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Nine banks back blockchain collaboration plan

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Nine banks back blockchain collaboration plan

Nine of the world's largest banks are backing an initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets.

Bitcoin money transfers and credit scoring take top spots at BBVA startup contest

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Bitcoin money transfers and credit scoring take top spots at BBVA startup contest

A bitcoin instant money transfer system for small businesses trading with Asia and a service that allows users to build a credit score on their history of paying utility bills have been declared the winners of BBVA's Open Talent startup contest for LatAm.

Private blockchains used across industries

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Private blockchains used across industries

Nick Williamson, Founder and CEO, and Eric Benz, Founder and COO of Credits, explain the 'proof-of-stake' model and how their platform differs from private blockchain businesses.

Innovate Finance and IBM to open blockchain lab

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Innovate Finance and IBM to open blockchain lab

UK fintech champion Innovate Finance is to establish a blockchain lab in partnership with the Hartree Centre, the high performance computing and data analytics research facility founded by the UK Government in association with IBM.

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P2P remittance startup Abra closes Series A funding round

Abra, the company changing how people use cash and their smartphones to send and receive money around the world, announced today that it has closed its Series A financing round and has now raised over $14 million in venture financing.

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Toronto's MaRS forms fintech partnership with Brazilian innovation hub Cubo

MaRS announced today a global partnership with Cubo Coworking Itaú (“CUBO”), a new innovation hub based in São Paulo, Brazil. CUBO will be joining MaRS’ Financial Technology (“FinTech”) cluster, which connects entrepreneurs in emerging payments, peer-to-peer transactions, alternative lending and crypto-currencies with the financial services sector.

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Bitcoin DDOS ransom hackers target banks

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services, published today, through the company's Prolexic Security Engineering & Research Team (PLXsert), a new cybersecurity case study.

Visa, Citi, Nasdaq, Fiserv and Capital One back blockchain startup Chain

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Visa, Citi, Nasdaq, Fiserv and Capital One back blockchain startup Chain

Five financial services heavyweights have joined in a $30 million funding round for blockchain startup Chain, which is aiming to overturn Wall Street conventions for the issuing and handling of financial securities.

Pivit issues capital investment on blockchain with Digital Asset Holdings

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Pivit issues capital investment on blockchain with Digital Asset Holdings

Real-time predictive marketplace Pivit has issued a portion of its upcoming $5 million investment round using distributed ledger technology from Digital Asset Holdings.

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Bitcoin exchange Celery launches in Canada with Vogogo

Risk Management & Payment Processing specialist Vogogo Inc. ("Vogogo") (TSX VENTURE:VGO) today announced the launch of its proprietary compliance, risk management and payment processing platform with Bitcoin exchange Celery.

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Paymium raises €1 million in funds

With funding from Newfund, Kima Ventures, Galitt and a group of business angels, Paymium closes a financing round to accelerate its European expansion.

Cryptocurrency firm itBit hires ex-NYDFS general counsel Alter

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Cryptocurrency firm itBit hires ex-NYDFS general counsel Alter

Bitcoin exchange operator itBit has hired former New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) general counsel Danny Alter and Broadridge Financial Services executive Kim Petry.

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Coinbase launches in Singapore

We’re pleased to announce the expansion of Coinbase services to Singapore. As part of our effort to make bitcoin easy to use throughout the world, customers in Singapore will be able to buy and sell bitcoin with Singapore dollars using Coinbase from 8am SGT Thursday September 3.

The future needs both competition & collaboration

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The future needs both competition & collaboration

Eric Van der Kleij, Head of Level39, discusses the importance of both competition and collaboration within financial services and the role of Level39 in combatting the struggles start-ups face in being recognised by banks.

Federal agent pleads guilty to looting Silk Road cash

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Federal agent pleads guilty to looting Silk Road cash

A former US Secret Service agent has pleaded guilty to stealing $820,000 worth of bitcoin during the investigation into the Silk Road dark bazaar.

Barclays to tap Bitcoin for charity donations

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Barclays to tap Bitcoin for charity donations

Barclays is preparing a Bitcoin pilot that will enable people to make donations to charities in the cryptocurrency, according to the Sunday Times.

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Coinbase arrives in Canada

We’re pleased to announce the expansion of Coinbase services to Canada. As of today, our customers in Canada can buy and sell bitcoin with CAD using our Buy/Sell service, as well as trade the BTC/CAD currency pair on Coinbase Exchange.

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Bitcoin outfit HashingSpace names Michael Whitaker COO

HashingSpace Corporation (OTCQB: HSHS), a Bitcoin ASIC mining and hosting company, announced today that it has expanded its executive management team, adding Michael Whitaker to the position of COO.

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Bitreserve extends currencies

Bitreserve, the leading cloud money platform, today launches four new European currencies.

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Bitnet and Pay.On to enable PSPs to offer bitcoin

Bitnet, an enterprise bitcoin payments processor, and Pay.On, a leading provider of white label global payment gateway solutions, today announced a strategic partnership that will enable payment service providers globally to offer bitcoin as a payment method via Pay.On’s Restful API-based payment platform.

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