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The UK government-backed Tech Nation has picked 20 early-stage startups to join its new fintech programme, promising to give them intensive backing to help grow their businesses and the country's financial technology ecosystem.
06 September 2018
The Australian Securities Exchange has postponed the launch of its new blockchain-based settlement system by six months following user concerns about the scope of the technical changes required and the tight timeline.
04 September 2018
IBM is preparing to demonstrate a blockchain-based alternative payments system to international banking representatives attending the annual Swift operations conference in October in Sydney.
Deutsche Bourse has set up a dedicated 'DLT, Crypto Assets and New Market Structures' unit to further advance its work into the transformational potential of blockchain technology.
03 September 2018
Japanese messaging app Line is introducing its own cryptocurrency, which will be given to people as compensation for using its services and can be used to buy things such as stickers and webtoons.
31 August 2018
Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in HQLAx, the liquidity and collateral management outfit with which it is building a blockchain-based front-to-back operating model for securities lending.
29 August 2018
Japanese multinational SoftBank, one of the most prolific fintech investors, is set to spend $100m on a joint venture with Chinese digital insurer ZhongAn Online.
28 August 2018
Singapore's central bank is working with the Singapore Exchange and three technology partners - Anquan, Deloitte and Nasdaq - to develop Delivery versus Payment (DvP) capabilities for settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms.
24 August 2018
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is experimenting with the use of Internet of Things and blockchain technology to help business clients more efficiently buy and manage expensive assets such as farming equipment.
Liechtenstein's Union Bank is taking advantage of the principality's blockchain-friendly regulations to issue its own security tokens, closely followed by the release of a fiat-backed digital currency.
23 August 2018
Thailand's Central bank has kicked off a project with R3 and eight banks on the development of a digital currency (CBDC) for use in domestic wholesale funds transfers.
In an English Premier League first, seven football clubs will be paid in bitcoin for sponsorship deals with online trading and investment platform eToro.
21 August 2018
The Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and Thomson Reuters are to collaborate on projects to promote the country's fintech industry and strengthen its fight against cybercrime.
Cambodia has become the latest country to launch a national body designed to foster more fintech collaboration with the launch of the Cambodia Fintech Association (CFA).
17 August 2018
Two of China’s largest financial services firms have agreed to work towards the development of a blockchain-based mobile payment system in what has been a busy week for China's burgeoning fintech sector and also a signal of the extent of China's blockchain ambitions.
Barclaycard is working with Silicon Valley startup Crowdz to digitise and speed up what is still for many firms a slow and clunky business-to-business supply chain.
Bank of Montreal's capital markets unit has piloted the use of a blockchain platform for a pilot fixed income issuance transaction.
16 August 2018
Coinbase has acquired Distributed Systems in a bid to create a decentralised digital identity platform for crypto-wallet enthusiasts and Web merchants.
The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is using blockchain technology from IBM to help to automate regulatory reporting.
15 August 2018
Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners have led a $32 million funding round in enterprise blockchain vendor Axoni.
14 August 2018
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