An army of fintech innovations is just around the corner to make their big introduction and the Financial Services sector couldn’t be more excited. Especially the Blockchain and its implementation process are stirring up the conversation. The Blockchain technology is a subtype of the centralised ledger concept where, instead of one middle party, financial transactions […]
On June 29th The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMOI) and the Board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released a final report on ‘Guidance on cyber resilience for financial market infrastructures’. Both parties promote an enfacement of financial stability and security regulations for the wider financial economy. The Cyber Guidance is
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On January 21th 2016 Digital Asset Holdings, a developer of Distributed Ledger Technology for the financial services industry, announced that it has raised funding from a broad range of firms from all corners of the international financial ecosystem. ABN AMRO is one of those leading firms. See the Press release.
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On November 19th R3 announced the addition of five more banks to R3’s distributed ledger initiative – BNP Paribas, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, ING Bank, Macquarie Bank, and Wells Fargo & Co. – bringing the total number of bank members to 30. See the press release.
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Nine of the world’s leading banks announced on September 15th, 2015 the formation of a partnership to design and deliver advanced distributed/shared ledger technologies to global financial markets. The project – in addition to developing commercial applications – will seek to establish consistent standards and protocols for this emerging technology across the financial industry in order to facilitate broader
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