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News/Blockchain
With a blockchain-based settlement system already in the pipeline, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is now looking to expand its use of distributed ledger technology though a partnership with cloud computing giant VMware.
26 August 2019
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has unveiled a blockchain-based digital marketplace prototype where users can trade government biodiversity credits.
21 August 2019
Broker-dealer IOI Capital and Markets (Ioicm) has secured Finra membership, paving the way for the launch of its blockchain-based securities issuance platform.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has unveiled plans to develop stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies around the world.
19 August 2019
News/wholesale
Intercontinental Exchange's new Bakkt subsidiary has received the regulatory green light to start offering custody and physically delivered Bitcoin futures contracts.
News/payments
Ripple is pumping one billion of its XRP cryptocurrency (about $262 million) into Coil, a platform bidding to help writers and artists monetize their content on the internet.
15 August 2019
News/retail
Barclays and Coinbase have ended their relationship, leaving the cryptocurrency exchange temporarily outside of the UK's Faster Payments Scheme (FPS), according to reports.
PICC Financial Services, the wholly-owned fintech arm of People’s Insurance Company of China, and Singularity Studio have signed an MoU to open a new accelerator in Beijing to promote the development of AI and blockchain-based services for the insurance market.
14 August 2019
The People's Bank of China is "almost ready" to launch its own digital currency, a senior official says.
New Zealand based companies can now legally pay their employees in cryptocurrency, establishing the controversial asset class as a mainstream form of payment.
13 August 2019
New Zealand's ASB Bank has taken a stake in early-stage supply chain tech startup TradeWindow.
12 August 2019
Standard Chartered has completes its first cross-border Letter of Credit blockchain transaction in the oil industry with PTT Group.
07 August 2019
Raiffeisen Bank International has joined a funding round in business verification and KYC RegTech kompany.
Mastercard is to use blockchain technology to track the provenance of limited edition fashion items as part of a showcase of collections from leading women designers and artists.
R3, the enterprise blockchain software company, has doubled the size of its London hub amidst Brexit precariousness.
02 August 2019
Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Circle co-founder, chairman and CEO Jeremy Allaire highlighted that the existing financial services system is in dire need of being completely overhauled.
30 July 2019
Finextra is opening a public consultation on the competitive pressures driving the future strategy and direction of banks, as the sector grapples with a series of profound disruptions that are shaking up the once staid payments industry.
26 July 2019
Ping An's OneConnect has partnered with UBX, the wholly-owned fintech subsidiary of Union Bank of the Philippines, to build the country's first blockchain-enabled platform to meet the banking needs of micro, small and medium enterprises
22 July 2019
Banks and technology companies have poured billions of dollars into blockchain projects, but as the hype dies down, many of the early evangelists for the technology have come to the conclusion that production-ready deployment still remains a distant goal.
19 July 2019
Cash and bank deposits face tough competition from, and could even be surpassed by, e-money provided by the likes of Alipay and Facebook, says a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) paper.
17 July 2019
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