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News/Blockchain
Pakistan's Telenor Microfinance Bank has introduced a cross-border remittance service powered by blockchain technology from China's Ant Financial.
09 January 2019
The trade body for the UK's fund management industry, the Investment Association (IA), has extended its fintech accelerator initiative with the launch of a second cohort.
News/payments
Most central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) but hardly any are at the pilot stage and even fewer see issuance as likely in the short or medium term, according to a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey.
New York State is to set up a cryptocurrency task force to study how to properly regulate, define and use alternative digital currencies and the technology that underpins them, blockchain.
04 January 2019
JPMorgan is advertising for a blockchain delivery manager, to develop and execute a "comprehensive distributed ledger technology strategy" for the Corporate and Investment Bank.
03 January 2019
Estonian cryptocurrency exchange DX.Exchange is preparing to launch a service matching tradable tokens to a limited number of big ticket stocks traded over Nasdaq.
It’s been a busy year for the Finextra TV team, posting 251 video interviews with leading industry figures during the course of 2018. Here are the top five by viewing figures.
21 December 2018
As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2018, we take a look back at our most popular news items and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2019.
Blythe Masters, the public face of distributed ledger firm Digital Asset, has stepped down as CEO for "personal reasons".
19 December 2018
LiquidShare, a blockchain-based post-trade settlement infrastructure for shares in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), has entered into a pilot phase with 15 market participants trading over Euronext.
17 December 2018
BBVA has negotiated and closed a EUR150 million term loan for Porsche Holdings using blockchain technology.
14 December 2018
Cinnober's bid to become the trade infrastructure provider of choice for emerging digital asset exchanges has been boosted by the agreement of a contract with Singaporean startup Vaultex Exchange.
13 December 2018
News/wholesale
Institutional investors are warming to the use of emerging technology to hit their growth objectives in a challenging market, according to a survey conducted by State Street.
12 December 2018
German cryptobanking startup Bitwala has opened for business, onboarding 40,000 pre-registered customers for its bitcoin and Euro deposit accounts.
Currencies Direct is to open a new real-time cross-border remittance corridor to India using Ripple's xCurrent payment protocol.
11 December 2018
News/security
Barclaycard's efforts to make passwords a thing of the past has led it to join an accelerator programme run by self-sovereign identity (SSI) specialist Evernym.
10 December 2018
Hang Seng Bank has formed a fintech alliance with e-commerce giant Tencent that will see the pair work together on a host of initiatives, including a remote account opening system and payment services.
07 December 2018
Former UBS blockchain lead Alex Batlin has raised $8 million in seed funding from Two Sigma Ventures and ConsenSys for his new startup developing technology and services to help private and institutional clients secure digital assets.
06 December 2018
The Swiss arm of Russia's Gazprombank is to roll out a cryptoasset service for clients in mid-2019, using technology from core banking supplier Avaloq and local blockchain startup Metaco.
R3's blockchain-inspired Corda platform is being put to the test in the Euro Debt Market and syndicated loan arena under separate field trials with a collective of international banks.
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