most market participants,
making its benefits widely available to the FX industry."</p><p>CLSNet is a
centralized platform that standardizes and streamlines post-trade processes,
including same-day trades and non-deliverable forwards (NDFs). By netting
offsetting payment <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/o/obligations/">obligations</a>, the service helps reduce settlement risk and
achieve greater operational efficiency across a range of currency transactions.</p><p>Jason
Vitale, the Head of Global Markets Trading at BNY Mellon, said joining CLSNet
"will enable us to provide clients with improvements in intraday liquidity
and execution efficiency."</p><p>A month ago, CLS predicted that global financial markets might experience a significant change as CLS, a multi-currency settlement system for foreign exchange trades, was contemplating postponing settlement instructions for currency transactions.</p><p>Record Year for CLSNet</p><p>The
platform has seen record growth this year in adoption and usage. The average
daily notional value of net calculations has consistently exceeded $115 billion
over the last 12 months. On 20 December, CLSNet reached a record daily netted
notional amount of $445 billion.</p><p>"CLSNet
provides the functionality to strengthen and standardize the post-trade
processes across the global currency spectrum," said Robbert Zee, the FM
Operations Lead at ING. He added that ING's participation "will be
integral to our strategy to further improve operational efficiency and reduce
risk."</p><p>By
automating netting on a centralized platform, participants can achieve
increased efficiency and risk reduction for currencies not currently <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/institutional-forex/cls-navigates-regulatory-changes-a-potential-delay-in-fx-trade-settlements/" target="_blank" rel="follow">settled
through CLSSettlement</a>, the company's <a href="https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/s/settlement/">settlement</a> system.</p>

This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.