08/14/2018
Bitt Inks Blockchain Deal With Another Caribbean Central Bank
The project will focus in part on testing know-your-customer/anti-money laundering technology, according to statements.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
08/13/2018
World Bank hires Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue first global blockchain bond
The new debt instrument named bond-i will be created and managed with distributed ledger technology
08/13/2018
African Regulators Taking ‘Wait-and-See’ Approach on Cryptocurrency: Ecobank Report
The other 15 countries lay somewhere in the middle, largely declining to regulate them directly, stating that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall under a legal gray area and warning investors against investing in them.
08/13/2018
British Virgin Islands Crypto Market Is Second Largest In The World
Regulation is always a bugbear for the community.
08/10/2018
German banking startups, stalwarts betting on artificial intelligence
Machine learning will make banking easier before it makes it better, say German fintechs and banks.
08/10/2018
Aminvest launches first robotics fund in Malaysia
The underlying fund, the Luxembourg-domiciled Axa World Funds Framlington Robotech Fund, launched in 2017 and has an AUM of $970.1m as of today, according to FE Analytics.
08/09/2018
Kuwait Finance House & EY sign partnership agreement
KFH has made great strides in introducing a wide range of innovative eservices in different sectors at Group level.
08/08/2018
'Time Traveler' Millionaire Wants to Open Australia's First Cryptocurrency Bank
Even though industry enthusiasts are well aware of the allure of decentralization, the masses are still getting there.
08/08/2018
Blockchain: a path to innovation
In the same way that the Cayman Islands has innovated to stay ahead of the curve in other areas, it must ensure that it leverages new technologies such as blockchain, writes Daniella Skotnicki from Harneys.
08/07/2018
Cryptocurrencies - driving innovation in a world of giving - Withers
Our panel also discussed the future application of blockchain technology in the charitable sector.
08/07/2018
Structuring an ICO in the Cayman Islands - Ogier
Before any step is taken on the road toward an ICO, it is critical that comprehensive legal and tax advice is obtained for each business before any token is sold or any entity formed.
08/07/2018
Plans for OCBC digital bank in Indonesia amid strong Q2 results
The higher earnings were driven by the strong performance across each of its banking, wealth management and insurance businesses.
08/06/2018
Netherlands Central Bank: We Don't Consider Cryptocurrency to be Money
The central bank of the Netherlands has issued new comments on cryptocurrency this week, continuing a popular narrative from the banking sector that it is “not money.”
08/06/2018
Swiss banks open for cryptocurrency assets
Only crypto assets from payments received for a service rendered or from mining successes can be kept with the bank.
08/06/2018
BVI embraces innovative KYC solutions for the blockchain revolution
The changes are well-timed with an increase in digital KYC service providers, working to find solutions to the traditionally time-consuming and paper-heavy task of client due diligence.
08/06/2018
Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan Will Use Blockchain ‘for a Whole Lot of Things’
While JPMorgan’s official position on cryptocurrency and Dimon’s opinion do not always coincide, both have seen a shift over the past year.
08/02/2018
Don’t Lose Your Cryptocurrency in Cyberspace
Investing in cryptocurrencies may be speculative, investing in an estate plan to protect cryptocurrency assets should be never.
07/31/2018
Love Beaches? Buy an Antigua Passport for Just Over 12 Bitcoin
A number of nations offer so-called investment programs as a way to gain citizenship, including a number of first world and Western countries.
07/30/2018
SS&C Deliver 2018: Spotlight sessions for asset managers
Blockchain is widely considered to be the next disruptive technology.
07/30/2018
New Zealand’s Major Bank SBS Considers Blockchain Cryptocurrencies
The potential uses of blockchain tech in the banking sphere is to help improve the rate and speed at which transactions can be made, not to mention the lowering of the costs for transfers.