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News/Blockchain
Following a successful pilot, Deutsche Bank Securities Services is set to start using distributed ledger technology (DLT) in custodial services.
25 September 2019
Santander InnoVentures, MUFG and Nomura have joined in a $14 million funding round for token issuance technology provider Securitize.
24 September 2019
Swiss stock exchange SIX has launched a prototype of its distributed ledger technology-based digital exchange and central securities depository. Meanwhile, trading has started on Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange.
23 September 2019
Blockchain-based post-trade processing network Cobalt has gone live with Deutsche Bank, XTX Markets and Saxo Bank.
News/cloud
Deutsche Börse has inked a deal with Google that will see the German exchange operator migrate "material workloads" to the public cloud.
18 September 2019
Blockchain firms Fnality and Finteum are joining forces to take on the interbank intraday foreign exchange swaps market.
ECB executive board member Benoit Coeure says that the arrival of Facebook's putative cryptocurrency Libra has been a "wake up call" for central banks, and that public authorities should step up co-operation on the development of central bank backed digital currencies (CBDC)
Wells Fargo is preparing to pilot an internal settlement service running on a distributed ledger technology platform.
17 September 2019
Several major banks, including Barclays and Standard Chartered, have joined a pilot using blockchain technology to improve the sustainability of global supply chains.
Facebook has faced a grilling from 26 central banks over the scope and design of its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, amid mounting concern over the threat posed to financial stability and monetary sovereignty.
16 September 2019
DBS Bank is to offer multi-tier financing on a logistics blockchain platform named Rong-E Lian, to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China get faster access to trade financing.
13 September 2019
Banco Santander has issued a $20 million bond that will run its course entirely on an Ethereum blockchain, an innovation that the bank bills as a first step towards a potential secondary market for mainstream security tokens in the future.
12 September 2019
Mastercard has joined forces with R3 to develop a blockchain-powered cross-border payments system connecting global faster payments infrastructures, schemes and banks supported by a clearing and settlement network operated by the card giant.
11 September 2019
More details have emerged around China's plans to issue its own digital coin following a lecture given by a senior official at the central bank.
06 September 2019
Cryptocurrency surveillance firm Elliptic has secured $23m of investment to fund its ongoing expansion in Asia
04 September 2019
Norwegian savings bank Sparebanken Øst has bought a stake in a local cryptocurrency exchange founded by airline magnate Bjørn Kjos.
HSBC has completed the world's first cross-border Renminbi-denominated blockchain-based letter of credit (LC) transaction.
03 September 2019
A slew of celebrities are planning to launch their own branded virtual coins as the consumer demand for cryptocurrencies continues to rise.
A business owned by Alan Howard, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Brevan Howard, is reportedly planning to launch a new $1bn venture focused on cryptocurrency hedge funds.
30 August 2019
Enterprise blockchain vendor R3 has partnered with a Dubai-based startup in an attempt to target the growing market for Islamic finance.
29 August 2019
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