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Canada’s first registration of an investment fund manager dedicated to cryptocurrency investments
September 8th, 2017
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) announced the first registration of an investment fund manager in Canada solely dedicated to cryptocurrency investments. The BCSC has granted First Block Capital Inc. registration as an investment fund manager and an exempt ...
Several big banks are teaming up for a new digital currency
August 31st, 2017
Six of the world’s biggest banks have joined a project to create a new digital currency, the Financial Times reported Thursday. The crytocurrency will be used for clearing and settling transactions over blockchain. Barclays, Credit Suisse, Canadian Imperial Bank ...
Australia regulates digital currencies
August 21st, 2017
The Australian government has announced plans to strengthen its anti-money laundering rules with new reforms that will include digital currencies for the first time. The plan follows the recent scandal involving its biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...
Bitcoin, Digital Currency and AML/CFT eKYC via Paydentity™
August 18th, 2017
Highlights • iSignthis welcomes Justice Minister’s statement to include digital currency exchange sector into Australian Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulations • iSignthis Paydentity service already providing identity verification eKYC and processing services to US and EU companies, including Coinify.com ...
‘Robo-Lawyer’ launched for property investing
August 10th, 2017
Legal and fintech startup Bootstrap Legal, brainchild of seasoned lawyer and crowdfunder GC Amy Wan, has launched software that automates the drafting of complex legal paperwork for those raising capital for property projects of $2 million and under. The ...
Gibraltar Stock Exchange announces a new shareholder
August 4th, 2017
GSX Group Limited, the parent of GSX Limited, which operates the Gibraltar Stock Exchange, has issued a press release to announce a new shareholder, Cyberhub Fintech Holdings Limited. Following the approval of the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, Cyberhub Fintech ...
Pan-European instant payments to go live in November
July 17th, 2017
The Europan Payments Council has published an interview with Jean-Yves Jacquelin, Chair of the EPC Scheme Evolution and Maintenance Working Group to update on the implementation of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. In less than five months, the ...
iSignthis announced partnership agreement with Worldline
July 12th, 2017
iSignthis is pleased to announce that we have entered into an agreement with Europe’s leading payment and transactional payment service provider, Worldline . The agreement will allow iSignthis eMoney Ltd (“ISXPay”), a subsidiary of iSignthis Ltd, to ...
Moscow Exchange to establish subsidiary focused on innovative projects
July 6th, 2017
Moscow Exchange announces it will commit its innovative technologies business line and work with fintech start-ups to a new subsidiary company, MOEX Innovations. The Exchange plans to invest up to RUB 1.2 bln into innovation-focused companies and projects. Alexander ...
Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin ‘into play’
June 26th, 2017
Barclays U.K. CEO Ashok Vaswani told CNBC that the bank has spoken to regulators about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Vaswani did not reveal the content of the discussions with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but said it involved talking about ...
