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XBRL US forms blockchain working group

XBRL US and ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, have issued a call for participation to accountants, technologists and financial professionals to contribute to a new Working Group for developing standards for the tokenisation of assets on the blockchain.

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Spanish fintech accelerator calls for international applicants

A Spanish bank-backed fintech incubator and accelerator is inviting startups from Europe and Latin America to apply for four-month programme at its base in Valencia.

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Blockchain-based cross-border payments startup Wyre raises $5.8m

Wyre, a San Francisco FinTech company making cross-border payments faster and more cost effective using the blockchain, today launched its cross-border payments platform also called Wyre.

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Citi backs blockchain startup

Citi has invested an undisclosed sum in Cobalt, a blockchain startup aiming to bring distributed ledger technology to the processing of foreign exchange trades.

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Peru's Credicorp joins R3

Financial innovation firm R3 has announced Credicorp as the first Spanish-speaking Latin American financial institution to join its consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets.

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Microsoft and Amis announce Asia’s first blockchain consortium

Financial technology (Fintech) is transforming the financial services industry and a variety of innovations, including blockchain technology, have revolutionized the banking sector for the past year.

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FlashFX goes live in Australia with Ripple and XRP

FlashFX announces the launch of a brand new foreign exchange payments solution to improve foreign exchange in Australia.

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Former Barclays' chief Jenkins joins board of bitcoin wallet startup Blockchain

Fresh from launching his own fintech startup, 10x Future Technologies, former Barclays Bank chief Antony Jenkins is extending his interests in the broader non-bank ecosystem by joining the board of digital currency outfit Blockchain.

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Tempo Money Transfer integrates with Stellar Blockchain

Tempo Money Transfer, has successfully completed integration with the financial platform, Stellar.

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Spot FX blockchain clearing firm FXCH raising €8.5 m including Seedrs crowdfunding

On its way to bringing a much needed change to the Foreign Exchange markets, FXCH Ltd. - the Spot-FX Clearing House, which in July, settled the first FX trade on the Blockchain - is attempting to disrupt again: The first round of financing of the Irish Startup begins this week with an Equity Crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.com.

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Everledger secures the first bottle of wine on the blockchain

Emerging technology firm Everledger is the first organisation to secure a bottle of wine’s provenance on the blockchain.

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Canada publishes multi-year roadmap for payments overhaul

Payments Canada has gone into public consultation on far-reaching plans for a throughgoing overhaul of the nation's payments architecture and legal underpinnings.

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IBM debuts blockchain ecosystem

Blockchain has the potential to transform the way industries conduct business transactions.

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PayCommerce opens new offices in Ontario and Dubai

PayCommerce, the leading enterprise cross-border payments network and banking consortium, today announced it has opened two new offices in November: one in Ontario and one in Dubai.

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Digital Asset Holdings lifts the lid on blockchain architecture in 'non-technical' whitepaper

Today, Digital Asset is proud to release a white paper on our architecture, detailing the rationale for the technological decisions that we have made.

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CME Ventures lead Rumi Morales joins Digital Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber of Digital Commerce has appointed Rumi Morales to its distinguished Board of Advisors.

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Circle unveils Spark; pivots away from direct bitcoin transacting on app

Today we’re announcing the launch of full messaging features in Circle’s apps and higher deposit limits for customers, forthcoming support for sending and receiving money between Circle and The Philippines and Korea, and the introduction of Spark, a new blockchain-based protocol to facilitate trusted, compliant money transfers between participating individuals and institutions over the Bitcoin network.

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Deloitte invests in SETL

Deloitte has made an undisclosed investment in financial services blockchain outfit SETL.

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ECB and Bank of Japan research DLT for market infrastructure

The European Central Bank and Bank of Japan are embarking on a research project looking into the use of distributed ledger technologies for market infrastructure.

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Finland's central bank explores the blockchain

The Bank of Finland organised today, in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, a seminar on the possibilities offered by blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in various sectors of society.