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News/Blockchain
Car maker Jaguar Land Rover is testing smart wallet technology that lets drivers earn cryptocurrency and make payments on the move.
30 April 2019
Company update/Blockchain
New technical tests are underway to check on the robustness of the platform and progress in the process with 37 nodes, 200 banks and 200 million data items.
29 April 2019
Insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh is rolling out a proof of insurance blockchain platform to US commercial clients.
26 April 2019
Comdex has announced the successful execution of the first ever settlement on the Comdex platform in January 2019.
25 April 2019
Wirex, one of the first UK FCA regulated providers of digital money solutions, has embarked on a ground-breaking new collaboration with Stellar to release 26 fiat-backed stablecoins for its 2 million+ users and 5000+ business clients.
BayernLB, Helaba and S-Servicepartner have announced today that they’ve joined the Marco Polo Network for piloting and evaluating purposes. Marco Polo is the largest and fastest growing trade finance network in the world, powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT) and focusing on bringing significant efficiencies in financing trade.
Visa's distributed ledger-based, non-card platform for high-value corporate, cross-border payments will now be offered to FIS client bank.
Company update/regulation
Billon Solutions Sp. z o.o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, obtained permission from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego - KNF) to operate as a registered electronic money institution. This is the first permit of this type issued in Poland.
24 April 2019
Societe Generale has issued EUR100 million of covered bonds as a security token, directly registered on the Ethereum blockchain.
æternity Ventures, the investment arm of decentralized smart contracts platform æternity, has successfully concluded the first round of their 2019 Starfleet initiative by selecting four blockchain startups it will fund and mentor through its accelerator programme.
17 April 2019
eToroX, the blockchain division of global investment company eToro, has today announced the launch of its crypto exchange - a secure and regulated trading venue offering a range of cryptoassets as well as a suite of stablecoins.
16 April 2019
News/regulation
Cryptocurrency compliance outfit Chainalysis has raised an additional $6M to close its $36M Series B round with an investment from Japan’s largest financial institution, MUFG, as well as Tokyo-headquartered VC Sozo Ventures.
Blockchain startup 20|30 has raised £3 million by selling tokenized shares and settling them in a test environment on the LSE’s Turquoise platform.
15 April 2019
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) has joined enterprise software firm R3 to collaborate with its global legal and regulatory community to share best practices regarding blockchain technology and develop solutions on its Corda blockchain platform.
Blockport, the first social crypto exchange, has confirmed that it will launch their Security Token Offering (STO).
11 April 2019
Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure based on shared ledger and high performance technology, has appointed Stephen Wolff as a Strategic Advisor to support its global growth strategy.
The Moroccan and Kuwait central securities depositories have carried out a cross-border securities settlement using stable coins and a blockchain from Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Company update/devops
Digital Asset has today announced that it is working with ISDA to develop an open-source reference code library that will help derivatives market participants adopt the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM). This
10 April 2019
9th Gear Technologies, the only institutional marketplace to enable same day Foreign Exchange (FX) transactions with on-demand payment liquidity, emerged from stealth mode today.
Today, financial services has a revolutionary new way to publish and distribute data that will underpin the rapidly increasing industry need for accurate, timely and auditable data delivered in a cost-effective way.
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