04/23/2018
Forget China: Hong Kong, Singapore are New Kids on the Blockchain
Beijing’s crackdown on digital currencies is sending investors into the arms of the perennial competitors
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
04/23/2018
Cryptocurrency - Developments in Mauritius
Governments worldwide have also been kept busy trying to stay abreast of the developments in this industry
04/22/2018
Taxes are tricky for cryptocurrency investors
Some people use multiple exchanges to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and tokens
04/22/2018
Dubai bank goes live with cheque blockchain project
Cheque Chain aims to cut cheque-related fraud, says Emirates NBD
04/22/2018
San Francisco fed head: Crypto is not currency
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco believes that crypto lacks the core features required to define them as a currency.
04/20/2018
Swift Launches Blockchain Strike
The company is talking to 13 Asian and Australian banks, including several of the largest lenders in China, where digital payments like WePay and Alipay are pervasive.
04/20/2018
Barclays rolls back on robo-advice plans
When Money Marketing initially reported on plans to launch the hybrid advice service last year
04/20/2018
How private banks are utilising blockchain
Blockchain technology could be the biggest disruption in computing and finance since the internet
04/20/2018
GlobalData: Robo-advisors offer low-cost growth opportunities
GlobalData explained that this move sets a precedent for international asset managers to build distribution channels via the purchase of other robo-advice financial technologies.
04/19/2018
Bitcoin is flashing a rare buy signal, crypto hedge fund manager says Bitcoin is flashing a rare buy signal, crypto hedge fund manager says
"It's 65 percent below its high, you don't get that opportunity very often," Morehead said.
04/18/2018
Banks and the Crypto Industry: Asia
Market observers attribute the severe fluctuations in market price to the haphazard restrictions that ill-equipped governing bodies have placed on virtual transactions.
04/17/2018
World’s first diamond-backed crypto assets launched in Dubai
This is also the first time that crypto assets will be available for purchase over the counter
04/16/2018
Emirates NBD rolls out blockchain solution ‘Cheque Chain’ at scale
The bank said that it rolling out the solution across the UAE, which follows a successful pilot last year overseen by Emirates NBD Future Lab.
04/16/2018
How the Reserve Bank is experimenting with blockchain tech in South Africa
The project’s goal is to replicate interbank clearing which currently runs on the South African Multiple Option Settlement system.
04/16/2018
Capabilities key to firms’ future success
'Arms race' underway to make better sense of data
04/16/2018
Envelop Risk Announces Launch of Cyber Insurance Underwriting Firm [RealWire]
Intelligent next gen cyber insurance products propelled by Envelop’s advanced data analytics
04/16/2018
Artificial intelligence, global connectivity, and scarcity of resources – Titans or Networked? Leading procurement and supply management in contrasting business futures.
This report contributes to addressing this big gap in our collective knowledge.
04/16/2018
Why China will win the global race for complete AI dominance
Kai-Fu Lee – a former Apple, Microsoft and Google executive turned investor – is placing big bets on machine learning. And China is leading the way
04/15/2018
RBI's move to block crypto-trading a huge blow to industry, say stakeholders
The Reserve Bank of India last week issued an order to banks barring all transactions related to virtual currencies, a move, stakeholders say, made without any consultation
04/15/2018
Ripple is Stepping Up Its Game with Santander Bank Partnership
Although these institutions state that they have no interest in XRP as a cryptocurrency, this case is not preventing Ripple in acquiring new prospective partnerships that could sky-rocket this currency and its technology.