BofA deploys equities tech stack for e-FX

The bank is trying to get ahead of the pack with its new algo and e-FX offerings.

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As banks raced to invest in deploying advanced electronic trading offerings for foreign exchange, Bank of America was, by its own admission, lagging the competition. In single-dealer platform and spot FX algos, it was far from the top of the go-to liquidity providers.

“We were very behind in e-trading,” acknowledges Carlos Fernandez-Aller, head of global FX and emerging markets macro at the bank. “When banks were developing their single-dealer platforms five to 10 years ago, we did not have the

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