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Trust Payments to open Dublin office

Trust Payments announced it has expanded into Ireland. The payments technology group will open an office in Dublin city centre as it seeks to benefit from local talent and rapid growth in the country’s FinTech sector.

Deutsche Börse and Commerzbank to build digital asset marketplace

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Deutsche Börse and Commerzbank to build digital asset marketplace

Deutsche Börse and Commerzbank have invested in fintech spinoff 360X with the aim of building a blockchain-based digital marketplace for digital asset clases in art and real estate.

Paxos receives $2.4 billion valuation on $300 million Series D

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Paxos receives $2.4 billion valuation on $300 million Series D

Blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos has closed a $300 million Series D round of funding, giving the firm behind the crypto offerings of PayPal a $2.4 billion valuation.

Digital asset custodian Finoa raises €22 million

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Digital asset custodian Finoa raises €22 million

Digital asset custodian Finoa has secured $22 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital.

EIB issues digital bond on public blockchain

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EIB issues digital bond on public blockchain

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €100 million two-year bond using public blockchain technology.

DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan set up DLT-based payments joint venture

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DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan set up DLT-based payments joint venture

DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan have set up a joint venture company that will use distributed ledger technology to challenge the cumbersome hub-and-spoke model applied to traditional cross-border payment flow.

ALT/AVE to drive new funding into its DLT offering

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ALT/AVE to drive new funding into its DLT offering

Having secured £535,000 investment, regtech ALT/AVE plans to further develop its distributed ledger solution docStribute, to expand its core uses beyond financial services.

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Blockchain payments firm Tassat appoints Barbara Kissner CISO

Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments, today announced it has appointed Barbara Kissner as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to oversee the company’s infrastructure, technology and data security.

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Securrency raises $30m

Securrency, Inc., a leading developer of institutional-grade blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology, has announced that it has raised USD $30 million in its Series B funding round, with participation by WisdomTree Investments, Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners Limited (ADCP), State Street, and U.S. Bank, among other investors.

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Blockchain outfit Paxos scores provisional trust charter

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced preliminary conditional approval of the application to charter Paxos National Trust, New York.

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ZTLment joins Danish FSA regulatory sandbox

ZTLment, a fintech company enabling cross-border trade between SMEs via programmable money, announces that it joins the regulatory sandbox of the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Danish FSA) as the first company in 2021.

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DBS Bank and Contour broaden digital trade offerings to four new markets in Asia-Pacific

To further push the digitalisation of trade finance in major trade hubs in the region, DBS Bank has expanded its offerings on Contour’s rapidly growing trade finance network to corporate customers in four key markets in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC).

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R3 Development Fund invests first $10 million in over 20 start-ups

Global enterprise software firm R3’s Development Fund has reached the milestone of USD 10 million in capital deployed across over 30 investments in more than 20 of the most promising early-stage blockchain and confidential computing companies.

Digital Asset raises $120m

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Digital Asset raises $120m

Digital Asset has raised over $120 million in Series D funding to expand its Daml data network, which is used by a host of FS giants to transform disparate data silos into synchronised networks.

Stacs raises $3.6m for DLT-based ESG tech

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Stacs raises $3.6m for DLT-based ESG tech

Hashstacs (Stacs), a Singaporean startup using DLT to help financial institutions meet their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) needs, has raised US$3.6 million in pre-Series A funding.

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Blockchain-based savings community app crowned in Finastra’s Hack to the Future

Finastra has announced the winner of its recent hackathon - Hack to the Future 3.

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Circle picks Signature Bank for USDC integration

Circle, a global financial technology firm that provides payments and treasury infrastructure for digital businesses announced today that Signature Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), a New York-based, full service commercial bank, will become their leading financial institution to hold billions of dollars in reserve deposits related to USD Coin (USDC), the fastest growing digital dollar in the world.

Open Bank Project and API3 partner to unite banking and the blockchain

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Open Bank Project and API3 partner to unite banking and the blockchain

Open Bank Project (OBP) has formed a partnership with the API3 Foundation to deliver banking and open banking data oracles to the decentralised web.

Rishi Sunak announces UK Treasury and BofE fintech taskforce to explore CBDC

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Rishi Sunak announces UK Treasury and BofE fintech taskforce to explore CBDC

Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak announced today the launch of new fintech taskforce to “coordinate exploratory work on a potential central bank digital currency,” led by the UK Treasury and Bank of England.

JP Morgan uses blockchain to improve global transfers

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JP Morgan uses blockchain to improve global transfers

JP Morgan is working with a group of Taiwan banks to test the use of blockchain technology to improve global funds transfers.

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