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Billon lands £2 million in fresh funding

Billon, the British/Polish fintech which uses distributed ledger technology to tokenise national currencies, has raised £2 million in funding with support from the UK Government's Future Fund Scheme.

25 August 2020

Company announcement/covid-19

Billon wins UK grant to develop Covid-19 training and immunity certificates on distributed ledger

Billon Group received a £50,000 grant in the Fast Start Competition by Innovate UK to build a distributed ledger platform to store COVID-19 related certificates to support workers’ safe return to the workplace.

26 June 2020

News/crypto

Raiffeisen Bank to pilot digital currency

Austria's Raiffeisen Bank is to pilot the use of digital currency for money transfers and custody with corporate and institutional clients after a successful proof-of-concept with British-Polish fintech BIllon.

20 May 2020

Company announcement/payments

Billon to demo digital euro concept at Raiffeisen Bank

Billon was selected to participate in the Elevator Lab Partnership Program organised by Raiffeisen Bank International.

05 November 2019

Company announcement

Billon and Microsoft to work with Poland’s top university to bring DLT into academia

Billon Solutions sp. z o. o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Research on Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology, operating at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.

17 May 2019

Company announcement/regulation

Billon gets Polish e-money institution regulatory approval

Billon Solutions Sp. z o.o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, obtained permission from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego - KNF) to operate as a registered electronic money institution. This is the first permit of this type issued in Poland.

24 April 2019

Company announcement

FIS to explore potential integration with Billon blockchain platform

Underscoring its commitment to solving trusted information flow challenges, Billon has joined forces with FIS, the world’s largest provider of financial technology solutions, to explore joint product development and sales opportunities for its portfolio of corporate blockchain solutions.

31 July 2018

Company announcement

Billon receives EUR 1 million funding from the Polish National Center for Research and Development

Billon, the technology company that has civilised blockchain, has been granted EUR 1 million funding from the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR) as part of its Intelligent Development program.

05 June 2018