11/12/2019
Libra Under Threat as European Central Bank Confirms Move Toward a Digital Currency
Draghi's departure may accelerate ECB digital currency plans.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
11/12/2019
French Central Bank Job Posting Reveals Digital Currency Program
The bank also wants the analyst to experiment with other blockchain specialists in the eurosystem, participate in blockchain proof-of-concepts within and outside the bank and identify economic issues related to how monetary policy is conducted.
11/12/2019
UAE Set for Faster Cryptocurrency Adoption as Institutional Investment Increases
The United Arab Emirates appears to be readying itself for an influx of investments and entrepreneurship with respect to cryptocurrencies.
11/12/2019
CME Group Announces Jan. 13, 2020 Launch for Bitcoin Options
Market users have rapidly adopted Bitcoin futures since their December 2017 launch.
11/11/2019
Tunisia Becomes First Country to Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency
It is also clear that it is not a cryptocurrency and differentiates itself from the Venezuelan Petro. I
11/11/2019
The High Stakes of the Coming Digital Currency War
Just as technology has disrupted media, politics, and business, it is on the verge of disrupting America’s ability to leverage faith in its currency to pursue its broader national interests.
11/11/2019
MAS Helps Develop Blockchain-based Prototype for Multi-Currency Payments
This prototype network, developed by MAS in collaboration with J.P. Morgan and Temasek, has the potential to improve cost efficiencies for businesses.
11/10/2019
Chinese Tech Giant Tencent to Launch a Blockchain-based Virtual Bank in Hong Kong
Hong Kong was slow to enter the Fintech race but has since ratcheted up the allocation of resources to become a regional leader.
11/10/2019
Bahrain's fast track plan to become a FinTech hub
The focus is on cryptocurrency startups.
11/08/2019
Standard Chartered Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Standard Chartered has been working with various industry partners and fintechs to explore the use of innovative technology to make financial systems more efficient and accessible for its clients
11/08/2019
AI Use Expected to Increase in Risk and Compliance Efforts, But Few Have Ethics Frameworks in Place
“As many organizations are still learning how best to adopt and leverage AI capabilities, it’s not surprising that ethical frameworks are often missing from the ‘trustworthy AI’ equation.
11/08/2019
Atom Group launches crypto trading platform in Hong Kong
The technology advancement is possible as it is the first crypto exchange using LSE's Millennium Exchange, along with stock exchanges in Singapore and Hong Kong, per the newly-launched exchange.
11/08/2019
The 7 Biggest Technology Trends To Disrupt Banking & Financial Services In 2020
One thing that will likely make the rest believe in artificial intelligence’s potential for the industry are the cost savings that are expected to be $447 billion by 2023.
11/08/2019
Italian AML rules capture providers of services related to the use of virtual currencies and custodian wallet providers
This provision thus seems to capture providers established in other countries but offering their services in Italy via distance communication means only.
11/08/2019
EU planning to launch its own digital currency
Draft documents from the European Central Bank has urged the EU to come up with a consistent approach to all the cryptocurrencies.
11/08/2019
DBS Bank Partners With Singapore Government to Launch Blockchain Trade Platform
The ICC TradeFlow Platform is based on the Trade Trust network infrastructure provided by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), which is a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information.
11/08/2019
Will China's Own Digital Currency Revolutionize The Virtual Asset Space?
With technological innovation transforming offshore businesses and markets, Appleby has led the way amongst the offshore firms by launching a dedicated Global Technology and Innovation Group.
11/07/2019
Digital currencies cannot be wished away
Traditional finance will have to find ways to co-opt such new fangled means
11/07/2019
How is AI augmenting compliance practices?
Forming a significant theme in several organisational technology strategies, AI can augment a gamut of business practices, including compliance
11/07/2019
Explainer: Central bank digital currencies - edging toward reality?
The common denominator is that both cryptocurrencies and CBDCs, to a varying degree, are based on blockchain technology