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Commerce Department Taps R3, Mastercard For Trade Finance Council

The U.S. Commerce Department is expanding its Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC), having recently appointed 21 new members to the group in...

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SWIFT Signals Further Openness To Blockchain?

The movement to bring blockchain to cross-border payments proceeds apace. Might SWIFT be giving a nod, at least partially, toward the use...

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Bitcoin Daily: Last Year’s Crypto Startup Failure Rate; Deutsche Börsem Swisscom To Create DLT Ecosystem

Deutsche Börse, IT services provider Swisscom and FinTech firm Sygnum announced they are partnering to create a digital asset infrastructure on blockchain....

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Adjoint CEO On Why Treasury Management Needs Blockchain

Blockchain is gaining traction beyond the crypto realm, and is increasingly applied to secure and organize data. Adjoint CEO Havell Rodrigues tells...

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Eyes Asia Expansion; R3, ING Pair On Blockchain Tech

Bitcoin fell to a five-week low during this past holiday weekend, reaching $3,442.50, its lowest level since Dec. 17. By Tuesday (Jan....

HSBC Touts Success in Blockchain FX Tool

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HSBC Readies Blockchain FX Tool For Corporates

HSBC is increasingly relying on blockchain technology to facilitate its foreign exchange trading services, reports in Financial Times said Monday (Jan. 14),...

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HSBC China Collabs On Another Blockchain Trade Finance System

The China Banking Association (CBA) is hoping to target smaller banks to expand its blockchain platform developed for the nation’s banking sector, reports...

Kenya Gets Ready To Unveil Sandbox Policy

Kenyan financial authorities are on the cusp of unveiling a FinTech sandbox that will initially focus on robo-advisors and consider blockchain. Across Europe,...

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Bitcoin Daily: SWIFT India Teams With Blockchain Startup; Giga Watt Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

SWIFT India, a joint venture between SWIFT SCRL and several banks, plans to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) in partnership with blockchain...

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Thailand Govt Eyes Blockchain To Track Taxes

Death and taxes are sure things, but can blockchain make the latter even more of a certainty in Thailand? Plus, trade finance done...

Challenges for BM/Maersk Blockchain Initiative?

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News

Trade Finance Gets Blockchain Boost

Readers of this space know that trade finance — which concerns both domestic and international B2B transactions — has been mired in...

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Bitcoin Daily: JD.com Unveils Blockchain Lab; Crypto Ticker App May Be Targeting Macs

JD.com is teaming up with two schools to study distributed ledger technology’s (DLT) implications on business, Cryptovest reported. The Chinese eCommerce retailer...

HSBC, StanChart Launch Blockchain Platform

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HSBC, StanChart Launch Blockchain Trade Finance Platform

HSBC, Standard Chartered and 10 other banks launched a new blockchain-based trade finance program in Hong Kong on Wednesday (Oct. 31) aimed...

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Cryptocurrency

XRP Revenues Double For Ripple In Q3

Ripple said that its revenues related to the sale of the digital asset known as XRP gained ground in the third quarter...

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IBM/Maersk Blockchain Shipping Initiative Hits Rough Seas

Might there be challenging times afoot for TradeLens, the distributed ledger technology platform effort geared toward supply chains and backed by IBM...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bank Of Canada Tests DLT; Crypto Startup Uphold Gets Into Loans

The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Gates Foundation Teams With Coil On Blockchain; SEC Opens For ICO Startups

A British man who reportedly threatened to sell the personal details of 319 million iCloud users has been charged in a London...

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Gary Cohn Will Become An Adviser To Spring Labs

After leaving the Trump administration in March, former White House Economic Adviser Gary Cohn will serve in an advisory role for Spring...

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Banco Santander Settles On Ripple For Settlement

Banco Santander will use Ripple's ledger through OnePay FX, expanding XRP's presence. In Singapore, cross-border efforts gain traction as Wallex gets funding.

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Carrefour To Use IBM’s Food Trust Blockchain Network

IBM announced on Monday (Oct. 8) that there is growing adoption of its food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust. The blockchain-based...

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MyEG Launches Blockchain Payroll Solution

Malaysia-based MyEG Services is rolling out a new payroll solution developed on blockchain technology. Reports in The Edge Markets on Friday (Oct....

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Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors

The end of this month, Oct. 31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper,...

