BNY Mellon and AccessFintech Collaborate on FX Workflow Challenges Linked to T+1

AccessFintech is working with BNY Mellon to bring a joint solution addressing foreign exchange (FX) workflow challenges ahead of T+1 settlement scheduled to go live in North America this month. According to a story in The Trade news, the shift to T+1 is expected to pose  challenges for participants with projected increases in fail rates and pressures for international participants linked to misalignment. As a result, an anticipated impact of these challenges is increased capital constraints.  Funding and FX requirements are expected to be a more complicated challenge, especially for international brokers and investors operating across different settlement jurisdictions and time zones. BNY Mellon and AccessFintech are collaborating to address the expected challenges on the shift to T+1, providing clarity on the ‘predicted to settle’ status of securities trades. AccessFintech’s clients will be able to instruct BNY Mellon to broker FX transactions based on these ‘predicted to settle’ insights before the end of the US trading day, helping enable the necessary liquidity for international clients trading US securities.