R3 and SBI team up to push Corda in Japan
A new joint venture for blockchain rises in the east.
Blockchain
Mobile trading platform CloseCross gets $3m funding
It opens the round with investment by Amnis Ventures
Are too many finance providers conflating trust with technology?
“Trust-free” is actually abstract or faceless trust.
CULedger grabs $10m funding to its blockchain credit
Plans to use DLT for credit union-focused platform.
Infinito blockchain platform is one stop show
All-in-one and designed for businesses and developers.
Indian banks unveil blockchain-linked funding for SMEs
The 11 lenders include ICICI, Axis, Yes Bank and Standard Chartered.
IBM, PNC Bank and health insurers set up blockchain network
To improve the efficiency of the health sector.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 28 January 2019
Featuring LatAm, ING, Alipay and Square.
Onfido opens up to Bitcoin payments
Blockchain technology and identity management converge via partnership with BitPay.
Samsung to unveil crypto wallet
The Galaxy S10 will allow users to trade, transact and store coins.
US challenger bank Newbridge will start spreading the news
It will soon be fintech showtime on Broadway.
Atom crypto exchange readies for Hong Kong launch
AAX will be powered by tech from London Stock Exchange Group.
Nasdaq leads $20m funding in blockchain firm Symbiont
Will use funds for action in data management and lending space.
SBI fuels $15m funding in Tangem’s blockchain smart cards
Swiss firm plans to “bring blockchain to people’s everyday life”.
ING Bank gets unlimited access to R3’s Corda
Unlimited (blockchain) power!
Dutch regulators call for crypto licensing system
AFM and De Nederlandsche Bank have regularly warned against cryptos and ICOs.
Social crypto trader Blockport sets sail
Integrated with mobile banking app Bunq.
China bosses blockchain and AI patents
Research by UHY reveals that Chinese companies filed 32% of all global blockchain patents in 2017.
Falcon Private Bank unleashes crypto transfers
Swiss bank offering selected cryptocurrencies for private and institutional clients.
Canada urges blockchain on for digital ID dream
CEO of Canadian Bankers Association makes his case.
HSBC feels $250bn FX of blockchain
Bank’s interest in DLT deepens with juicy transaction action.
R3’s Corda Network goes cordless
Blockchain network will be operated by a new independent organisation.
Crypto trading platform Currency.com launches
A firm that has a website as a name is unveiled.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
Monerium gets $2m funding for e-money on blockchain
Icelandic firm’s latest round includes support from ConsenSys.
Jobs go as ShapeShift suffers in crypto winter
“The latest crypto winter is upon us, and today ShapeShift felt the bitter frost.”
Alipay powers Pakistan’s “first” blockchain-based cross-border remittance service
Service provided by Telenor Microfinance Bank and Valyou.
Banking for “digital nomads”
Foregoing the traditional way of working from nine to five in a typical office culture and hierarchy model.
Ethereum Classic trading frozen due to double spend drama
Coinbase stops ETC trading due to detection of deep chain reorganisation.
Fintech firm WB21 caught in storm of allegations
The evidence keeps piling up and the firm stays silent.
China Banking Association pushes trade finance on blockchain
New interbank platform unleashed with big names onboard.
Life’s a brag in BBVA’s digital dominion
Reaches “tipping point” as 50% of its customers now use digital channels.
South Africa talks tax with crypto task force
Government gets tough on cryptocurrency activities.
Beam me up crypto confidentiality
New project aims to improves privacy via Mimblewimble protocol.
Crypto DX.Exchange seeks to shake up Nasdaq stock markets
Firm offers digital tokens based on Nasdaq-listed companies’ shares.
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Blockchain explorers get fearsome Enjin
Singapore firm unleashes “Google of the blockchain”.
Private blockchain Vostok makes waves with $120m funding
The Waves Platform team building blockchain for big firms.
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Great minds share their views and ideas on all things fintech.
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Bustling blockchain. A compilation of the year’s juiciest stories with this handy top ten.
