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News/crypto
Societe Generale has issued the first structured product as a security token directly registered on the Tezos public blockchain.
15 April 2021
Company update/retail
Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced that Bankhaus von der Heydt is using Appian to automate back-office operations and grow its banking business through new FinTech offerings.
Company update/wholesale
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region, is partnering with award winning fintech platform MoniMove to complement the bank's E20. digital business bank initiative that aims to empower entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and other businesses in the UAE.
14 April 2021
Company update/crypto
Shinhan Bank (KRX: 055550), the leading bank in South Korea, has joined the Hedera Governing Council, the body that oversees distributed governance of the Hedera network.
News/markets
The New York Stock Exchange is joining the NFT craze, launching a series of collectibles that commemorate the first time six major companies were traded publicly.
JP Morgan, Mastercard and UBS have joined a $65 million funding round for blockchain software engineering firm ConsenSys.
13 April 2021
VTB Bank, together with other members of the Russian Fintech Association, has become the founder of a blockchain operator that will develop distributed ledger technology in Russia.
Market participants working on the use of DLT in post-trade processes need to ensure interoperability if the technology is to succeed, according to a European Central Bank report.
The Bank of Russia has set out plans to build a prototype digital ruble by the end of the year.
News/payments
Citi Innovation Labs has teamed up with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to test the use of blockchain technology and tokenised money to send payments from the US to Latin America and the Caribbean.
09 April 2021
The solution based on blockchain technology that has been developed and tested by the Riksbank in its e-krona project provides new possibilities, but is also new and needs further investigation.
07 April 2021
Roxe, a next-generation global payment network, today announced that BuyUcoin, a leading digital asset exchange platform, will begin a pilot program as a Roxe payment node for blockchain-based remittance products and services in India.
Instinet and Credit Suisse have conducted the first live trades of US-listed equities on a T+0 settlement timeframe using blockchain technology from Paxos.
06 April 2021
The shortest air mile distance between Johannesburg and London is 5,635 miles.
31 March 2021
Company update/markets
TISA Universal Reporting Network (TURN), a blockchain solution for the collection and dissemination of fund related data, is today announcing that it has created and submitted a static fund data template to FinDatEx.
Company update/payments
R3, the enterprise blockchain software firm, today announced a partnership with Red Date Tech, a key infrastructure developer of China's Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), to license Corda Enterprise for the development of a permissioned blockchain network in China and a free Corda-based Open Permissioned Chain on BSN China.
30 March 2021
Ripple is to acquire a 40% stake in Asian cross-border payments specialist Trianglo.
News/startups
RioDeFi, a Singapore-based decentralised finance startup, has launched an incubator hub designed to bring greater blockchain interoperability to Asia.
Fintech outfit Circle is bidding to cash in on the NFT craze by launching a platform that helps marketplaces accept credit card and crypto payments for their non-fungible tokens.
Company update/people
Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments, today announced it has named Jay Agarwal as Managing Director, Payments.
29 March 2021
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