Blockchain startup Ripple adds 10 more financial institutions to network
Apr 27, 2017 06:07 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Ripple, a distributed ledger technology provider, has announced the addition of 10 new members to its growing global network. The financial institutions joining Ripples network include some of the worlds largest banks,...
NUS, ICBI team up to foster blockchain training in Singapore
Apr 26, 2017 11:33 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The School of Computing at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has collaborated with IBM Center for Blockchain Innovation (ICBI), in a move to promote fintech and blockchain training in the country. The partners...
Standard Chartered Supercharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0 enters final stage
Apr 26, 2017 09:47 am UTC| Fintech
Standard Chartered bank announced that Supercharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0 has reached the final milestone and the successful outcomes of the program has enabled international growth-stage fintech companies to expand...
BoE seeks to work with startups on blockchain privacy
Apr 26, 2017 06:55 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Bank of England is opening the fourth round of applications to the FinTech Accelerator, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, said recently. Speaking at the International FinTech Conference 2017, Old...
Blockchain platform Coinfirm joins SEI’s new Regtech incubator ‘Codify’
Apr 25, 2017 12:25 pm UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
SEI, a tech solution provider in the financial market, has added blockchain platform Coinfirm, risk-assessment firm Neuroprofiler and Enforcd, which uses enforcement data, news, and insights to better identify regulatory...
Exiger, Castle Hall Alternatives partner to leverage fintech for due diligence services
Apr 25, 2017 07:18 am UTC| Fintech
Exiger, a global compliance, investigations and technology company, has partnered with Castle Hall Alternatives to bring fintech expertise to deliver next generation due diligence services to investors...
Cryptocurrencies unlikely to crowd out fiat currency entirely: Bank of Korea paper
Apr 25, 2017 05:55 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Bank of Korea (BoK) has published a new working paper which analyses a dual currency regime with fiat currency and digital currency. Titled, Crowding out in a Dual Currency Regime? Digital versus Fiat Currency, the...
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