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Payments Modernisation: The Big Survey 2022

30 May 2022 895 downloads

Company update/crypto

Elliptic provides support for Mimblewimble privacy feature on Litecoin

Elliptic today became the first blockchain analytics provider to provide support for the Mimblewimble privacy feature on Litecoin. This enables regulated businesses to continue to support Litecoin transactions, while remaining compliant with anti-money laundering regulations and sanctions.

27 May 2022

Company update/Blockchain

Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) and Global Digital Finance (GDF) merge

Global Blockchain Business Council – the leading global industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem – has today announced a major merger with the world’s leading market standards association for the adoption of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, Global Digital Finance (GDF).

25 May 2022

Company update/retail

Hedgehog offers two new tokens for fractional investments in real-world assets

Hedgehog, the blockchain-driven investment app, has made two new tokens available to eligible individuals in the US, UK and Switzerland.

23 May 2022

Company update/crypto

Oasis Pro lands $27 million in Series A financing

Oasis Pro Inc. has completed a significantly oversubscribed $27+M Series A financing round.

17 May 2022

News/sustainable

BNP Paribas to provide carbon-linked credit line to Ant Group

BNP paribas is to provide a sustainability-linked revolving credit line to Ant Group, verifying the Chinese company's green credentials via a blockchain-based carbon management platform.

16 May 2022

News/crypto

Ex-Meta fintech chief David Marcus unveils Bitcoin startup

David Marcus, the man who led Meta's frustrated Novi and Diem projects, has re-emerged with a Bitcoin startup focused on the Lighting Network.

12 May 2022

News/crypto

Chainalysis hits $8.6bn valuation

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis has secured a $8.6 billion valuation thanks to a $170 million Series F funding round led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC.

12 May 2022

News/markets

ASX delays Chess cutover to beyond April 2023

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has confirmed a further delay to the cutover of its blockchain-based post-trade network, which was initially set for go-live in April 2021.

11 May 2022

Company update/crypto

Agora achieves authorisation by the FCA

agora Digital Capital Markets (“agora”), today announced that the company has become authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

11 May 2022

Company update/markets

LedgerEdge corporate bond trading platform goes live

LedgerEdge, the next-generation ecosystem for trading, announced that it is live with the first regulated corporate bond trading platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology underpinning blockchain ecosystems and digital markets.

10 May 2022

Company update/wholesale

Contour collaborates with TradeLens

Contour, the global digital trade financenetwork has today announced its collaboration with TradeLens, a blockchain-based supply chain platform that enables the secure and transparent transfer of electronic Bills of Lading (eBL).

10 May 2022

News/sustainable

Carbonplace and Visa team on carbon credit transfer pilot

Carbonplace, the bank-backed DLT-based carbon credit settlement platform, has successfully carried out a pilot transfer with payments giant Visa.

10 May 2022

News/retail

Instagram starts testing NFTs

Instagram will start testing digital collectables this week, enabling creators and collectors to display their non-fungible tokens on their profiles.

09 May 2022

News/crypto

NEAR Foundation launches Kenyan blockchain hub

NEAR Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that oversees the governance and development of the NEAR protocol, has partnered with the local Kenyan blockchain community, Sankore, to launch a regional hub.

09 May 2022

Company update/startups

SC Ventures partners Japanese financial conglomerate SBI

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’ s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings, Inc to expand their portfolio, both at a business and geographic level, and to explore new ecosystems through this partnership.

09 May 2022

News/crypto

California governor signs blockchain executive order

Gavin Newsom, California state governor, has signed an executive order which aims to create a transparent regulatory and business environment for Web 3.0 companies which harmonises federal and California state approaches.

06 May 2022

Company update/wholesale

GSBN develops proof-of-concept for two blockchain-based trade finance products

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an independent, not-for-profit technology consortium building a blockchain-enabled operating system designed to redefine global trade, today announced that its Trade Finance Advisory Group has reached a new milestone, with its first proofs-of-concepts for trade finance products since its inception in September last year.

04 May 2022

News/regulation

New York regulator tells crypto firms to use blockchain analytics

Cryptocurrency firms should use blockchain analytics tools to guard against financial risks and suspicious activities, a senior New York State regulator has said.

02 May 2022

News/payments

Minka raises $24M to help overhaul national payment systems for the digital economy

Colombia-based fintech Minka, a provider of last-mile APIs and shared ledgers for national payment networks, has secured $24 million in capital through a funding round led by Tiger Global and Kaszek.

29 April 2022