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Digital Banking

Ondot On The Real-Time Data Future Of Financial Services

People love mapping apps for three reasons: They completely, and correctly, plot the best route from Point A to Point B. They...

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Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain

Can blockchain help improve transparency of — and even the ethics surrounding — the gold supply chain? Emergent Technology Holdings helps track...

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Why The Blockchain Industry Is Eager For Regulation

Lawmakers have their work cut out for them as they take their first steps into regulating the world of blockchain. Everything from...

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SWIFT gpi Makes Inroads Into Malaysia

On the heels of the uptake of its global payments innovation initiative, SWIFT has said it is working with Malaysian banks. Elsewhere in...

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Bitcoin Daily: Google Nixes Ban On Crypto Ads; Crypto Firm Sponsors Houston Rockets

Google has decided end its ban on advertising related to digital currencies, CNBC reported. Beginning in October, regulated crypto exchanges will have...

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PwC Finds Blockchain Distrust High, Even As Adoption Accelerates

The financial services (FinServ) market is, by far, ahead of other industries when it comes to blockchain innovation and adoption, according to...

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Mastercard Eyes Blockchain For B2B

Patent filings have been in blockchain-related news, and Mastercard has filed applications that target B2B transactions and data flow. Elsewhere, LG Uplus...

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WEF Throws Weight Behind Blockchain For Trade Finance

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has thrown its support behind blockchain technology to expand trade finance availability across the globe, touting the...

Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard Files For DLT Patents, SBI Holdings Plans Ripple-Infused App

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has found 65 different applications for blockchain technology to tackle the world’s environmental challenges, CoinDesk reported. To...

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage. In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings. Crypto crackdown aside,...

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Global Payments

B2B Services, Blockchain, APIs Gain Currency In Africa

In the continuing swirl of headlines that seem to blur and blend cryptos, blockchains and developing nations, a number of collaborations between...

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Standard Chartered Pilots Blockchain-Based Bank Guarantees

Standard Chartered announced news on Wednesday (August 29) that it is teaming up with Siemens Financial Services, the financing arm of Siemens,...

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Taking Stock Of The Banks Scrambling For Blockchain

Blockchain technology is making ever-more inroads into various verticals to convey data and payments, according to a recent report from audit, assurance, consulting and...

Banks And The Blockchain Scramble

Blockchain is getting its share of true believers. Among them are banks, traditional FIs and central banks. A series of new projects demonstrate...

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In Kenya, Banks Explore Blockchain For Payments

Bloomberg reports that banks in Kenya are pursuing regulatory approval to use distributed ledger technologies (DLT) to help facilitate payments and create...

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Bitcoin Daily: Thailand Central Bank To Adopt Ripple Rival; WeChat Bans Crypto News Accounts

Bitcoin got a jump, spiking more than $400 to about a two-week high and nearing $7,000. The reasons for the boost were...

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Blockchain To Get Its Motor Runnin’?

Blockchain, blockchain everywhere – and maybe this is where the road gets racy. The use cases have been multiplying across any number...

Global Automotive Blockchain Revving Up?

The rubber meets the road where blockchain is concerned. One research firm has estimated that DLT focused on the automotive blockchain space will...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Bitcoin Daily: In UK, Warnings On Crypto Scams, While Bitcoin Wilts

Amid the volatility of cryptos, and across the pond, warnings of scams abound. As noted by financial publications and sites such as...

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Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, announced Wednesday (Aug. 15) that it has acquired Distributed Systems, a company that has been working on...

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Blockchain Goes Local (A Bit, Anyway)

Use cases are growing with blockchain, and while the headlines may focus on large-scale government initiatives and where distributed ledger technology (DLT)...

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For Payments Infrastructure, Still Some Blockchain Buzz

Blockchain seemed to dominate the B2B payments infrastructure landscape the last few days, even amid reports of a slowdown for blockchain projects...

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Blockchain Finds More Commercial Uses, Telecom Among Them

The move to bring blockchain beyond cryptocurrency confines — and toward more commercial use cases — continues, with far-flung projects making headlines. In the telecom...

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Europe

Revamped UK Payment System Embraces Blockchain

A revamped Bank of England (BoE) payments system is expected to connect with FinTech firms using distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Floating Crypto City Planned, Google’s Brin Mines Ethereum

Bitcoin trades have plummeted in China amid the crackdown of the country’s central bank, The Next Web reported. While renminbi-to-bitcoin currency trades...

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