Meridien Holdings acquires stake in FX liquidity firm DKK Partners to bolster plans for NYSE listing
The US-based holding company says it has “set fourth its plans to list on the NYSE”.
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BNP Paribas partners Ant International to enhance cross-border payment solutions in Europe
The pair will also work to “explore innovations in tokenised deposits for global treasury management”.
Blockchain-powered clearing and settlement fintech Partior raises more than $60m in Series B funding
Partior was founded as a joint venture between JP Morgan, DBS Bank and Temasek in 2021.
Banque de France partners HKMA to explore interoperability between wholesale CBDC infrastructures
The exploratory study will focus on “real-time cross-border and cross-currency payments”.
Paxos secures Singapore MPI licence and DBS Bank partnership for stablecoin issuance
Singapore becomes the third market worldwide where Paxos is licenced to issue stablecoins.
Celebrating excellence in the payments industry: PayTech Awards 2024 winners announced
Take a look at all the winners and highly commended from this year’s PayTech Awards ceremony!
ECB publishes progress update on digital euro preparation phase
Privacy, offline functionality and possession caps are the key focus points of the progress report.
FreeBnk partners E Money Network to issue blockchain-based IBANs
The partnership is set to enable blockchain-based international money transfers.
Revolut launches bond investing in partnership with UAE’s GTN
Bonds join Revolut’s investment offering of ETFs, and US and EEA shares.
Blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos to reportedly cut 20% of workforce
Paxos currently claims a balance sheet of $500 million.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 14 June 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Starling Bank, Mastercard, Bink and more.
MoneyGram names Gary Ferrera as new CFO
Ferrera succeeds the retiring Larry Angelilli, who has served for nearly a year in the role.
Mastercard commits to phasing out manual card entry in e-commerce by 2030 with tokenisation, Click to Pay and payment passkeys
The payment network claims its latest technology convergence will result in “faster and safer checkouts”.
Major financial institutions unite to address liquidity fragmentation threat of blockchain incompatibility
Deutsche Bank, Citi, Mastercard, Northern Trust and trade finance platform Centrifuge all contributed to the report.
Money20/20 Europe explores blockchain, payments and personalisation on day two
Leading figures from financial services gathered in Amsterdam for day two of Money20/20 Europe on Wednesday.
Money20/20 Europe brings tokenisation, AI and digital transformation into focus
Day one’s proceedings took a specific focus on the topics of AI, tokenisation and digital modernisation journeys.
European FMIs Clearstream, DTCC and Euroclear unveil tokenised asset framework
The framework also highlights the controls which will help firms mitigate governance and asset management risks.
ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Landytech, Frich Money, Swiipr and more
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia to pilot NameCheck solution on JP Morgan’s Liink network
The collaboration aims to “help validate bank account details used in international payments to Australia”.
Remittance start-up Félix Pago bags $15.5m Series A funding
The firm enables Latino workers in the US to send money abroad via WhatsApp.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 17 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes BBVA, Deutsche Bank, Lemonway and more.
Standard Chartered pilots carbon credit tokenisation in Hong Kong with Mastercard, Mox Bank and Libeara
The pilot was conducted through the fintech supervisory sandbox hosted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
What the FinTech? | S.5 Episode 8 | The evolution of the UK’s crypto landscape
In this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Bivu Das, UK Managing Director at Kraken.
Deutsche Bank to explore asset tokenisation applications as part of MAS’ Project Guardian
The bank will collaborate with Interop Labs and Memento Blockchain as part of the project.
Reimagining the future of money: freedom-bearing, human-centric
Protecting privacy is critical for digital money and CBDCs in order to obtain public trust.
Banking Technology Magazine May 2024 issue out now
Cover story: PLASTIC MEASURES – Banking must follow a more sustainable path.
Securitize secures $47m funding round led by BlackRock
The investment adds to the $48 million raised during Securitize’s Series B funding round in 2021.
White paper: Redefining banking for the digital future
Learn how to harness digital-first, on-demand banking to increase bottom lines.
Paystand buys Teampay to enhance B2B payments platform with corporate spend management
Partially financed by Stifel Venture Banking, the deal marks Paystand’s second acquisition in two years.
Central Bank of Mauritania partners Giesecke+Devrient for CBDC exploration
G+D will supply the technical support for the initial testing of specific CBDC use cases.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand calls for views on potential CBDC
The consultation period is due to commence on 17 April and will run until 26 July 2024.
Luxury investments platform Konvi acquires competitors Diversified and Fractible
All investments in Diversified and Fractible will be transferred to Konvi this month.
Ready to bloom: the rise of CBDCs in Asia
We delve into how and why Asia has surged ahead in the global race for CBDC development.
Digital asset neobank Keytom launches in the UAE
Keytom says it aims to help customers better manage their digital assets “in one convenient location”.
UK Finance engages Quant and R3 to support Regulated Liability Network experimentation phase
UK Finance says the experimentation phase of its Regulated Liability Network will run until summer 2024.
Innovate Finance flies the flag for the UK’s fintech sector in return of global summit
IFGS 2024 is taking place in London this week, with fintech regulation and innovation high on the agenda.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 12 April 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes Linqto, HSBC, Santander and more.
Ripple set to launch USD-backed stablecoin this year
The offering will make its debut initially on the XRPL and Ethereum blockchains with ERC20 token standards.
BIS unveils Project Agorá to explore the tokenisation of cross-border payments
Project Agorá will see seven central banks work in partnership with several private sector participants.
UK’s FCA and Bank of England launch consultation for Digital Securities Sandbox
Responses to the consultation are being accepted until 29 May, ahead of applications for the DSS opening this summer.
