All posts tagged "banking"
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25BankingCentral Bank ‘Parental Controls’ Obsolete for Crypto: Bank of Lithuania
The Bank of Lithuania said that central banks’ “parental controls” are obsolete when it comes to crypto assets, but that should not...
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25BankingNo Demand for a State Digital Currency in Japan: Central Bank Governor
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that there is no public demand for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in...
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Startups Weekly: Understanding Uber’s latest fintech play
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before...
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36BankingGlobalBitcoinsPro.com Enables Offline BCH Cash Trades
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is...
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239BankingLithuania’s Central Bank Considering IBM for Its LBChain DLT Platform
Lithuania’s central bank, Bank of Lithuania, has selected technology behemoth IBM and IT services firm Tieto as the finalists contending to develop...
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241BankingWhy Bitcoin Is Better Than Banks: Major Credit Card Breach Exposes 60M Accounts
Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia with a regional and global presence, has suffered a major data breach. Personal information belonging to...
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228BankingRevolut Partners with Visa to Expand Into North, South America and Asia
United Kingdom-based digital banking app Revolut announced a major partnership with Visa to expand its services globally across 24 new markets, including...
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263BankingHere’s How Europeans Can Deal With Negative Interest Rates
Low and negative interest rates have been a burden for account holders across Europe for some time. And it’s only getting worse,...
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244BankingBig Banks Won’t Touch Crypto Clients – But These Smaller Banks Will
Cryptocurrencies undoubtedly bring new business opportunities. The expanding industry around digital assets and its customers need more and more services that traditional...
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Tagomi Rollout Paves Way for Institutional Crypto Shorting
Crypto brokerage Tagomi released its borrowing and lending platform to the wider public, enabling investors to short cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum....
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176BankingAlfa-Bank Launches Bank-as-a-Service Platform on Waves Blockchain
Alfa-Bank and X5 Retail Group partnered to launch a blockchain liquidity management service in Russia. According to a press release published by...
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229BankingCrypto Banking Expands With Positive Interest Rates and New Services
Banking, in the traditional sense of the term, has become a financial burden for account holders in regions where the era of...
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How Celsius Turned Its Crypto ICO Into a Billion-Dollar Lending Business
The Takeaway: Crypto lending startup Celsius raised $50 million in a token sale in 2018. Lending volume has surged since then, with...
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285BankingCrypto Banking Regulation Around the World, First Signs of Growth
Banking is often seen as the antithesis of Bitcoin (BTC), the very industry the nascent protocol looks to defuse and disrupt. Ironically,...
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Crypto Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Raises $23 Million in Fundraise Led by SBI
Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Tokyo-based financial institution SBI Holdings. Announced...
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Norwegian Bank Invests in Crypto Exchange Founded By Airline Magnate
A Norwegian savings bank dating back to the mid-1800s has just invested in a cryptocurrency exchange set up by local business magnate Bjørn...
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HSBC Targets China Trade With Yuan-Demoninated Blockchain Letter of Credit
HSBC has carried out the first blockchain-based letter of credit transaction denominated in Chinese yuan. The bank said Tuesday that the transaction was...
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298BankingSantiago Stock Exchange Forms Latin America’s First Blockchain Alliance
The Santiago Stock Exchange (STE), Central Securities Depository (DCV) and the Global Trade Directory (GTD) announced a new blockchain association. Latin America...
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255BankingIndia’s Kerala Blockchain Academy Partners with R3 for Dev Education
The Kerala Blockchain Academy (KBA), a government initiative under the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, is now a general partner...