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Finextra TV/crypto

Money 20/20: How blockchain analytics can be built into business models

Marina Khaustova, CEO, Crystal Blockchain, speaks at Money 20/20 about how the crypto space can move to being AML compliant, how crypto regulation is going to evolve over the next few years, the impact of sanctions, and how blockchain analytics can be built into a business model.

27 June 2022

Company update/people

Cion Digital names Sundar Nagarathnam COO

Cion Digital, developers of the first enterprise SaaS blockchain orchestration platform, announced today the appointment of senior executive Sundar Nagarathnam as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

24 June 2022

Company update/payments

ISO 20022 player Impel launches to challenge Swift and Sepa

Impel and the XDC Network (XinFin) today announced the official launch of Impel, an alternative solutions platform for quickly and securely sending ISO 20022-compliant financial messages.

24 June 2022

Company update/crypto

Nium and Stellar Development Foundation enable payouts in 190 countries

Nium, the global platform for modern money movement, and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of the open-source public blockchain Stellar, today announced a partnership to enable payouts to 190 countries.

22 June 2022

Company update/startups

Future Fund raises $3.8m for blockchain-based micro-investment platform

Future Fund – a fintech start-up founded by a group of Polish managers – announced the conclusion of its private sale round. Investors who joined the project during this round provided $3.8 million for its development, turning Future Fund into one of the world's most valued blockchain start-ups in 2022.

22 June 2022

Company update/people

Partior appoints full leadership team and opens Hyderabad development centre

Global blockchain-based financial market infrastructure, Partior, today announced key milestones in its international expansion journey, highlighting the growth of its partners and currency offerings.

21 June 2022

News/crypto

Bank of Israel investigates anonymous digital shekel payments

The Bank of Israel has been experimenting with technology that would allow some CBDC payments to be made anonymously.

21 June 2022

Company update/markets

AllianceBernstein to deploy Allfunds Blockchain

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE:AB), a leading global asset management firm, and Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) specialized in blockchain technology, have announced a collaboration to adapt AB’s asset services activities to the blockchain ecosystem.

15 June 2022

News/wholesale

Singapore banks pick MonetaGo to build trade finance registry

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has chosen MonetaGo to build a new network for registering trade finance transactions.

15 June 2022

News/markets

Big banks test DLT-based intraday FX swaps and repo trading platform

Teams from 14 banks, including Barclays, NatWest and Citi, have trialled a DLT-based intraday FX swap and repo trading platform from Finteum.

14 June 2022

Company update/people

Fnality names Olga Zoutendijk as chairwoman

Fnality International has announced the appointment of Olga Zoutendijk as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors.

13 June 2022

Company update/markets

Catalyst Blockchain Platform launches on Corda

Catalyst Blockchain Platform is now available on Corda, the leading distributed ledger technology platform from R3, created specifically for highly-regulated markets.

10 June 2022

Company update/cloud

Keepit secures $22.5 million financing from Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank, the financial partner of the innovation economy, has provided a $22.5 million debt financing package to Keepit in partnership with Vaekstfonden. The fresh capital will help fuel further international expansion, hiring, and product development as it continues to scale and build out its market-leading platform for SaaS data protection.

10 June 2022

News/cloud

MonetaGo pivots from blockchain to cloud citing scalability issues

MonetaGo is ditching blockchain for a shift to the cloud after almost a decade of using distributed ledger technology for its trade finance fraud prevention product.

09 June 2022

News/wholesale

Bank-backed blockchain consortium we.trade files for insolvency

We.trade, one of the earliest blochcain coalitions for trade finance is entering insolvency after its banking shareholders pulled the plug.

08 June 2022

Company update/crypto

Ripple and Lunu partner to enable luxury retailers to accept cryptocurrency payments

Today, Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has announced a partnership with Lunu to support the Berlin-based company’s luxury retailers in accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment in store and online using Ripple’s Liquidity Hub.

07 June 2022

News/crypto

Binance launches $500 million Web3 venture fund

Digital asset exchange Binance has closed a $500 million venture fund for investing in Web3 and blockchain technology projects, with support from institutional investors.

01 June 2022

Company update/devops

MAS launches 2022 global fintech 'Hackcelerator' on Web 3.0 and green finance

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today the launch of the 7th edition of the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, with the theme “Accelerating A Greener Digital Future”.

31 May 2022

News/crypto

MAS to test DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with JPMorgan, DBS Bank and Marketnode to explore the use of digital assets in tokenization and DeFi.

31 May 2022

News/crypto

SBI invests in Digital Asset for 'smart yen' joint venture project

SBI has invested in Digital Asset with the aim of creating a joint venture company in Japan for programmable money.

31 May 2022