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Liechtenstein's Union Bank to issue own cryptocurrency

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

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EToro pays for football club sponsorship deals in Bitcoin

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

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Thomson Reuters and Singapore fintech group join to fight cybercrime

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.

21 August 2018

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Cambodia establishes fintech association

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

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Chinese firms partner for blockchain payment systems play

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.

17 August 2018

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Barclaycard partners accelerator graduate to digitise B2B supply chain

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.

17 August 2018

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BMO pilots blockchain for fixed income issuance

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

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple brings on three exchange partners for xRapid

xRapid, Ripple’s cross border payments product that minimizes liquidity costs, is powered by the superior speed, low transaction cost and scalability of the digital asset XRP.

16 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Toshi rebrands as Coinbase Wallet

Today, we’re proud to announce that Toshi is becoming Coinbase Wallet.

16 August 2018

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Coinbase acquires decentralised ID startup

Coinbase has acquired Distributed Systems in a bid to create a decentralised digital identity platform for crypto-wallet enthusiasts and Web merchants.

16 August 2018

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AAIS partners IBM for blockchain-based insurance regulatory reporting

The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is using blockchain technology from IBM to help to automate regulatory reporting.

15 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Insurance sector to trial blockchain tech for dispute resolution

The insurance sectors’ experiment with Blockchain technology is due to take place to help resolve disputes with car-liability claims in the pre-litigation phase.

15 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

SEC bars perpertartor of ICO fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained permanent officer-and-director and penny stock bars against the founder of a company who perpetrated a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) to fund oil exploration and drilling in California.

14 August 2018

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Big banks join $32 million funding round in Axoni

Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners have led a $32 million funding round in enterprise blockchain vendor Axoni.

14 August 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

KYC, AML & Transparency for Crypto-Currencies & ICOs

Conor Coughlan, Global Head of Marketing, Fenergo, discusses the challenges facing institutions, issuers, exchanges, & investors in determining viability & suitability, for investing in crypto-currencies, ICOs and derived offerings so that this new asset class can mature, open up to institutional investors and play a more value adding role in the global economy.

14 August 2018

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Caribbean central bank enlists Bitt to explore digital currency

The central bank of Caribbean islands Curaçao and Sint Maarten is teaming up with Overstock-owned blockchain firm Bitt to explore the creation of a digital currency.

14 August 2018

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European Investment Bank runs blockchain hackathon

A team from EY triumphed in a 48-hour European Investment Bank (EIB) hackathon designed to find ways to use blockchain technologies to redesign the transaction processing of commercial paper.

13 August 2018

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Overstock blockchain unit scores $270m investment

Shares in Overstock soared in after-hours trading on Thursday on news that Hong Kong-based private equity firm GSR Capital will invest up to $270 million in the US e-commerce firm's blockchain unit, tZero.

10 August 2018

News/Blockchain

CBA and World Bank collaborate for DLT bond issuance

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is collaborating with the World Bank on the creation of a Ethereum-based platform for blockchain bond issuance.

10 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Hydrogen takes swipe at R3 with launch of Financial Industry Decentralisation Initiative

Hydrogen, recently named “FinTech Startup of the Year” by KPMG, founds the Financial Industry Decentralization Initiative (FINDI), a non-partisan consortium to facilitate a more open, transparent, and decentralized global financial system powered by public blockchains.

10 August 2018