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FTX US Acquires Clearing Firm Embed, Enhancing its Stock Offerings
FTX US has announced the acquisition of Embed Financial Technologies Inc., including its wholly-owned subsidiary Embed Clearing LLC for an undisclosed sum.
India’s Finance Minister Says Crypto Ban May not Happen and Government May Experiment with New Technologies
India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has revealed that the government is not intending to completely ban cryptocurrencies.
The Global Blockchain Congress 2019: Blockchain and its impact in sustainability, stable coins, privacy and other disruptive technologies
The Bank of Japan, the World Trade Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Economic Forum will participate in a global congress where a direct dialogue will be established to outline the future of the industry.
Democratization of Digital Technologies: Crypto ATMs
Greater accessibility for everyday people to digital technology is the key to breaking the concentrated asset control of states and governments. To ensure a long and prosperous evolutionary life for blockchain technologies, a good diffusion signal can definitely be the increasingly growing installation, around the world, of Crypto ATMs. What they are and how they work?
Chinese City Tests Blockchain-Powered Cross-Border Financial Platform
Nanning, a Southern Chinese City, located in Guangxi Region, has experimented with a blockchain-enabled cross-border financial platform.
Ripple Donates $10M to Humanitarian Organization to Accelerate Financial Inclusion
Ripple has continued to be innovative in finding ways to deliver global financial inclusion amid a struggling COVID-19 economy.
Deployment of Blockchain Across the Financial Ecosystem Still at Least Three Years Behind
Today marks the kickoff of the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2019, with Blockchain being one of the technologies that this event plans to tackle, there is also a major interest in how this technology will be affecting some industries in the coming years
China’s Central Bank Takes A Step Forward to Regulate Blockchain
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China is set to create industry standards across the financial technologies sector, including blockchain.
Banking on Blockchain: ICBC Releases First-Ever White Paper on Blockchain for the Financial Sector
One of China's major banks, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has released its white paper on blockchain-based applications in the financial sector. The document is the first white paper related to blockchain technology in the financial industry. The paper also highlights the present challenges faced by the banking sector.
Advancing CBDC: Bank of Canada In Search of Digital Currency Economist
The Bank of Canada is in search of an economist with expertise in digital currencies and financial technologies to help advance its CBDC drive.
Ant Group Chairman Eric Jing: Blockchain Will be the New Standard of the Future Financial Infrastructure
Recently, Ant Group Chairman Eric Jing spoke about the future of financial infrastructure, and that blockchain will become a new standard.
Worldline and Ingenico Will Merge Creating FinTech Payments Super Giant
French fintech giants, Ingenico and Worldline are merging in a deal worth €7.8 billion to create the fourth largest company in the global financial technologies sector.
Nobel Prize Winning Economist Abhijit Banerjee: Is Blockchain the Key to Financial Inclusion?
While Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof. Banerjee is no expert in blockchain or FinTech services, we went along to the Asian Financial Forum to find out his thoughts on the application of FinTech and Blockchain to facilitate inclusive finance for the developing world. His response surprised us.