Big Bank Turns to Nasdaq for Help Running Its Currency Trading

  • Adds to market technology business that also powers exchanges
  • Exchange looks to branch beyond core business running markets

The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York in 2016.

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg
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Nasdaq Inc. won its first deal to help power a bank’s currency trading, its latest attempt to branch out from its original business of running a famous stock exchange.

Nasdaq didn’t identify the new customer beyond calling it a “Tier 1 bank,” according to a statementBloomberg Terminal Wednesday. The bank will use Nasdaq’s matching technology, the software that pairs up buyers and sellers.