Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Montenegro taps Ripple for CBDC pilot

The Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG) is working with blockchain and crypto specialist Ripple on a CBDC pilot.

11 April 2023

Company update/payments

CoreChain debuts direct-to-customer payments automation product

CoreChain Technologies, the first embedded B2B payments network built on distributed ledger technology, today announced the launch of its direct-to-customer payments automation product, CoreChain Pay.

06 April 2023

News/payments

Lloyds Bank strikes deal with Enigio to digitise trade finance documentation

Lloyds Bank is to bring blockchain to bear on trade finance documentation, using technology from Swedish firm Enigio to dematerealise promissory notes, bills of exchange and bills of lading.

04 April 2023

News/markets

JPX takes stake in Nomura-led blockchain business Boostry

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is taking a stake in Nomura-led blockchain project Boostry as part of a deal to push the development of the security token market.

04 April 2023

Company update/markets

UBS executes first intraday repo trade on Broadridge blockchain platform

Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), today announced that UBS (NYSE:UBS) and a global Asian bank have successfully executed the first cross-border intraday repo transaction on Broadridge’s blockchain enabled Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform. T

03 April 2023

News/sustainable

SEB and Crédit Agricole launch green-tinged blockchain-based bond platform

SEB and Crédit Agricole CIB are jointly launching so|bond, a sustainable platform for digital bonds built on blockchain technology that rewards participants for improving their environmental footprint.

03 April 2023

News/retail

Blockchain mortgage platform Acre raises £6.5 million

Acre Software, a UK startup using blockchain technology to revamp the mortgage and insurance application process for advisers, has raised £6.5 million from Starling Bank backer Harold McPike alongside returning investors Aviva and Founders Factory.

03 April 2023

News/crypto

Citi Digital Money Symposium: Global standardisation of cryptoassets is critical

Citi’s Digital Money Symposium brought together experts and businesses in the industry to explore trends and future developments in the digital money market.

31 March 2023

Company update/regulation

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