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BayernLB, Helaba and S-Servicepartner join Marco Polo DLT network

BayernLB, Helaba and S-Servicepartner have announced today that they’ve joined the Marco Polo Network for piloting and evaluating purposes. Marco Polo is the largest and fastest growing trade finance network in the world, powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT) and focusing on bringing significant efficiencies in financing trade.

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Visa partners FIS to push DLT-based platform for international corporate payments

Visa's distributed ledger-based, non-card platform for high-value corporate, cross-border payments will now be offered to FIS client bank.

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Billon gets Polish e-money institution regulatory approval

Billon Solutions Sp. z o.o., a fully owned subsidiary of Billon Group in the UK, obtained permission from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego - KNF) to operate as a registered electronic money institution. This is the first permit of this type issued in Poland.

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SoGen issues covered bond as security token on Ethereum

Societe Generale has issued EUR100 million of covered bonds as a security token, directly registered on the Ethereum blockchain.

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æternity Ventures picks blockchain startups for accelerator programme

æternity Ventures, the investment arm of decentralized smart contracts platform æternity, has successfully concluded the first round of their 2019 Starfleet initiative by selecting four blockchain startups it will fund and mentor through its accelerator programme.

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EToro launches crypto exchange

eToroX, the blockchain division of global investment company eToro, has today announced the launch of its crypto exchange - a secure and regulated trading venue offering a range of cryptoassets as well as a suite of stablecoins.

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MUFG joins Series B round in Chainalysis

Cryptocurrency compliance outfit Chainalysis has raised an additional $6M to close its $36M Series B round with an investment from Japan’s largest financial institution, MUFG, as well as Tokyo-headquartered VC Sozo Ventures.

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20|30 collaborates with LSE on test issuance of tokenised equity, raises £3m

Blockchain startup 20|30 has raised £3 million by selling tokenized shares and settling them in a test environment on the LSE’s Turquoise platform.

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China Academy of Information and Communications Technology partners with R3

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) has joined enterprise software firm R3 to collaborate with its global legal and regulatory community to share best practices regarding blockchain technology and develop solutions on its Corda blockchain platform.

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Blockport tempts retail investors with security token offering

Blockport, the first social crypto exchange, has confirmed that it will launch their Security Token Offering (STO).

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Cobalt names fintech investment expert Stephen Wolff as strategic advisor

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure based on shared ledger and high performance technology, has appointed Stephen Wolff as a Strategic Advisor to support its global growth strategy.

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TCS blockchain powers cross-border securities settlement between CSDs

The Moroccan and Kuwait central securities depositories have carried out a cross-border securities settlement using stable coins and a blockchain from Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

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Digital Asset works with Isda on open source reference library

Digital Asset has today announced that it is working with ISDA to develop an open-source reference code library that will help derivatives market participants adopt the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM). This

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FX blockchain startup 9th Gear emerges from stealth mode

9th Gear Technologies, the only institutional marketplace to enable same day Foreign Exchange (FX) transactions with on-demand payment liquidity, emerged from stealth mode today.

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BC Gateways blockchain-enabled data sharing application goes live

Today, financial services has a revolutionary new way to publish and distribute data that will underpin the rapidly increasing industry need for accurate, timely and auditable data delivered in a cost-effective way.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.