04/20/2022
Bill, Tony And Tom To Elevate Digital ‘Front Runner’ Bahamas
The Bahamas has an incredible position right now as a front-runner and leader in the digital asset space
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04/20/2022
Equifax and Fiserv forge data analytics technology pact
The companies are collaborating on new offerings that deliver a more holistic picture of businesses and their data and enable financial institutions and businesses of all sizes to embrace the power of real-time data insights.
04/19/2022
Finma sends supervisor to crypto foundation
As a precautionary measure, the authority uses a lawyer from the Vischer law firm as an investigator at the plant.
04/19/2022
Estate administration of cryptocurrencies
This must be counterbalanced with the possibility that an unsophisticated fiduciary maintains a cryptocurrency position
04/19/2022
Government should turn to fintech for badly needed digital identity system
Delivery of One Login is behind schedule; a minimum viable product version of the One Login system was due to be released for testing by the end of March which hasn’t happened. Apparently, this delay is to make sure the system is up to scratch.
04/18/2022
CBDCs in emerging market economies
Discussions at the meeting also drew on insights from a survey on the roles of and considerations for CBDCs in EMEs.
04/14/2022
HAYVN receives approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA
HAYVN will now be offering clients Asset Management, Trading and Custody services from its Swiss entity
04/13/2022
Isle of Man licenses GBP-pegged stablecoin firm
"The Island welcomes innovative technology and is focused on supporting more businesses through the regulatory process"
04/12/2022
Withers represented tech giant VNG Corporation in two multi-million dollar investments
Withers also represented VNG as the lead investor in its US$22.5 million investment in Telio, a business-to-business e-commerce company in its Series A2 funding round.
04/12/2022
Carey Olsen advises Certik as it more than doubles its valuation to US$2 billion
The Series B3 was led by Insight Partners, Tiger Global and Advent International. Goldman Sachs also participated alongside existing investors such as Sequoia and Lightspeed.
04/11/2022
How BNPL can be Proactive Before Regulations are Enforced
Toby McCrindle, Head of Legal and Compliance at Divido, discusses what BNPL providers can do to be proactively ready for new regulations in the space
04/08/2022
European Parliament pushes for sustainability disclosures in crypto market
The UK and US have also said they are looking closely at energy usage associated with crypto.
04/06/2022
Alpian obtains FINMA banking license and secures CHF19 million Series B+ financing
The financing will support the deployment of Alpian's range of services in Switzerland, comprising both private and online banking.
04/06/2022
Russia turns to China for microchips for in-demand domestic bank cards
We are looking for new microchip suppliers and [have] found a couple in China, with certification process ongoing
04/06/2022
Intel becomes latest Western tech firm to suspend business in Russia
Servers from IBM, Dell Technologies Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co top the market in Russia
04/04/2022
BVI Most Attractive in Digital Assets Space Among Offshore Centres Says Industry Experts
“A lot of it revolves around fintech and practically 90 percent to 99 percent of it revolves around the virtual asset space,” said Mr. Malone.
04/01/2022
UK watchdog takes on card schemes
Meanwhile, the PSR is also looking to remove barriers to the uptake of A2A retail payments, which it says can provide a "credible" alternative to the card schemes.
04/01/2022
Standardized format released to support reporting on digital platform sellers
The newly released Digital Platform Information (DPI) XML Schema may be used for the reporting and exchange of information under the original scope or the extended scope of the model rules.
04/01/2022
Barclays addresses potential CBDC fragmentation in new paper
Fragmentation risk was recently raised by respondents to the Bank of England’s discussion paper on new forms of digital money
03/30/2022
Technology services – regulatory: Regnology
The regtech/suptech provider continues to innovate, securing major new contracts with central banks and regulators