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GoldMoney gold-settlement tech integrated via ACH with nine top US banks

GoldMoney Inc. (XAU.V), a full-reserve and gold-based financial services and technology group, announces that the BitGold “Aurum” gold-settlement technology is now integrated via the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network with nine of the top US financial institutions including: JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi, US Bank, USAA, Fidelity, Charles Schwab and Capital One.

Earthport opens gateway to distributed ledgers with Ripple

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Earthport opens gateway to distributed ledgers with Ripple

UK-based payments network Earthport has opened a distributed ledger gateway for bank clients to process real-time cross border payments via the Ripple protocol.

Interac backs Toronto fintech cluster

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Interac backs Toronto fintech cluster

Toronto's new financial technology cluster has signed up one of the country's biggest fintech players, debit payment group Interac, as a strategic partner.

Coinify grows merchant base with acquisition of rival Coinzone

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Coinify grows merchant base with acquisition of rival Coinzone

Denmark's Coinify has acquired rival Dutch processor Coinzone in a bid to create a pan-European provider of bitcoin-to-fiat payment processing for online merchants and PSPs.

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Bitcoin remittance startup 37coins closes its doors

Today we are shutting down 37coins and SMS Wallet.

Blockchain poised to become banking's biggest disruptor yet - BBVA Compass economists

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Blockchain poised to become banking's biggest disruptor yet - BBVA Compass economists

With dozens of the world's biggest banks already investing heavily in the blockchain, it is just a matter of time before the technology creates far-reaching disruption in the financial services industry, says a new report from BBVA Compass economists.

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$125,000 prize pool for Money20/20 hackathon

Money20/20, the world's largest event for payments and financial services innovation, today announced the second annual Money20/20 Hackathon, to be held October 24 -25, 2015 at The Venetian, Las Vegas, immediately before the kick-off of 2015's Money20/20, which will take place October 25-28.

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BitPay brings bitcoin to payment companies on three continents

BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, has recently announced several partnerships with payments companies from around the globe. During the first half of 2015, the company has signed deals with PSPs Payfirma, Sonic Payments, BillPro, Kadu, OpenPay, and Ixopay.

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ECommPay partners with GoGoin to accept Bitcoin transactions

Leading payment processing company ECommPay has teamed up with international digital currency payment gateway GoCoin to assist merchants in accepting transactions carried out in cryptocurrencies.

Open University and Innovate Finance launch Fintech 101 course

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Open University and Innovate Finance launch Fintech 101 course

The Open University has teamed up with UK fintech trade body Innovate Finance to launch the world's first introductory course to financial technology.

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Symbiont reveals first smart securities on blockchain

Symbiont, a pioneer in the use of the blockchain and distributed ledger technology in capital markets, today issued the first Smart Securities on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Australian Senate says bitcoin should be treated as a regular currency

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Australian Senate says bitcoin should be treated as a regular currency

The Australian Senate says that digital currency transactions should be treated in the same way as fiat for the purposes of taxation, overturning a previous judgement from the country's Taxation Office that labelled bitcoin holdings as 'intangible assets'.

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Mexico's meXBT enters Asia through CoinRepublic acquisition

The Mexican leader exchange platform of digital currencies in Mexico, meXBT, announced the acquisition of the company owned and operated by CoinRepublic, the most establish and respected digital currency brokerage in the Republic of Singapore.

Karpeles arrested; former Mt Gox employee spills beans on shady business dealings

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Karpeles arrested; former Mt Gox employee spills beans on shady business dealings

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested Mark Karpeles, the former head of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox over accusations that he siphoned off $1 million in customer funds to his own bank account.

Deutsche Bank backs blockchain potential

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Deutsche Bank backs blockchain potential

Deutsche Bank is the latest major financial institution to laud the potential of the blockchain, confirming that it is exploring the use of distributed ledger technology for everything from securities clearing and settlement to anti-money laundering registries.

George Galloway proposes 'MayorsChain' to track city finances

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George Galloway proposes 'MayorsChain' to track city finances

Radical anti-establishment politician and prospective London mayoral candidate George Galloway is proposing to use the blockchain to track the capital's $17 billion budget in real time.

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Secure Trading to provide payments platform to digital currency startup BlockEx

Secure Trading has announced a partnership with enterprise-level digital currency exchange, BlockEx, as a turnkey payments solution.

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Bitnet and Zooz announce Bitcoin partnership

Bitnet, an enterprise Bitcoin payments processor, and Zooz, an industry-leading payments platform provider, today announced a strategic partnership that will enable merchants to accept Bitcoin as a payment method on the Zooz payment platform.

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Ripple Labs names Michael Barr as advisor

Ripple Labs, the global leader in distributed payments technology and supporters of the Ripple protocol, today announced that it has named Michael S. Barr, former official at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and at the Brookings Institution, as an advisor to the company.

Mike Tyson bites into bitcoin

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Mike Tyson bites into bitcoin

The Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson, is muscling in on the world of cryptocurrencies, lending his star power to a new bitcoin ATM in Las Vegas.

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