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Western Union integrates with blockchain wallet from Coins.ph

Coins.ph, one of the Philippines' leading e-wallet providers, and The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today announced a collaboration to enable more than five million customers to receive international and domestic money transfers directly into their Coins.ph wallets in the Philippines.

Kleinwort Hambros issues blockchain ETN

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Kleinwort Hambros issues blockchain ETN

Kleinwort Hambros has launched a blockchain note to give investors exposure to companies most likely to benefit from the adoption of distributed ledger technology.

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Identitii partners with Trace Financial for Swift ISO20022 overlay

Identitii Limited (Identitii, Company) (ASX: ID8), an Australian FinTech enabling the secure overlay of transaction level detail on top of financial messages using a private blockchain, has partnered with leading message transformation software provider Trace Financial Limited (Trace Financial).

RBS and Barclays trial blockchain tech to slash property transaction times

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RBS and Barclays trial blockchain tech to slash property transaction times

RBS and Barclays Bank have completed a blockchain trial with R3's distributed ledger software which reduced the time taken to complete a property transaction from three months to less than three weeks.

Digital Asset open sources smart contract language

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Digital Asset open sources smart contract language

Distributed ledger technology firm Digital Asset is open sourcing its DAML smart contract language, opening it up to the developer community.

Mortgage blockchain tech startup Acre raises £5m

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Mortgage blockchain tech startup Acre raises £5m

Acre Software, a UK startup using blockchain technology to revamp the mortgage and insurance application process for advisers, has raised £5 million from Aviva and Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG).

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Shamir Karkal's blockchain startup Sila moves into open Beta

Sila, the all-inclusive API platform for the development of FinTech and new economy applications, today announced the launch of its open Beta program.

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BBVA closes blockchain loan with Madrid government

BBVA and Madrid’s government close the first blockchain-powered sustainable “Schuldschein” loan.

Faster, transparent and traceable payments

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Faster, transparent and traceable payments

Thierry Chilosi, SWIFT gpi Go-to-Market Lead, speaks about what there is left to do around SWIFT gpi, why SWIFT is making payments confirmations mandatory, how banks will do this and how new services will be developed on the back of tracking these payments.

Big banks back new international blockchain alliance

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Big banks back new international blockchain alliance

Barclays, BBVA, Deutsche Boerse and Swift are among the financial services sector names to join a new collective promoting the development of a global framework for the development and adoption of distributed ledger technology.

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PayPal joins Cambridge Blockchain funding round

Cambridge Blockchain, Inc. a digital identity enterprise software provider, announced today that PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has joined its Series A funding round.

DLT ready to drive widespread disruption in cross-border payments

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DLT ready to drive widespread disruption in cross-border payments

The cross-border payments industry is "ripe for disruption", with distributed ledger technologies leading the charge, according to a blog post published by the World Bank.

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TigerWit names Gareth Derbyshire as chief compliance officer

TigerWit Limited, the UK-headquartered global financial technology company, has announced the appointment of Gareth Derbyshire as their Chief Compliance Officer.

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Fusang launches custody platform for digital assets

Asian institutional investors now have an opportunity to participate in the digital asset industry with the launch of the Fusang Vault, which offers custody and digital asset services.

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Onchain Custodian launches digital asset custody platform

Onchain Custodian (ONC), the digital asset custodian backed by Sequoia, Fosun and DHVC, launches its SAFE™ Platform and value-added services.

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India's Federal Bank to use Ripple for cross-border remittances

This is to inform Federal Bank has entered into a partnership with Ripple Inc, a blockchain supported global remittance company, for cross border remittance through its network.

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Krung Thai Bank applies blockchain tech to money transfers between Thailand and Myanmar

On 28th March 2019, Rawin Boonyanusasna, Senior Executive Vice President — Head of Global Markets Group of Krungthai Bank, Alex Lane, CEO of EVX Holdings, and U Thein Zaw, Executive Vice Chairman of Shwe Rural & Urban Development Bank signed a Letter of Intent to introduce the 1st cross-border blockchain-powered money transfer services between Thailand and Myanmar.

Who your competitors are in today's tech-focused economy depends on your strategy

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Who your competitors are in today's tech-focused economy depends on your strategy

Sreeram Iyer, COO, Institutional Banking, ANZ, speaks at Money20/20 in Singapore about Incumbent Banks, the relevancy of financial players in a tech-focused economy, who the biggest competitors are to traditional banks and whether there is an appetite for traditional players in a tech-focused economy/society.

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Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds Donna Redel to advisory board

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 announce that Donna Redel has been appointed to the WSBA Advisory Board.

Marco Polo blockchain network used for commercial transactions

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Marco Polo blockchain network used for commercial transactions

The Marco Polo blockchain trade finance network has successfully navigated unchartered territory, facilitating two commercial transactions involving Commerzbank and LBBW.

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