Visa step closer to B2B Connect launch, onboards new partners
IBM, Hyperledger and Bottomline are among Visa’s new partners for B2B Connect.
Blockchain
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: 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”.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 October 2018
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Fidelity launches Fidelity Digital Assets for crypto tech
Bringing blockchain and crypto to institutional investors.
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.
Crypto start-up Circle snaps up SeedInvest
Plans for token marketplace get boost from equity crowdfunding platform.
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.
ConsenSys drums up $6.5m blockchain funding for DrumG
Former R3 founders to build their first banking solution on Ethereum.
Goldman Sachs leads $25m funding in blockchain paytech Veem
Veem living the dream with its payments platform plan.
JP Morgan expands blockchain payments network to 75 banks
Expecting to process 14,500 payments per day.
The future of client onboarding
Every interaction that your customer has with you is an opportunity for you to make an impression.
Top fintech stories this week – 21 September 2018
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Banks and traders unveil Komgo for blockchain-based trade finance
15 big names behind new Geneva-based entity.
RippleNet struts along more payment corridors
Ripple’s enterprise blockchain network now live in 40 countries.
Fidelity CEO hints at blockchain and crypto products
CEO Abigail Johnson was speaking at a Boston fintech conference.
Hydrogen and TD Bank in their element for DIY financial planning
Bank’s clients will have new tools to build their own financial plans and portfolios.
Top fintech stories this week – 14 September 2018
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US blockchain start-ups launch Blockchain Association
The crypto force assembles!
R3 and Ripple reach settlement over legal dispute
“Both sides look forward to putting these disputes behind them.”
Paxos makes im-PAX with new stablecoin
Paxos Standard is “the world’s first regulated crypto asset”.
Chain and Lightyear leap into Interstellar blockchain space
Crypto ledger company finally acquired by blockchain tech firm.
The power of the crowd: why blockchain could be the answer to the broken VC model
While VC funding may be slowing, ICOs and equity crowdfunding platforms harnessing blockchain have risen dramatically.
Top fintech stories this week – 7 September 2018
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Dfinity raises $105m funding for blockchain supercomputer dream
Sees itself as “The Internet Computer”.
CULedger gets $8.5m to support blockchain for credit unions
Part of a $10m funding goal.
Standard Chartered and Siemens to pilot blockchain-based smart guarantees
Collaborating with digital trade provider TradeIX.
Binance Labs launches incubator for crypto start-ups
$500K for those firms selected.
Universal Protocol Alliance launches for digital asset unity
Blockchain firms include Uphold, Cred, Blockchain at Berkeley, and Brave.
eToro adds IOTA cryptocurrency to platform
The currency shows promising use as an IoT platform.
Coinbase acquires Distributed Systems for digital identity dream
Anonymity and privacy. Even when it comes to financial details.
US blockchain platform Bravo Pay basks in beta mode
Firm offers a way to tip or pay without sharing personal info.
AAIS pilots open insurance data link on IBM Blockchain
American Association of Insurance Services looks to automate regulatory reporting.
Blockchain: from crypto casino to cross-company data management
What different types of blockchain uses are there, where does cryptocurrency fit in, and why should insurers even care?
Blockchain and the notaries: the services won’t be replaced but transformed
It’s a widespread mistake to think that blockchain is the panacea for all kinds of problems.
Goldman Sachs leads Axoni’s $32m funding round
Blockchain technology firm basks in Series B round.
