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BuyUcoin pilots Roxe payment node in India

Roxe, a next-generation global payment network, today announced that BuyUcoin, a leading digital asset exchange platform, will begin a pilot program as a Roxe payment node for blockchain-based remittance products and services in India.

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Mercury to use Ripple ODL to speed up remitances between Johannesburgh and London

The shortest air mile distance between Johannesburg and London is 5,635 miles.

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Turn submits static fund data template to FinDatEx

TISA Universal Reporting Network (TURN), a blockchain solution for the collection and dissemination of fund related data, is today announcing that it has created and submitted a static fund data template to FinDatEx.

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R3 Corda Enterprise available on China's Blockchain-based Service Network

R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm, today announced a partnership with Red Date Tech, a key infrastructure developer of China's Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), to license Corda Enterprise for the development of a permissioned blockchain network in China and a free Corda-based Open Permissioned Chain on BSN China.

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Tassat names former Citi SVP Jay Agarwal MD, payments

Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments, today announced it has named Jay Agarwal as Managing Director, Payments.

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Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange CTO Peter Großkopf quits

Peter Großkopf (40), Chief Technical Officer and Member of the Management Board of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange GmbH, will leave the company at his own request at the end of March 2021.

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Singapore's #dtledgers raises $7 million; pivots to R3 Corda

Singapore-based fintech firm, #dltledgers, has completed a Series A funding round led by Regus and Savoy Capital, Vittal, Walden International and various veteran industry leaders. The Series A funding round closed with a total of USD $7 million.

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Metaco turns to IBM Cloud to secure digital asset platform

Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure that helps large banks manage digital assets, announced that METACO will leverage confidential computing capabilities through IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services for their digital asset orchestration system.

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Finastra integrates Enigio with Fusion Trade Innovation

Finastra today announced the integration of its Fusion Trade Innovation and Enigio’s trace:original to create a solution for managing and handling digital original documents using distributed ledger technology.

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Central bank of Thailand outlines stablecoin policy

Ms. Siritida Panomwon Na Ayudhya, Assistant Governor of Payment Systems Policy and Financial Technology Group, Bank of Thailand (BOT), noted the rapid technological advancements giving rise to a new generation of financial services.

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Contour partners with ThoughtWorks to ramp up digital trade finance in China

Contour, the global trade finance network, has partnered with international software consultancy ThoughtWorks in China.

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MoneyNetint opens up Brazilian market to SMEs with cross-border payments service

MoneyNetint, the payment service provider connecting SMEs to the world’s banking ecosystem, today announces a unique service that slashes the cost of doing business with Brazil and creates a level playing field for SMEs expanding into this major developing market.

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DxFeed to launch Chainlink node to bring financial market data on-chain

dxFeed, a leading market data and solutions provider for the global financial industry, is launching its own official Chainlink node to sell premium financial market data to smart contract developers operating across numerous leading blockchain environments.

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Former Obama White House deputy chief of staff joins Blockchain.com board

Today, I’m excited to announce that Jim Messina will be joining the Blockchain.com Board of Directors.

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Ron Totaro named CEO of Tassat

Tassat Group LLC, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments, today announced longtime financial technology leader Ron Totaro has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer.

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Elliptic names Chris Pilling as chairman

Elliptic, a leading provider of cryptoasset risk management and blockchain analytics solutions, today announced that it has appointed Chris Pilling as Chairman, a recognized pioneer in the world of online business-to-business information and regulatory technology (RegTech), to steer Elliptic’s growth as banks begin to recognize cryptocurrency as part of the financial system.

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L3COS wins $85 million deal to build smart marketplace for AgriDex

AgriDex – the transparent, end-to-end supply chain platform and marketplace for the global food and agriculture industry – has selected L3COS to create its smart marketplace.

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Blockchain-based derivatives platform CloseCross wins regulatory approval

CloseCross has become the world’s first blockchain-based derivatives trading platform to be licensed under the European Union’s MIFID II regulations, enabling the company to accelerate plans for a market launch in March.

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Roxe bids to overcome interoperability issues in central bank digitial currencies

Today we’re excited to announce the debut of the world’s first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) payment network running on the Roxe Instant Settlement Network (“Roxe”).

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VTB and Gazprom Neft launch blockchain-enabled payments

VTB Bank has implemented a new method of making online payments by connecting to the blockchain platform, Smart Fuel, provided by Gazpromneft-Aero (operator of Gazprom Neft’s aviation refuelling business).