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Appetite for Blockchain Tech Builds Among Korean Banks, but Without Crypto

The bank’s “Blockchain Verification System” allows users to receive evidential documents on private enterprises.

Altcoin.io Acquired by BnkToTheFuture to Launch Non-Custodial Securities Token Exchange

BnkToTheFuture intends to utilize Altcoin.io's technical advancements to capture this growing market.

The future of women at work: Transitions in the age of automation

Between 40 million and 160 million women globally may need to transition between occupations by 2030, often into higher-skilled roles.

How AIA modernized its cash management processes

AIA became the first HK insurer to allow premium payments to be made via a QR code scan when it launched its FPS-based solution in 2018

Is artificial intelligence the new oil for the UAE?

The UAE is leading the race to an artificial intelligence-enabled business age as it prepares for a post-oil era

The Age of AI and Wall Street - Survey

Twenty-nine percent of companies have moved into the “Industrial Age” with pilots and one-fifth (20%) are in the modern “Information Age” with AI in full production.

Blockchain and retail banking: Making the connection

Caution is understandable when it comes to blockchain, but there are a number of areas where the technology could create value for retail banks.

Ripple Officially Launches Operations in Brazil

Ripple’s enterprise blockchain solutions enable a better user experience with more agility, transparency and lower cost for cross-border payments.

Digital asset regulation on the horizon in the Bahamas

The White Paper said that there was a need for a peer-to-peer digital payment system comprising a trust-less digitally distributed ledger

Turkey's BKM goes live with blockchain-based digital certificate platform

Blockchain is now integrated into our lives via belgem.io.

African insurer won’t work with ‘high-risk’ cryptocurrency mining businsesses

It's too high risk for the insurer

FINRA Fines Ex-Merrill Lynch Investment Adviser Over Crypto Mining Sideline

The agency has fined Kim $5,000 for the infraction and suspended him from association with any FINRA-registered firm for one month.

Legal and General launch pension risk blockchain

Legal and General had several separate systems that dealt with PRT and created a blockchain system that handles it all.

UK Insurer L&G Using Amazon’s Blockchain Service for Bulk Pensions Deals

For now, AWS’ blockchain platform will be used for Legal & General’s bulk annuity business outside the U.K. and the U.S., although it may be expanded to include those markets down the road, a spokesperson for the firm told Reuters.

First captive to manage cryptocurrency risk formed on Bermuda

The company will retain some of the risk with the rest being held by the captive, which will not buy any further coverage in the open market.

Metaco Offering Crypto Custody Insurance via Giant Broker Aon

This is Aon’s latest partnership with a crypto custody player, following tie-ups with San Francisco-based Anchorage and Vo1t, which employs former staffers of the U.K. Ministry of Defence.

The offshore digital assets industry: too much risk for regulators, banks and insurers?

The intervening period has seen a steep learning curve for regulators, banks and insurers as they seek to understand the new digital assets industry and the risks that come with it.

Ripple Launches Office in Brazil, Targets Further Expansion Across Latin America

Having joined Ripple in March 2019, Sacco stated that the company intends to bring more clients to its payment network RippleNet

Philippines Central Bank Warns on Risks of Growing Cryptocurrency Use

while cryptos and blockchain can be useful for settlement, they effectively allow users to sidestep the banking system.

Russia may set up offshore zone for cryptocurrency and FX trading on Chinese border

Similarly, in the Philippines, another cryptocurrency hub is being built in the Cagayan Special Economic Zone, striving to be "the Crypto Valley of Asia."

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