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News/Blockchain
Distributed ledger technology outfit R3 has launched a universal settler application to facilitate payments on its Corda platform, with rival Ripple's XRP the first cryptocurrency to be supported.
05 December 2018
Regulatory authorities and banks in Abu Dhabi have recorded tangible benefits from trials of a shared Know Your Customer utility underpinned by distributed ledger technology.
New York-based Signature Bank has received regulatory approval to launch an ethereum blockchain-based digital payments platform for commercial clients.
News/ai
Citibank’s global head of bank research Ronit Ghose kicked off this year’s EMEA Media Summit by highlighting how artificial intelligence, Big Tech and core banking systems on the cloud will disrupt financial services.
Thought Machine, the core banking startup set up by a gaggle of former Google engineers, has inked a global implementation partnership deal with IBM, gaining a heavyweight partner in its efforts to win over big clients.
04 December 2018
Day 3 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2018 featured a look at how the new era of open banking will have a dramatic impact on the financial services market.
03 December 2018
Commerzbank has set up an innovation lab in Dortmund to investigate the use of technologies such as DLT in trade finance.
30 November 2018
FX risk reduction utility CLS has gone live with CLSNet, a bilateral payment netting application running on distributed ledger technology from IBM
28 November 2018
Securitize, a platform for issuing and managing compliant digitised securities on the blockchain, has raised $12.75 million in a Series A funding round led by Blockchain Capital and joined by Coinbase's VC arm.
27 November 2018
The Swiss stock exchange has become the first regulated market to list a multi-crypto exchange traded product.
22 November 2018
Several Finnish financial firms are working with local vendor Tieto to build a distributed ledger for issuance and trading of non-listed company shares.
Several banks, including BBVA, have been invited to join a new European Union platform to promote the use of blockchain technology.
21 November 2018
Swift India has partnered with New York's MonetaGo on a pilot fraud prevention programme for supply chain finance using distributed ledger technology.
On the day of the bitcoin nosedive to the lowest price seen in 2018, LendIt Europe 2018 attendees heard former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne reveal that the idea of a globally accepted digital currency is being advocated in political circles.
News/retail
In a first for England, from next year the University of Sussex is introducing a BSc Finance and Technology (Fintech) degree.
20 November 2018
News/security
A senior executive at the European Central Bank has warned that the next financial crisis may be triggered by a cyber attack.
16 November 2018
News/payments
The Singapore Fintech Festival yesterday played host to a quartet of distinct cross-border and digital currency payment initiatives, drawing in United Overseas bank, Grab, Ripple and the country's central bank.
15 November 2018
Singapore's status as a top fintech hub has been boosted by the news that Bank of China and Deutsche Bank have both opened innovation labs on the island.
Using blockchain technology to help manage payments made to Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could have huge time and money saving benefits, a trial involving CBA and the nation's scientific research agency CSIRO has found.
14 November 2018
Japan's MUFG Bank and Brazil's Banco Bradesco are teaming up to develop a cross-border payments service based on distributed ledger technology from Ripple.
13 November 2018
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