Erste and Asfinag team for blockchain-based capital markets tech project
The first end-to-end digital issuance of a debt financing instrument in Europe via a blockchain platform.
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Playing nice: why credit scoring and blockchain could be keys to a working US sandbox
The key is to find areas of common ground and construct the sandbox – and its mission – around those topics.
Sibos 2018 video: key takeouts – part 1
Summed up in this short and sweet video
Network platforms: a new concept for a new age
ING and TradeIX, both members of the Marco Polo Network, discuss its benefits and what lies beneath.
Knowing your customer: blockchain’s ultimate killer app?
Abbas Ali, associate director, R3, wants you to be in the know about KYC matters.
Blockchain: technological genius or marketing concept?
Insight from Alain Rocher, head of knowledge management, Societe Generale Securities Services.
Sibos 2018: Why smart ledgers are not delivering yet, for financial services
Do financial services have a ‘God-given’ right to smart ledgers?
Layer I: the answer to blockchain scalability problem?
Join the Master Workshop on 17-18 Nov, the largest meet-up of blockchain experts!
Sibos 2018: Banks and crypto lovers battle it out
Joe Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, has something to say.
Sibos 2018: blockchain-based KYC and the bank/customer relationship
A look at how it all fundamentally shifts the bank/customer relationship.
Sibos 2018: Alpha-bets M-R
A quick look at four fintech firms that are worth keeping an eye on at the Sibos show.
Sibos 2018 video: the brightest minds on the future of fintech & paytech
A range of experts attending Sibos 2018 share their views.
Sibos 2018 video: Leila Fourie, Australian Payments Network – what’s hot in Australia’s paytech & fintech
Leila Fourie, CEO of Australian Payments Network, shares what’s hot in Australia’s paytech and fintech.
Accenture brings blockchain platforms together
Firm plays cupid with blockchain cuddle-fest.
Sibos 2018: How blockchain makes banks catch up with fintech
Banks can not only catch up with fintechs but overwhelm the less mature entities.
Sibos 2018: Alpha-bets G-L
A quick look at four fintech firms that are worth keeping an eye on at the Sibos show.
Voltron preps launch of documentary trade on R3’s Corda
Aimed at enhancing the transactions of letter of credit.
Visa step closer to B2B Connect launch, onboards new partners
IBM, Hyperledger and Bottomline are among Visa’s new partners for B2B Connect.
iGTB and R3 join forces for blockchain-based fintech platform
Focusing on trade finance/supply chain finance, payments and cash management, and central banking.
CGI, National Bank of Canada and Skuchain in blockchain-based trade finance pilot
A pilot programme to improve and streamline the process for negotiating standby LCs and guarantees.
Sibos 2018: The DLT effect on emerging markets
The potential for DLT to cement robust financial markets infrastructure was a central theme on day one.
Sibos 2018: How to approach the market place in the age of plenty
Things we dismissed four years ago are live and mocking us now.
ING releases Zero-Knowledge Set Membership blockchain solution
ZKSM “empowers clients by improving privacy in a distributed ledger technology (DLT) environment”.
Sydney, city of innovation and ideas, is leading the way in embracing enterprise blockchain
David E. Rutter, CEO and founder of R3, looks as how it is now an inevitability.
Brickblock teams with solarisBank and JTC for blockchain real estate projects
Putting real estate investments on a blockchain.
NatWest launches “revolutionary” syndicated lending platform
The platform based on Finastra’s Fusion LenderComm.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Moneynetint integrates with Ripple for cross-border transfers and FX
The firm has already begun to receive payment instructions from two other network partners.
Newcomer Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank to shake up trade finance market
“The world’s first digitally-enabled trade bank” will open for business in early 2019.
Accenture and Digital Ventures co-launch blockchain trade solution
The new solution is based on R3’s Corda.
Fidelity launches Fidelity Digital Assets for crypto tech
Bringing blockchain and crypto to institutional investors.
Malaysian MoneyMatch completes first Ripple-based transaction
Establishing the Malaysia-Spain blockchain channel.
Clearmatics raises $12m to build new financial market infrastructure
Building P2P networks for trade finance.
Standard Chartered and Huawei tackling corporate payments with IoT
The bank aims to enable triggering instructions in real-time through APIs, rather than through manual paper or e-mail.
Crypto venture fund Dragonfly flutters into fintech with $100m
Aims to bridge the gap between East and West in crypto economy.
Sylo and CentraPay partner for PoS payments on blockchain
The new product, Sylo-CentraPay, will launch in 2019.
Crypto start-up Circle snaps up SeedInvest
Plans for token marketplace get boost from equity crowdfunding platform.
SBI Ripple Asia launches MoneyTap in Japan
Ripple-powered payments app offers real-time settlement.
Eximchain unveils supply chain platform on blockchain
Teams with YOOSourcing and Enigma for launch.
we.trade teams with three former Batavia consortium banks
CaixaBank, Erste Group and UBS join as shareholders and partners.
