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News/crypto
Following experiments demonstrating that DLT can be used with existing networks to complete CBDC financial transactions in real-time, Banque de France, HSBC and IBM have published a paper exploring their key findings.
16 December 2022
United Fintech, an outfit dedicated to scooping up a stable of capital markets fintechs, has acquired Cobalt, a provider of risk and data services to the FX and digital asset markets. Terms were not disclosed.
15 December 2022
The Bank for Inernational Settlements is working with three central banks to explore cross-border CBDC trading and settlement using DeFi protocols.
03 November 2022
DBS has become the first bank to go live on a new digital asset trading platform from Singapore Exchange unit MaxxTrader.
31 October 2022
News/payments
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and four central banks have completed a successful pilot of the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by commercial banks for foreign exchange transactions across borders, as part of Project mBridge.
26 October 2022
News/wholesale
BNP Paribas has struck a deal to buy currency risk management automation firm Kantox. Financial terms were not disclosed.
11 October 2022
News/people
Tech Nation’s Global Talent Visa Report 2022 reveals that international tech leaders are rolling into the UK and strengthening the sector.
12 September 2022
JP Morgan Payments has launched a cross-border liquidity solution in Saudi Arabia, allowing clients to connect to liquidity pools in London and other international cities.
05 August 2022
News/markets
Teams from 14 banks, including Barclays, NatWest and Citi, have trialled a DLT-based intraday FX swap and repo trading platform from Finteum.
14 June 2022
Santander’s SME and corporate clients in Spain, from today, will be able to make immediate international payments to recipients in Brazil, in Brazilian Real, through the One Trade solution.
30 March 2022
HSBC and Wells Fargo have completed the first interbank Payment vs Payment (PvP) settlement outside of CLS using distributed ledger technology from Baton Systems.
13 December 2021
News/inclusion
Investment firm Dinosaur Merchant Bank has partnered with Rational FX to offer web and app-based money transfer services.
08 December 2021
Wise has opened the door to US-based customers and retail and institutional investors seeking to invest in the company from September 2021.
20 August 2021
News/cloud
Goldman Sachs is looking to scale up its new transaction banking business by teaming up with Fiserv to offer the fintech giant's clients services, starting with cross-border supplier payments.
27 July 2021
A group of 11 banks, including NatWest and Deutsche Bank, have been trialling a DLT-based platform for intraday FX swaps.
03 June 2021
Rabobank is spinning off its TreasurUp venture through a series A funding round together with Australian listed cross border payments specialist OFX.
19 May 2021
3s.money, a UK startup that helps corporates accept and manage bank transfers in foreign markets, has hit a £40 million valuation on a £3 million Series B funding round led by TMT Investments.
21 April 2021
A UAE-Israeli consortium is in talks with Bahrain outfit BFC Group Holdings about a merger that would create a remittances and currency player with more than 24 million customers.
24 February 2021
The central banks of China and the United Arab Emirates are joining their counterparts in Thailand and Hong Kong on a CBDC project investigating cross-border foreign currency payments.
23 February 2021
Online money transfer unicorn TransferWise has appointed Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to co-ordinate a planned initial public offering in London later this year, according to Sky News.
21 January 2021
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