08/21/2019
Robo targets ‘emerging HNWIs’
The market segment is believed to be underserved by boutique wealth managers.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
08/20/2019
In UAE, Dubai firms poised to launch blockchain data-sharing platform by 2020
The programme also outlines the creation of a consortium agreement to govern the mutualisation of KYC efforts among future participating banks, government bodies, financial institutions as well as other licensing authorities to subscribe to the platform.
08/20/2019
Finance Needs People Who Work Well With Robots
Artificial intelligence is displacing jobs, but also creating new ones.
08/20/2019
World Bank Raises $33M Via Blockchain for Its Kangaroo Bond
The initiative has seen the participation of new market participants, including an offshore investor and the existing investor community including ongoing support and input from TCorp.
08/20/2019
SMBC Selects Exiger's DDIQ as a New AI AML Tool in EMEA Region
Following a rigorous evaluation period, SMBC selected DDIQ to deploy throughout its client onboarding and monitoring processes.
08/19/2019
Coinbase and Barclays Part Ways, Will UK Users Be Affected?
In the wake of Barclay’s decision regarding Coinbase, reports contended that major Spanish bank Santander had blocked U.K. customers from depositing fiat funds to the exchange.
08/19/2019
Mauritius to embrace Blockchain Technology
Considerable technological investment and appropriate employee training will need to be implemented in the coming months.
08/19/2019
Bitcoin as protest: Hong Kong demonstrators withdraw their money from banking system
The demonstration, said organizers, is meant to protect people’s wealth from the possibility of devaluation following a mainland military crackdown while reasserting the freedom of Hong Kong’s independent financial regime.
08/19/2019
China Central Bank Crypto Can Cannabalize Alipay, WeChat Pay — Analyst
“It can use existing resources to support and develop commercial banks and smoothly promote digital currency,” he said regarding its emission.
08/19/2019
Institutional Investors: The serious money is warming up to Bitcoin
There is a new wave of activity in the field of crypto storage aimed directly at corporate and large clients, who take security a bit too seriously.
08/16/2019
Opinion: UK tax agency proves crypto is the future of money
As the world watches what is happening in the United Kingdom, there’s no reason why other governments couldn’t try a similar tactic.
08/15/2019
deVere Group CEO Comments on HM Revenue & Customs Move to Garner Crypto Transaction Information
Green said financial regulators around the world are preparing to implement regulatory guidelines to keep pace with crypto-friendly jurisdictions like Malta, Switzerland, and Japan.
08/15/2019
Carey Olsen and JTC support upcoming launch of Criptyque's Jersey cryptocurrency exchange
The team behind Criptyque continues to build a secure and private ecosystem and, in addition to PryvateX
08/15/2019
Top Korean bank Shinhan to develop blockchain-based information security system
Last month, the bank’s payments unit Shinhan Card designed a blockchain-based transaction system and successfully patented it.
08/14/2019
Zheshang Fund Aims to Launch China’s First AI-Managed Mutual Fund
China’s unique social and political risks also lend themselves better to human analysis under certain circumstances, industry insiders say.
08/14/2019
Crypto currency reigns
In previous comments to the GulfWeekly, Abdullah has said: “Rain is incredibly excited to watch the cryptocurrency continue to evolve.
08/14/2019
Barclays Is No Longer Banking Coinbase
The end of the relationship disrupted Coinbase’s access to FPS – which in turn slowed deposits and withdrawals in GBP for U.K. customers, which now take days to process.
08/14/2019
Estonia-Based Cryptocurrency Firm Launches Operations In East Africa
This feature enables the platform to trace the history of Totalcoins thus stopping people from spending other users’ coins, making copies of the coins or undoing transactions.
08/13/2019
UK Pension and Welfare Agency Examining Blockchain and DLT
Among other options that could purportedly benefit the DWP’s payment system, Laycock also noted that open banking could enable new business models and products.
08/13/2019
How blockchains could give central banks a run for their money
Cryptocurrency is the form of the cryptography which is referred to the digital currency platform," tZERO's head of communications Alex Sotiropoulos told FOX