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Corporates and the latest GPI developments

Marc Delbaere, Head of Corporates and Trade, SWIFT, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about gpi for Corporates means and how is it helping the corporate customer, how the corporates who are using it are reacting and what is coming down the tracks to improve the experience for corporates even further.

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MUFG and Banco Bradesco team on Ripple-based cross-border payments

Japan's MUFG Bank and Brazil's Banco Bradesco are teaming up to develop a cross-border payments service based on distributed ledger technology from Ripple.

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MAS and SGX apply blockchain tech for settlement of tokenised assets

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) claim to have successfully developed Delivery versus Payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms.

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IronX names Dimitris Hatzis as CEO

IronX is delighted to announce the appointment of Dimitris Hatzis as their Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

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Voltron banks move closer to digital nirvana

The quest for a paper-free trade finance world has moved a step closer with the completion by BNP Paribas and HSBC of a fully digitised end-to-end letter of credit transaction between two different companies.

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SEC cyber unit has busy 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission's new cyber unit has been busy, bringing 20 standalone cases, including those against ICOs and digital assets, in 2018, with more than 225 investigations ongoing.

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Baton Systems provides native support for Isda CDM

Baton Systems (“Baton”), a provider of distributed ledger-based post-trade and payments solutions for capital markets, today announced native support for ISDA’s Common Domain Model, or CDM 1.0, a new standard digital representation of events and actions that occur during the life of a derivatives trade.

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Kaleido launches enterprise blockchain marketplace

Kaleido, a ConsenSys company, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, is helping enterprises break through the proof-of-concept stage to live production blockchain networks with the announcement of its next major step forward.

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Medici Ventures opens up beta version of Bitsy Wallet

Medici Ventures, Overstock.com, Inc.’s blockchain accelerator, today announced that portfolio company Bitsy.com will allow public access to the beta version of its exchange and wallet service beginning Monday, November 12, 2018.

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EToro unveils GoodDollar cryptocurrency experiment to tackle wealth inequality

Online trading and investment platform eToro is pumping $1 million into an open source community project that aims to reduce global wealth inequality through the creation of a cryptocurrency that pays "social interest" to those who have less.

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The digital plus data transformation in Financial Services

Mike Blalock, Intel General Manager of the Financial Services Industry, talks about the key trends at Sibos 2018, including, data and AI, and what Financial services institutions should be doing to innovate and collaborate at scale.

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Israel hosts 'pitch in the dark' startup competition

Startups from across Israel made their way to Jaffa this week for a Citi and Visa sponsored competition with a twist: the event took place in pitch black.

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BitPay hires former PayPal exec Rolf Haag

BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced the appointment of Rolf Haag to the position of Head of Business Solutions.

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Persona and FintruX partner on blockchain-based ID management

Persona, the blockchain-based solution for identity management, announces its partnership with FintruX, the P2P lending ecosystem, to streamline the onboarding process for customers while ensuring they remain in full control over their personal details.

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Lloyds invests in cloud-based core banking startup Thought Machine

Lloyds Banking Group has paid £11 million for a 10% stake in core banking developer Thought Machine as part of a strategic partnership designed to accelerate the UK lender's digital transformation plan.

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Banks approaching automation and digitalisation

Patrik Zekkar, Global Head, Trade Finance & Working Capital Management, Nordea, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydeny about the key themes from this year's event, introduces the blockchain platform WeTrade, and how banks like Nordea are approaching automation.

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Nippon Wealth to explore the use of ConsenSys DApps

To further expand our business, Nippon Wealth Limited, a Restricted Licence Bank (from Hong Kong; CEO: Tsutomu Nakajima, “Nippon Wealth”), has completed a capital injection through a third-party allocation of shares of OJBC Co., Ltd. (“OJBC”), which wholly owns Nippon Wealth.

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NPP opens API sandpit for independents to play

Bill Doran, Head of Oceania, SWIFT, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about SWIFT's recently launched API sandbox in conjunction with NPP, what the benefits are for fintechs, corporates and consumers, and what particular capabilities SWIFT brings to a project like this.

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Partnerships, collaboration and evolving APIs

Leigh Mahoney, Head of Wholesale Digital, ANZ Ian Manocha, CEO, Gresham, speak at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about ANZ's recently signed partnership with Gresham and whether this signal a new era of collaboration with tech companies for ANZ, what trends are on the radar this year, how customer needs changing, and how APIs are evolving.

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BBVA conducts DLT-based syndicated loan deal

BBVA has arranged and signed the terms of a $150 million syndicated loan using distributed ledger technology (DLT)