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Another R3 Exit: Spanish Bank Santander Quits Blockchain Consortium

23/11/2016(0)
The Spanish banking giant’s decision to let its R3 membership lapse is the second high-profile exit from the working group and comes in the months after it roped in Blythe Masters for a ... Read More
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Goldman Sachs Drops Out of R3 Blockchain Group

22/11/2016(0)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has dropped out of the R3 CEV LLC blockchain group. The investment bank was one of nine original members of R3, founded in 2014 to explore the ... Read More
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Korea Exchange Launches Blockchain-Powered Private Market

17/11/2016(0)
The Korea Exchange (KRX), South Korea’s sole securities exchange operator, has launched a new service in which equity shares of startup companies can be traded on the open market. ... Read More
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UNICEF invests in tech start-ups; first investment in a blockchain start-up

15/11/2016(0)
UNICEF today announces its first portfolio of investments in open source technology solutions including tools that improve connectivity, real time data collection, identity technology and learning. The UNICEF Innovation ... Read More
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SETL and Deloitte joined forces to produce a contactless payments card

15/11/2016(0)
London-based fintech company SETL and global auditing firm Deloitte DLTE.UL have joined forces to produce a contactless card that enables retail payments to be processed and settled almost instantly ... Read More
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The world’s biggest bitcoin wallet provider will have a record month thanks to Trump

14/11/2016(0)
The world’s biggest bitcoin wallet provider will “pretty easily” have its biggest ever month for activity in November, following a surge in use after Donald Trump’s shock election victory ... Read More
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China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

03/11/2016(0)
Financial innovation firm R3 has announced the addition of China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), China’s official interbank market trading platform, to its consortium to design and apply distributed and ... Read More
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Bitcoin Regulation is on Swiss Government’s Fintech-Friendly Agenda

03/11/2016(0)
Switzerland’s Federal Council has called for reducing the barriers seen by Fintech firms to enter the country which could see broader implications on the country’s regulatory stance on virtual ... Read More
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Blockchain applied for the first time in a global transaction

24/10/2016(0)
Blockchain, the technology behind digital currency bitcoin and now being used to simplify secure financial transactions, has been applied for the first time in a deal facilitated by an ... Read More
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Blockchain platform developed by Banks to be Open-Source

23/10/2016(0)
A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world’s biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what could become the ... Read More
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