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Digital Chamber of Commerce welcomes first credit union

Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s leading trade association representing the blockchain industry.

No real clarity on API projects in Europe

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No real clarity on API projects in Europe

David Bannister, Principal Analyst, Financial Services Technology, Ovum, outlines the progression of blockchain in the last year, and where APIs and immediate payments fit in.

Blockchain is an enabler, not a disruptor

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Blockchain is an enabler, not a disruptor

Gautam Jain, Global Head, Digitisation & Client Access, Transaction banking, Standard Chartered, speaks about how the role of fintech is continuously evolving, and how blockchain can change the industry.

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Plug and Play Fintech adds Netki to accelerator programme

Plug and Play Fintech announced on Monday that is has selected Los Angeles based financial technology startup, Netki, to be as one of only twenty four startups to join the fourth batch of its accelerator program.

Blockchain to reinvigorate loyalty programmes - Deloitte

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Blockchain to reinvigorate loyalty programmes - Deloitte

Distributed ledger technology has the potential to revitalise loyalty rewards programmes by replacing fragmented and clunky systems that depend on centralised administration with a trustless, digitised interlinked network, argues a new report from Deloitte.

Fed paying close attention to 'significant' blockchain

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Fed paying close attention to 'significant' blockchain

Distributed ledger technology may be the "most significant development in many years" for payments, clearing and settlement, according to a Federal Reserve governor who says that the central bank will publish its own blockchain paper later this year.

Emirates NBD and Icici demo blockchain application for trade finance

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Emirates NBD and Icici demo blockchain application for trade finance

Emirates NBD and India's Icici Bank have successfully completed a pilot project to deploy a permissionable blockchain for international remittances and open account trade finance transactions.

Funderbeam raises $2.6 million to propel startup financing

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Funderbeam raises $2.6 million to propel startup financing

A blockchain-based startup for trading in growth companies founded by former Nasdaq Tallin stock exchange head Kaidi Ruusalepp has raised $2.6 million in a funding round led by Draper Associates, Thomson Reuters, and IQ Capital.

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Russia's Qiwi joins R3 consortium

QIWI plc, (QIWI) (QIWI.ME) (“QIWI” or the “Company”) today announced that it has joined financial innovation firm R3’s consortium, to collaborate on design and potential application of distributed and shared-ledger inspired technologies to global financial markets.

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Sydney Stock Exchange and blockchain spin-off APXS weigh in to Oz clearing and settlement debate

Sydney Stock Exchange Limited (SSX) and APX Settlement Pty Limited (APXS), members of the Asia Pacific Exchange Group, have today welcomed the announcements by the Council of Financial Regulators’ (CFR) and Treasurer the Hon. Scott Morrison in relation to the regulation of Australian cash equities clearing and settlement services.

Industry-wide blockchain breakthroughs at least six years away

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Industry-wide blockchain breakthroughs at least six years away

While three quarters of banks are actively experimenting with blockchain technology, regulatory uncertainty and a lack of inhouse expertise are proving major roadblocks to near-term adoption, according to research from SIX Securities Services.

Blockchain-based smart contracts to save FS customers billions - Capgemini

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Blockchain-based smart contracts to save FS customers billions - Capgemini

Blockchain-based smart contracts will transform the financial services industry, saving punters billions of dollars in fees for things such as mortgage applications and auto insurance, claims a Capgemini report.

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Paxos and EY to collaborate on blockchain for gold bullion

Paxos, a financial technology company delivering revolutionary blockchain solutions for the financial services industry, and EY, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, today announced a new collaboration on the rollout of a next-generation blockchain settlement service that brings instant settlement and true DvP (Delivery versus Payment) to the gold market for the first time.

Start with the business problem not the technology

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Start with the business problem not the technology

Kevin Johnson, Head of Innotribe Innovation Programmes, SWIFT, speaks about how the fintech ecosystem has evolved and trends in competition versus collaboration.

ANZ and Wells Fargo test distributed ledger tech for correspondent banking

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ANZ and Wells Fargo test distributed ledger tech for correspondent banking

Wells Fargo and Australia's ANZ have built a shared distributed ledger platform prototype for correspondent banking payment reconciliation and settlement.

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Blockchain loyalty and rewards startup Loyyal joins Dubai accelerator

Loyyal, a leading blockchain start up focused on creating the future in global loyalty and rewards, today announced that it is participating in the inaugural Dubai Future Accelerators program.

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Blockstream completes end-to-end test of lightning micropayment

This story of feline acquisition begins with the demonstration of v0.5 of the C lightning prototype, a lightning-fast micropayment system we've been working on here at Blockstream.

Luxembourg fund industry coalesces around blockchain

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Luxembourg fund industry coalesces around blockchain

The Luxembourg fund industry is exploring how the uptake of distributed ledger technology can be applied to radically transform the asset management business, adopting a consortium-based approach involving nine leading banks, professional services firm PwC and local startup Scorechain.

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United Nations tackles blockchain and crowdfunding in Alternative Finance Lab

Ten months ago we had an eclectic group of people introduce a slew of new financial mechanisms - blockchain based cash transfers and impact bonds for reducing recidivism to forecast based finance for disasters and peer to peer lending for SMEs - emerging into what the ODI calls a new ‘age of choice’ for the development finance.

Thomson Reuters builds blockchain user-entitlement platform

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Thomson Reuters builds blockchain user-entitlement platform

Thomsons Reuters has unveiled an identity verification platform that enables developers to manage access to their blockchain contracts.

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