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Xelidoni selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Risk Management

Xelidoni has chosen to implement award-winning software from Wolters Kluwer Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR), having selected the OneSumX for Risk Management solution.

29 March 2023

Company update/retail

Tell.money teams with Scallop to develop blockchain-based Banking-as-a-Service

tell.money announces a partnership with Scallop as it develops its blockchain-based banking-as-a-service platform that aims to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralised finance.

29 March 2023

Company update/regulation

Asic commences investigation into ASX's bungled Chess replacement project

ASIC has confirmed to ASX that it has commenced an investigation into suspected contraventions of the ASIC Act 2001 and the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the CHESS.

29 March 2023

News/wholesale

Swift hails results of blockchain pilot for corporate actions data

Interbank co-operative Swift has successfully completed its blockchain-based corporate actions pilot, describing it as a "compelling solution".

24 March 2023

Company update/crypto

Arf takes on liquidity constraints in cross-border payments

Arf, the Swiss-regulated global settlement banking platform, with support from the Stellar Development Foundation, is now offering the world’s first unsecured, short-term, USDC-based working capital financing solutions for licensed financial institutions.

21 March 2023

Company update/security

Hashkey and Slowmist partner for digital assets play

HashKey Group and SlowMist are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to collaborate on digital asset ecosystem security, anti-money laundering for digital assets, cutting-edge security technology research, and other technology fields.

17 March 2023

News/crypto

Crypto firm Copper makes job cuts

UK digital asset custody and trading startup Copper is ditching its enterprise business and making job cuts as it faces up to the crypto sector's market and regulatory woes.

17 March 2023

Company update/crypto

Ibanera raises $18 million at discounted valuation

The shareholders in Ibanera, a digital banking and payments company with a focus on embedded payments for Web3 platforms on Friday (March 10) finalised an $18.5 million funding round for themselves to enable them to keep supporting Ibanera’s business line BitLine.

15 March 2023

Company update/payments

Worldline brings global payments to Web3 with Solana

Worldline [Euronext: WLN], a global leader in payment services, has launched a strategic initiative with Solana, a high-performance blockchain platform designed for decentralised application and Web3 use cases such as gaming.

15 March 2023

News/crypto

NAB completes cross-border multicurrrency stablecoin pilot

NAB has completed an intra-bank cross-border transaction using its own minted stablecoin.

15 March 2023

Company update/startups

Web3 startup Tweed raises $4 million

Tweed, a plug and play white-label wallet and payment solution to support any web2 platform tapping into the web3 space, today comes out of stealth to announce it has raised a $4m seed funding round led by Accel.

09 March 2023

News/startups

Fintech deals in Singapore reach record levels

Singapore's fintech sector enjoyed a mixed year in 2022, with a record level of activity but a significant drop in the level of funding, according to recently published data.

03 March 2023

Company update/wholesale

Aventus and Nexos team on blockchain and Web3

Aventus, a Web3 solutions provider for enterprises, has partnered with Nexos Technologies, a digital payments and banking platform providing open banking and payment solutions, in order to bring blockchain-enabled solutions to the digital banking and payments sector.

28 February 2023

Company update/wholesale

Contour strikes collaboration agreement with TradeGo

Contour, the global digital trade finance network has today announced its strategic partnership with TradeGo, a blockchain-based commodity trading service platform that enables the secure and transparent transfer of electronic Bills of Lading (eBL).

28 February 2023

News/crypto

Mastercard partners Immersve on Web3 crypto payments

Mastercard has teamed up with Web3 outfit Immersve to let people in Australia and New Zealand use cryptocurrency directly from their Web3 wallet to make digital, physical and metaverse purchases wherever Mastercard is accepted.

23 February 2023

News/crypto

BIS chief floats unified programmable ledger to turbocharge payments innovation

A unified programmable ledger could unleash an explosion of innovation in payments and money comparable to the arrival of the smartphone, according to Bank for International Settlements general manager Agustín Carstens.

23 February 2023

Company update/markets

Swarm launches tradable stocks on blockchain

Swarm, the regulated blockchain platform, today announces the launch of a world-first public investment offering for AAPL. TSLA, and two US Treasury Bond ETFs on-chain.

21 February 2023

News/markets

UK provides legal clarity on issuance of digital securities via blockchain

LawtechUK, a government-backed and industry-led group tasked with promoting the use of English law and the UK’s jurisdictions in the context of novel technologies, has determined that the UK legal framework is fit for purpose in relation to the issue of digital securities.

16 February 2023

Company update/wholesale