Modernisation in South Africa
Chris Hamilton, CEO, BankservAfrica, talks at Sibos 2017 about the national payments system in South...Source: https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1720/modernisation-in-south-africa?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Quebec regulator appoints Moad Fahmi director, fintech and innovation
The Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") is pleased to announce the appointment of Moad Fahmi...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71677/quebec-regulator-appoints-moad-fahmi-director-fintech-and-innovation?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Ontario Securities Commission seeks applicants for fintech advisory committee
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Adviso...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71676/ontario-securities-commission-seeks-applicants-for-fintech-advisory-committee?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Axis Bank uses Ripple to open new payment corridors between the UAE and Singapore
Standard Chartered, Axis Bank and Rakbank have begun to use RippleNet to send live cross-border paym...Source: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31369/axis-bank-uses-ripple-to-open-new-payment-corridors-between-the-uae-and-singapore?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
AiX debuts AI broker to bridge cryptocurrencies and traditional financial market
AiX announces the first artificial intelligence broker to bridge the worlds of cryptocurrencies and...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71669/aix-debuts-ai-broker-to-bridge-cryptocurrencies-and-traditional-financial-market?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Raiffeisen Bank joins R3 consortium
Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) became the first Austrian bank to join enterprise software firm...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71663/raiffeisen-bank-joins-r3-consortium?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Strate to apply Nasdaq blockchain for proxy voting
South Africa's central securities depository Strate is to implement blockchain-based e-voting techno...Source: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31364/strate-to-apply-nasdaq-blockchain-for-proxy-voting?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Ripple adds Benjamin Lawsky to board
Ripple today announced the appointment of Benjamin Lawsky, the former New York superintendent of Fin...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71661/ripple-adds-benjamin-lawsky-to-board?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
PickcioChain picks up $6 million funding ahead of ICO
PikcioChain, the Blockchain-based exchange for personal data, has secured over US$6 million in fundi...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71657/pickciochain-picks-up-6-million-funding-ahead-of-ico?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Spotting trends in the payments ecosystem
Bruno Mellado, Global Head of Payments and Receivables, BNP Paribas, and Christophe Vergne, Payments...Source: https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1711/spotting-trends-in-the-payments-ecosystem?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
India's largest lender to begin tests of smart contracts
State Bank of India is to begin testing the use of smart contracts next month, with blockchain-enabl...Source: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31357/indias-largest-lender-to-begin-tests-of-smart-contracts?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Wall Street heavyweights pilot DLT for equity swaps processing
Some of Wall Street's biggest names, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, have completed a pilot t...Source: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31355/wall-street-heavyweights-pilot-dlt-for-equity-swaps-processing?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
ING brings data privacy to blockchain transactions
Dutch bank ING claims to have cleared a major hurdle in the use of blockchain technology in financia...Source: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31354/ing-brings-data-privacy-to-blockchain-transactions?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Forces working for and against blockchain
David Treat, Managing Director, Accenture, talks at Sibos 2017 about why blockchain is such a hot to...Source: https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1708/forces-working-for-and-against-blockchain?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
R3 deepens integration with Micorosft Azure
R3 and Microsoft Corp. have expanded their strategic partnership to further accelerate adoption of R...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71635/r3-deepens-integration-with-micorosft-azure?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
From strategy to implementation using process technology
Parviz Peiravi, CTO Financial Services, Intel, and Alessandro Petroni, Global Head of Strategy, Fina...Source: https://www.finextra.com/videoarticle/1706/from-strategy-to-implementation-using-process-technology?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Biometrics firm Veridium partners blockchain outfit Wala to target Africa's unbanked
Veridium, a leader in strong authentication using biometrics announced today its partnership with Wa...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71624/biometrics-firm-veridium-partners-blockchain-outfit-wala-to-target-africas-unbanked?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Un-’block’ your business 1.0: Is KYC a Blockchain use case or do we need more?
Blockchain is very exciting for many and offers tremendous opportunities to make processes more effi...Source: https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/14754/un-block-your-business-10-is-kyc-a-blockchain-use-case-or-do-we-need-more?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Ripple boss predicts central bank adoption of blockchain
Central banks will use distributed ledger technology (DLT) to settle high-value interbank payments w...Source: https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/31348/ripple-boss-predicts-central-bank-adoption-of-blockchain?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
Achain launches blockchain literacy campaign in China
Achain yesterday announced to partner with DACA and Tsinghua iCenter in their co-organized "Blockcha...Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/71620/achain-launches-blockchain-literacy-campaign-in-china?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed
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