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Bank of China and Deutsche Bank open Singapore innovation labs

Singapore's status as a top fintech hub has been boosted by the news that Bank of China and Deutsche Bank have both opened innovation labs on the island.

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Finos launches open source programme

Finos (the Fintech Open Source Foundation), a nonprofit foundation promoting open innovation in financial services, today announced the launch of a new Program focused on Decentralized Ecosystem Growth (DEG).

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CULedger Taps Dante Terrana as SVP of market development

CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, has named Dante Terrana as its senior vice president of market development.

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Gibraltar Stock Exchange teams up with Asian fintech firms

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), geared towards establishing a trusted financial services group for the new digital era, has today announced a joint venture with the Hong Kong publicly listed company Chong Sing Fintech Holdings Limited and blockchain development company Prime Fintech Co. Ltd. to establish the group Hashstacs Inc..

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CBA hails blockchain-based 'smart money' trial

Using blockchain technology to help manage payments made to Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could have huge time and money saving benefits, a trial involving CBA and the nation's scientific research agency CSIRO has found.

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Corporates and the latest GPI developments

Marc Delbaere, Head of Corporates and Trade, SWIFT, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about gpi for Corporates means and how is it helping the corporate customer, how the corporates who are using it are reacting and what is coming down the tracks to improve the experience for corporates even further.

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MUFG and Banco Bradesco team on Ripple-based cross-border payments

Japan's MUFG Bank and Brazil's Banco Bradesco are teaming up to develop a cross-border payments service based on distributed ledger technology from Ripple.

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MAS and SGX apply blockchain tech for settlement of tokenised assets

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) claim to have successfully developed Delivery versus Payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms.

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IronX names Dimitris Hatzis as CEO

IronX is delighted to announce the appointment of Dimitris Hatzis as their Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

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Voltron banks move closer to digital nirvana

The quest for a paper-free trade finance world has moved a step closer with the completion by BNP Paribas and HSBC of a fully digitised end-to-end letter of credit transaction between two different companies.

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SEC cyber unit has busy 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission's new cyber unit has been busy, bringing 20 standalone cases, including those against ICOs and digital assets, in 2018, with more than 225 investigations ongoing.

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Baton Systems provides native support for Isda CDM

Baton Systems (“Baton”), a provider of distributed ledger-based post-trade and payments solutions for capital markets, today announced native support for ISDA’s Common Domain Model, or CDM 1.0, a new standard digital representation of events and actions that occur during the life of a derivatives trade.

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Kaleido launches enterprise blockchain marketplace

Kaleido, a ConsenSys company, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, is helping enterprises break through the proof-of-concept stage to live production blockchain networks with the announcement of its next major step forward.

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Medici Ventures opens up beta version of Bitsy Wallet

Medici Ventures, Overstock.com, Inc.’s blockchain accelerator, today announced that portfolio company Bitsy.com will allow public access to the beta version of its exchange and wallet service beginning Monday, November 12, 2018.

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EToro unveils GoodDollar cryptocurrency experiment to tackle wealth inequality

Online trading and investment platform eToro is pumping $1 million into an open source community project that aims to reduce global wealth inequality through the creation of a cryptocurrency that pays "social interest" to those who have less.

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The digital plus data transformation in Financial Services

Mike Blalock, Intel General Manager of the Financial Services Industry, talks about the key trends at Sibos 2018, including, data and AI, and what Financial services institutions should be doing to innovate and collaborate at scale.

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Israel hosts 'pitch in the dark' startup competition

Startups from across Israel made their way to Jaffa this week for a Citi and Visa sponsored competition with a twist: the event took place in pitch black.

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BitPay hires former PayPal exec Rolf Haag

BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced the appointment of Rolf Haag to the position of Head of Business Solutions.

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Persona and FintruX partner on blockchain-based ID management

Persona, the blockchain-based solution for identity management, announces its partnership with FintruX, the P2P lending ecosystem, to streamline the onboarding process for customers while ensuring they remain in full control over their personal details.

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Lloyds invests in cloud-based core banking startup Thought Machine

Lloyds Banking Group has paid £11 million for a 10% stake in core banking developer Thought Machine as part of a strategic partnership designed to accelerate the UK lender's digital transformation plan.