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News/crypto
Visa is on the hunt for senior software engineers for an "ambitious crypto product roadmap" that will "drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and stablecoin payments".
28 April 2023
News/retail
Rounding out the NextGen Nordics’ afternoon sessions, Anna Milne, editor at Finextra, took to the stage for a fireside chat with Einar Eidsson, product director, for buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) provider, indó iceland.
27 April 2023
Core banking vendor Temenos has been preparing for the digital currency future, integrating with two DLT-based CBDC technology stacks.
News/markets
Delta Capita is setting up a distiributed ledger venture, acquiring the capital markets business of blockchain firm SETL and signing up Montis Group as an anchor client and minority investor.
24 April 2023
News/wholesale
HSBC and not-for-profit blockchain tech consortium Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) have carried out a proof-of-concept using "confidential computing" for trade finance.
20 April 2023
News/payments
The Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully completed a DLT-based pilot to assess the use of synchronous settlement in central bank money.
19 April 2023
T Rowe Price Associates and WisdomTree are among the FS firms testing the Avalanche blockchain for executing FX and interest rate swaps.
13 April 2023
The Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG) is working with blockchain and crypto specialist Ripple on a CBDC pilot.
11 April 2023
Lloyds Bank is to bring blockchain to bear on trade finance documentation, using technology from Swedish firm Enigio to dematerealise promissory notes, bills of exchange and bills of lading.
04 April 2023
Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is taking a stake in Nomura-led blockchain project Boostry as part of a deal to push the development of the security token market.
News/sustainable
SEB and Crédit Agricole CIB are jointly launching so|bond, a sustainable platform for digital bonds built on blockchain technology that rewards participants for improving their environmental footprint.
03 April 2023
Acre Software, a UK startup using blockchain technology to revamp the mortgage and insurance application process for advisers, has raised £6.5 million from Starling Bank backer Harold McPike alongside returning investors Aviva and Founders Factory.
Citi’s Digital Money Symposium brought together experts and businesses in the industry to explore trends and future developments in the digital money market.
31 March 2023
Interbank co-operative Swift has successfully completed its blockchain-based corporate actions pilot, describing it as a "compelling solution".
24 March 2023
UK digital asset custody and trading startup Copper is ditching its enterprise business and making job cuts as it faces up to the crypto sector's market and regulatory woes.
17 March 2023
NAB has completed an intra-bank cross-border transaction using its own minted stablecoin.
15 March 2023
News/startups
Singapore's fintech sector enjoyed a mixed year in 2022, with a record level of activity but a significant drop in the level of funding, according to recently published data.
03 March 2023
Mastercard has teamed up with Web3 outfit Immersve to let people in Australia and New Zealand use cryptocurrency directly from their Web3 wallet to make digital, physical and metaverse purchases wherever Mastercard is accepted.
23 February 2023
A unified programmable ledger could unleash an explosion of innovation in payments and money comparable to the arrival of the smartphone, according to Bank for International Settlements general manager Agustín Carstens.
LawtechUK, a government-backed and industry-led group tasked with promoting the use of English law and the UK’s jurisdictions in the context of novel technologies, has determined that the UK legal framework is fit for purpose in relation to the issue of digital securities.
16 February 2023
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