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Swift Business Forum Nordics 2019 - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's coverage of the Swift Business Forum Nordics 2019, live from Copenhagen. This event has a focus on accelerating digital transformation, and will look at how the financial community in the region is harnessing technological change to deliver a digital customer experience.

28 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Thai stock exchange begins first round of consultations on digital asset trading

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is developing a “Collaborative Digital Asset Platform” for the Thai capital market.

27 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Boerse Stuttgart and Axel Springer to create joint venture for digital asset trading

Boerse Stuttgart Group and Axel Springer SE with its finanzen.net portal will be working together in future.

27 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds members

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology across global markets, is proud to announce the addition of Boomer Consulting Inc., BPM LLP, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and TokenSoft Inc. to the family of WSBA corporate members.

26 March 2019

News/Blockchain

EToro signals tokenized future with Firmo acquisition

Online trading and investment firm eToro is looking to a tokenized future after buying Firmo, a Danish outfit that enables smart contracts for derivatives to be securely enabled on any major blockchain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

25 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

InvestorID launches in Europe to help investors access tokenized securities

InvestorID is a market-driven decentralized application allowing investors to generate their on-chain identity to access and trade compliant tokenized securities.

25 March 2019

News/Blockchain

Russia pushes its Swift alternative

Russian authorities are promoting the international use of an alternative financial messaging system to the global Swift network in order to mitigate the risk of sanctions.

22 March 2019

News/Blockchain

UniCredit completes transaction on we.trade blockchain platform

UniCredit has completed its first Italian transaction via the blockchain-based trading platform we.trade.

21 March 2019

Company update/regulation

Quoine signs for KRM22 market surveillance tech

KRM22 Plc, the technology and software investment company, with a particular focus on risk management in capital markets, today announces that its market surveillance product, Irisium, has been selected by Quoine, a global fintech company.

21 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Tokeny partners Archax for security token trading

Tokeny, the compliant tokenization platform delivering institutional grade solutions in the issuance, lifecycle management and secondary trading of digital securities, today announced their partnership with Archax, the forthcoming institutional tokenized securities exchange based in London.

21 March 2019

News/Blockchain

Australia unveils national blockchain strategy

The Australian government has launched a national blockchain plan which it hopes will bolster its fintech sector.

21 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Digital Asset names company co-founder Yuval Rooz as CEO

Digital Asset, the creators of DAML and leading provider of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) solutions, announced today that Yuval Rooz has been appointed the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.

19 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Archax partners with Quod Financial for digital asset order routing

Quod Financial, the advanced trading platform provider to the buy-side and sell-side, today announced a partnership with Archax, the forthcoming institutional digital securities exchange based in London.

19 March 2019

News/Blockchain

Visa builds Crypto Team

Visa is quietly building a 'Crypto Team' to execute the card scheme's strategy for the cryptocurrency world.

19 March 2019

Company update/regulation

OAX Foundation and KYC Chain come together to promote strong governance in digital asset trading

OAX Foundation and KYC-Chain have today announced an agreement to promote strong governance standards in digital asset trading.

19 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Cobalt strengthens team as it moves ahead to re-engineer the FX market

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure based on shared ledger and high performance technology, has hired five experienced professionals to lead its drive to re-engineer the FX market.

19 March 2019

News/Blockchain

Money 20/20 Asia: Blockchain, bitcoin and the intrinsic value of tokens

Money20/20 Asia 2019 kicked off proceedings in Singapore with Token Day, tackling the hype around blockchain and discussing how the technology is now being driven by real and sustainable value creation.

19 March 2019

News/Blockchain

IBM gets banks onboard for blockchain-based payment system

IBM's blockchain-based real-time global payments network has begun rollout, with several banks also committing to issue their own stable coins on the platform.

18 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Italian asset manager AcomeA successfully tests direct to consumer distribution using blockchain

AcomeA SGR, a leading Italian asset management company, has successfully completed an investment fund shares transaction test and related payment through Fundsquare’s blockchain-based infrastructure FundsDLT and the Italian API platform Fabrick.

18 March 2019

Company update/Blockchain

SEC to hold DLT and digital asset-focused public forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its staff will host a public forum focusing on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets on May 31, 2019.

15 March 2019