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Will you be able to make trades directly from your mind in 2069?

What will trading technology look like in 50 years? Trades powered directly by thoughts, hardware that inhibits the influence of negative emotions, and mobile-phone based 3D trading rooms could all be in our future, predicts a report.

30 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

SEC creates framework for analysis of digital assets

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology can catalyze a wide range of innovation. We have seen these technologies used to create financial instruments, sometimes in the form of tokens or coins that can provide investment opportunities like those offered through more traditional forms of securities.

29 May 2019

News/Blockchain

Innovation driving digital acceleration in Latin America

Swift's Latin American Regional Conference (LARC) explored how banks in the region are looking to increase digitisation, while managing cyber and compliance challenges.

29 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Total Processing to adopt PumaPay crypto platform

PumaPay, the blockchain-based payment system, has announced that global payment service provider, Total Processing, will be adopting its cryptopayment solution.

29 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Mphasis and Bitfury form payments partnership

Mphasis, an Information Technology solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, and the Bitfury Group, the world's leading full-service blockchain technology company, today announced a strategic partnership to bring new levels of automation, transparency and efficiency to the financial services infrastructure that underpins global trade.

29 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Marco Polo blockchain network completes EU to Asia trade transaction

Bangkok Bank and Commerzbank have jointly run an international trade transaction based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

29 May 2019

News/startups

Barclays invests in blockchain-based invoice exchange startup Crowdz

Barclays has led a $5.5 million Series A funding round for Crowdz, the Silicon-Valley startup behind a global, blockchain-based invoice exchange vowing to revolutionise the $9 trillion receivables market

29 May 2019

Company update/regulation

Iosco seeks feedback on regulating trading in crypto-assets

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions is seeking comments on a consultation paper that describes the issues associated with crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) and sets forth key considerations to assist regulatory authorities in addressing these issues.

28 May 2019

News/Blockchain

Rabobank abandons cryptocurrency wallet plans

Rabobank has ditched plans to launch a cryptocurrency wallet, citing, among other issues, the regulatory environment.

24 May 2019

News/Blockchain

Facebook to launch cryptocurrency in 2020

Facebook is finalising a digital payments system called ‘GlobalCoin’, which is expected to be available across 12 countries by the start of 2020.

24 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Secure Trading/acquiring.com onboard first cryptocurrency client

Secure Trading and acquiring.com have announced today that they have begun life in the cryptocurrency vertical after being chosen to provide payment gateway and merchant acquiring solutions for CoinLoan, a peer-to-peer lending platform for crypto-asset-backed loans.

23 May 2019

News/Blockchain

Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day two

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2019, in Panama City. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can accelerate digital transformation.

22 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds Voyager as newest corporate member

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global markets, is pleased to welcome Voyager to the family of WSBA corporate members.

22 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Travacoin enlists Wipro for blockchain-based payments for airline industry

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, today announced that it has developed a blockchain-based payment solution for Travacoin, a company specializing in an eponymous digital payment solution.

22 May 2019

News/Blockchain

CULedger taps R3 for blockchain-based cross-border payments

Credit union-owned blockchain outfit CULedger has picked R3's Corda platform as the basis of its upcoming cross-border payments product.

22 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Calastone completes blockchain migration project

Calastone, the largest global funds transaction network, today announces the successful go-live of its blockchain Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI).

20 May 2019

News/regulation

ECB paper warns of regulatory arbitrage on crypto-assets

While crypto-assets do not currently pose a threat to the euro area's financial stability, a disjointed approach at the national level could trigger regulatory arbitrage and hamper the resilience of the region's financial system, says an ECB paper.

17 May 2019

News/Blockchain

ABN Amro to launch blockchain and IoT platform for trade inventories

ABN Amro is looking to launch a blockchain platform for the commodities industry that uses the Internet of Things to communicate directly with physical trade inventories.

17 May 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Billon and Microsoft to work with Poland’s top university to bring DLT into academia

Billon Solutions sp. z o. o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Research on Legal Aspects of Blockchain Technology, operating at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw.

17 May 2019

News/Blockchain

Top banks to spend £50 million on digital coin project - Reuters

Several of the world's largest banks are plotting a £50 million investment in a new digital cash settlement system, according to a report from Reuters.

17 May 2019