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NSD and iCoinSoft preview system for blockchain assets circulation

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, develops partnership with iCoinSoft Exchange Platform by icoinsoft.com as part of the HSE{Pro}Fintech program of the Higher School of Economics’ Business Incubator.

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SETL appoints cyber-secruity expert Martin Clements to its board

SETL, the London based financial blockchain specialist, has appointed national security expert Martin Clements CMG OBE to its board.

Blockchain use cases need validation

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Blockchain use cases need validation

Balazs Fejes (FB), Co-Head Global Business, EPAM, talks about the progress blockchain has made from hype to reality in the past year, the need for a pragmatic approach to implementation and the importance of establishing whether blockchain is the right solution for all the use cases being created.

R3 partners Singapore's MAS for blockchain lab

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R3 partners Singapore's MAS for blockchain lab

Distributed ledger technology consortium R3 has teamed up with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to open a centre of excellence on the island

Overstock invests in blockchain voting firm SettleMint

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Overstock invests in blockchain voting firm SettleMint

Online retailer Overstock is furthering its efforts to build a crypto-trading platform by taking a stake in Belgian blockchain startup SettleMint.

Increased pace and adoption of new technology

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Increased pace and adoption of new technology

Sean Gilchrist, Managing Director, Commercial Digital, Lloyds Banking Group, outlines the role of emerging technology on banking, and how the regulatory burden continues to impact the industry.

SEB to build Ripple-flavoured blockchain payments network

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SEB to build Ripple-flavoured blockchain payments network

SEB is to use blockchain technology from Ripple to enable customers to make real-time intra-bank transfers between accounts in Stockholm and New York.

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China Foreign Exchange Trade System joins R3

Financial innovation firm R3 has announced the addition of China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), China’s official interbank market trading platform, to its consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets.

Focus on leading blockchain technologies

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Focus on leading blockchain technologies

Philippe Ruault, Head of Innovation and Digital Lab, BNP Paribas Securities Services, speaks about the implementations of blockchain and what the associated issues may be in its application.

Fintech firms do not threaten financial stability - FSB

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Fintech firms do not threaten financial stability - FSB

Fintech firms do not pose an immediate threat to international financial stability, according to a G20-backed watchdog, which nevertheless says that it is monitoring the nascent sector carefully.

We need to attack vanilla business in payments

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We need to attack vanilla business in payments

Pierangelo Mortara, Deputy General Manager, UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, speaks about innovations in banking and where distributed ledger technology can fit in.

More DLT use cases around information sharing

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More DLT use cases around information sharing

Nick Armstrong, Co-founder and CEO, Identitii, plots out the timeline for mainstream blockchain adoption and what the killer app might be.

Switzerland looks to ease rules for fintech firms

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Switzerland looks to ease rules for fintech firms

Switzerland's Federal Council is calling for regulations on fintech firms to be eased in an effort to boost the competitiveness of the country's financial sector.

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Bloq CEO join Linux Foundation board

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, has elected Jeff Garzik, CEO and co-founder of Bloq, as their representative to The Linux Foundation Board of Directors.

DLT: clearing away the payments debris?

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DLT: clearing away the payments debris?

Distributed ledger technology has the potential to ease a host of operational pain points with UK payment systems and could be particularly useful for reference data databases, a report from Whitechapel Think Tank (WTT) suggests.

APIs and open banking win most airtime at Sibos 2016

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APIs and open banking win most airtime at Sibos 2016

Blockchain still high on the agenda according to Finextra’s review of discussions in Geneva, while excitement about AI grows

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ABN Amro joins R3

ABN AMRO has recently joined R3, an innovation firm focused on new generation technologies for the financial sector.

Ripple CEO Larsen makes way for Garlinghouse

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Ripple CEO Larsen makes way for Garlinghouse

Ripple CEO Chris Larsen is stepping down, handing over to current COO and president Brad Garlinghouse, who will lead the next stage of the firm's efforts to transform cross-border payments through the use of distributed ledger technologies.

Nimbrix to form buy-side blockchain consortium

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Nimbrix to form buy-side blockchain consortium

Nimbrix, a fintech startup foundered by veterans of BlackRock, UBS and BGI among others, has partnered with KPMG and Microsoft to create a blockchain consortium for the asset management industry.

Japanese banks flock to blockchain consortium

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Japanese banks flock to blockchain consortium

A Japanese bank consortium planning to build a new real-time payments platform using technology from blockchain joint venture SBI Ripple Asia, has expanded to 42 banking members.

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