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News/payments
Amsterdam: Finextra is on the ground at Money 20/20 Europe, attending a host of sessions to provide you with key highlights from the most popular sessions throughout the conference.
21 September 2021
News/crypto
Coinfirm, a regtech targeting digital currencies and blockchain-based finance, has raised $8 million in funding and appointed industry veteran Mircea Mihaescu as CEO.
17 September 2021
Citi has led a $15 million round in digital assets data company Amberdata, reflecting growing institutional interest in crypto markets
16 September 2021
News/markets
The Depository Turst and Clearing Corporation is to move into the development phase of a protytpe settlement platform based on distributed ledger technology that could act as the precursor to a US move to a same day settlement cycle
15 September 2021
A pair of ex-Ripple executives have brought their latest venture out of stealth, unveiling plans for a global micropayment network backed by blockchain technology.
13 September 2021
Mastercard continues to strengthen its digital asset capabilities, buying cryptocurrency intelligence outfit CipherTrace. Financial terms were not disclosed.
09 September 2021
News/sustainable
A research report by University College London (UCL) has examined the varying environmental impacts of six different distributed ledger technologies (DLT), finding that Hedera Hashgraph boasts the lowest overall energy consumption of the group.
08 September 2021
The IOTA non-profit and its distributed ledger technology has been named as one of seven providers selected by the Commission to develop the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (ESBI).
07 September 2021
News/startups
US Bank has taken ownership stakes in two fintech-focussed venture capital firms as it seeks to step up its engagement with the sector.
02 September 2021
News/wholesale
Standard Chartered and Chinese blockchain-enabled supply chain financing platform Linklogis have formed a joint venture to build a trade finance origination and distribution platform.
30 August 2021
News/people
Bank of America is boasting a record 227 US patents granted in the first half of the year, with AI and machine learning the area seeing the most action.
25 August 2021
Visa has paid around $150,000 in Ethereum to buy a CryptoPunk non-fungible token as it explores ways to get into the fast-growing NFT game.
24 August 2021
The experience of creating and selling NFTs on OpenSea has three key friction points, argues Peter Ramsey, founder of UX consultancy, Built for Mars, in a new case study.
19 August 2021
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) was today announced as the newest member of Hedera Hashgraph’s Governing Council, joining UCL as the second member from the higher education sector.
BBVA has inked a deal to integrate cross-border payment and financing services in Ant Group's blockchain platform for global trade, Trusple.
11 August 2021
FalconX, a one-stop-shop for institutional cryptocurrency market participants, has closed a $210 million Series C financing round, valuing the company at $3.75 billion.
10 August 2021
Global investment in fintech bounced back strongly in the first half of 2021, hitting $98 billion with a record number of deals, according to KPMG.
CoreChain Technologies, a digital B2B payments network built on blockchain, has raised $1.25 million in pre-seed funding.
04 August 2021
Vienna-based digital investment platform Bitpanda is to open a blockchain research & development hub, employing 30 full-time developers.
03 August 2021
State Street has signed up with crypto enterprise Lukka to provide clients with middle and back office capabilities for digital asset fund administration.
30 July 2021
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