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Financial firms struggling to assess risks of disruptive technologies - Accenture

The majority of UK financial firms do not believe they can adequately assess the risks of disruptive technologies, as technology advancements move faster than the skills of their risk managers, according to a new report by Accenture.

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Seba Bank debuts crypto-index

SEBA, an integrated bank focused on digital assets, launches its investment solutions and introduces a new index for cryptographic assets.

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Sberbank first in Russia to get blockchain repo patent

Sberbank is the first in Russia to have obtained a patent for a repo deals solution and an execution system that utilize distributed ledger technology. The solution was developed by the bank only.

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IStox secures $5 million in funding

2019 iSTOX, the first regulated capital markets platform in any major financial center to support the one-stop issuance, custody, and trading of digitized securities, announced today that it has secured USD 5 million in funding from Japan-based Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings (Tokai) via Singapore subsidiary, Tokai Tokyo Global Investments.

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Tradeshift forms app partnership with SiS-id to help businesses fight payments fraud

Tradeshift, the leader in supply chain payments and marketplaces, and fraud protection specialist SiS-id, have announced an app integration partnership designed to significantly reduce the risk and costs associated with payments fraud.

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Nuggets appoints Emma Maslen commercial advisor

Blockchain-based identity verification and payments platform Nuggets has appointed Emma Maslen as Commercial Advisor, as the platform readies for official launch and rollout in Q4 2019.

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Diginex rolls out digital asset custody service

Diginex, a blockchain financial services and technology company, today announced the launch of Digivault, offering digital asset custody services to meet the rigorous requirements of institutions.

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HKMA forges blockchain pact with People's Bank of China; works on CBDC exchange with Thailand

The HKMA used Hong Kong Fintech Week to highlight a series of initiatives aimed to foster the fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong.

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ABN Amro exchanges blockchain knowledge at trade mission to Singapore

How can we work together with other banks and public organisations to detect financial crime?

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Tora-backed Cyberian enters digital asset arena

Cyberian, the new institutional crypto off exchange liquidity venue, today announced its launch of the world’s first trustless venue for trading blocks of digital assets.

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Standard Chartered Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

Standard Chartered today announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA).

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RippleNet surpasses 300 customers

Today, we are thrilled to announce that we have surpassed 300 customers.

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AAX digital asset exchange goes live on LSE Millennium platform

LSEG Technology, London Stock Exchange Group’s technology solutions provider, today announces that Millennium Exchange has successfully been deployed as part of the go-live of the AAX digital asset exchange.

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Blockchain bank appoints interim CMO

November sees the appointment of David Taylor as Interim CMO at BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain) - an aspiring blockchain-based regulated bank, situated at Level39 in London’s Canary Wharf.

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Hong Kong sets out new regulatory framework for virtual asset trading platforms

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a position paper setting out a new regulatory framework for virtual asset trading platforms (Note 1).

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Fundament Securities partners Dacs on custody offering for digital securities

Fundament Securities, announces a strategic partnership with DACS “Digital Asset Custody Solution” a digital asset lifecycle management business.

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MoonX releases trading technology platform in the UK

MoonX today announced the launch of its new trading technology in the UK, offering a full suite of financial software and hardware systems for exchanges, brokerages, hedge funds, financial institutions and traders.

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BondEvalue to test blockchain-based fractional bond trading platform in MAS sandbox

Singapore-based BondEvalue today announced that it has been approved to enter the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Sandbox Express to launch a blockchain-based bond exchange.

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Blockchain post-trade processing firm Vakt picks Lisbon for development centre

Vakt, the company re-imagining commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, has officially selected its Lisbon office as the company’s development centre, following enthusiastic industry reaction to the platform and rapidly expanding headcounts.

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Accenture, SAP and R3 build currency token prototype for connecting RTGS to Corda blockchain

Accenture (NYSE: ACN), SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and R3 are collaborating and co-innovating to build a real-time gross settlement system that will enable faster, more efficient, reliable and secure payments between banks and customers.