Euroclear has today announced a transformative seven-year strategic partnership with Microsoft. This collaboration aims to enhance the client experience and unlock new growth opportunities for Euroclear’s business ecosystem by leveraging Microsoft’s advanced technology, cloud services, and expertise.
The partnership will strengthen Euroclear’s technology infrastructure and support its strategic objectives in key growth areas such as funds, client experience, and digital transformation. Euroclear’s long-term vision of becoming a digital and data-enabled financial market infrastructure will be accelerated by Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud technologies, including Azure, Azure AI, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, and Microsoft Teams.
Euroclear and Microsoft Forge Strategic Partnership
Valérie Urbain, CEO of Euroclear, emphasized the importance of innovation in financial market infrastructures. “Harnessing the latest developments in cloud, AI, and analytics is a critical enabler of Euroclear’s strategy,” she stated. “Microsoft’s technology leadership and deep understanding of financial markets make it an ideal partner to drive our ambitions forward.”
The partnership will enable Euroclear to pioneer new digital and data-centric initiatives, creating shared solutions that are compatible and standardized, offering value not only to industry service providers but also to issuers and investors. Ralph Haupter, President of Microsoft EMEA, noted that the partnership will shift traditional workflows to an ecosystem-centric capital markets model, driving efficiency and innovation across the industry.
Key initiatives for the first phase of the partnership, which will focus on 2025, include the development of a secure financial data-sharing ecosystem, the transformation of Euroclear FundsPlace with AI-driven insights, and the modernization of customer engagement. The partnership will also focus on building secure, next-generation financial infrastructure with robust compliance, security, and resilience to support mission-critical workloads.
Senior executives from both Euroclear and Microsoft will oversee the partnership’s development to ensure that it delivers long-term value for clients and ecosystem partners.
Also, stay updated with the Latest Broker News.