Month : December 2020

Bitso-Leads-Latin-America-into-the-Future-of-Currencies-with-a-_62-million-Investment-from-Kaszek-Ventures-and-QED-Investors
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Bitso Leads Latin America into the Future of Currencies with a $62-million Investment from Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors

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Bitso, Latin America’s leading crypto platform, founded in 2014, today announced that it closed a $62 million Series B round led by distinguished investment firms Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors. This reunites two of the most successful venture funds in the fintech industry and in Latin America who have successfully worked together on......
The World Economic Forum and Chainlink Propose Industry Oracle Standard for Connecting Blockchains and Legacy Systems
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The World Economic Forum and Chainlink Propose Industry Oracle Standard for Connecting Blockchains and Legacy Systems

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he recommended framework includes the use of decentralized oracle networks that can provide a secure gateway for legacy systems to interact with all blockchain environments The World Economic Forum has collaborated with Chainlink, the most widely used decentralized oracle network, on a paper that lays out a new standard for integrating......
BPC enters the Saudi Arabian Market in a strategic partnership with Interpaymea
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BPC enters the Saudi Arabian Market in a strategic partnership with Interpaymea

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BPC, the leading provider of digital payment solutions, is proud to announce it is entering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia market with the aim to strengthen its presence in the region. As part of its go-to-market strategy, the company recently announced the key nomination of Khaled Moharam as Managing Director for the GCC as......
Epos Now Appoints Former Deliveroo and Amazon Executive as New CFO
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Epos Now Appoints Former Deliveroo and Amazon Executive as New CFO

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Epos Now, a global software and payments technology company, supporting over 35,000 retail and hospitality locations, has appointed former Deliveroo and Amazon executive, Philip Green, as Chief Financial Officer to spearhead the company’s continued growth plans following a year of rapid international expansion. Read More: KanKan AI Announces the Release of......
PayPal launches touch-free payments in-store with iZettle's point of sale app to support UK businesses post-lockdown
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PayPal Launches Touch-Free Payments in-Store With Izettle’s Point of Sale App to Support UK Businesses Post-Lockdown

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Provides consumers with a touch-free option to pay safely and securely with PayPal in-store and support local businesses in the run-up to Christmas PayPal today launched QR code payments in iZettle’s point of sale app, allowing small businesses across the UK – from retailers to florists and cafes – to accept safe and......
Bandwidth Wins Treasury Award for API Integration of ICD Portal, Trovata Platform
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Bandwidth Wins Treasury Award for API Integration of ICD Portal, Trovata Platform

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Creates a Seamless Workflow for Cash Forecasting, Short-Term Investments, Reporting Bandwidth Inc., a cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service company, won a 2021 Alexander Hamilton Award for transforming its treasury organization with an API integration launched earlier this year between ICD, an independent portal provider of money market funds and other short-term investments, and Trovata, a leader......
Fidelity Digital Assets℠ Adds Collateral Agent Capabilities, Will Custody Bitcoin Pledged on Loans Financed by BlockFi
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Fidelity Digital Assets℠ Adds Collateral Agent Capabilities, Will Custody Bitcoin Pledged on Loans Financed by BlockFi

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 New capability brings capital efficiency to institutional clients who can now access risk-managed cash borrowing while maintaining unparalleled asset security Fidelity Digital Assets℠ today announced a new offering that enables clients on Fidelity’s institutional-grade digital assets custody platform to pledge bitcoin as collateral in a transaction. The new capability marks......
Zelle® Closes 2020 with Record $307 Billion Sent on 1.2 Billion Transactions
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U.S. Bank launches eCards available when Sending Money with Zelle®

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The holidays may look a little different this year, but U.S. Bank is giving customers a way to spread goodwill and festive cheer with eCards, now available to U.S. Bank customers when they send money1 with Zelle® in the U.S. Bank Mobile App. The eCards, launched in collaboration with Zelle and fintech startup......
KBC Bank Chooses Finastra for Libor Transition
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Bitbond and Bankhaus von der Heydt Issue Euro Stablecoin (EURB) on the Stellar Network

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EURB is the first stablecoin issued directly by a banking institution on Stellar and the first of its kind in the crypto market from Europe Bitbond, a tokenization and digital asset custody technology provider, and Bankhaus von der Heydt (BVDH), one of Europe’s oldest banks, have joined forces to issue......
Privacy Coins Zcash and ZEN Added to Elliptic's Blockchain Monitoring Platform
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Elliptic Research Shows a Dramatic Increase in the Use of Privacy Wallets to Launder Proceeds of Crime in Cryptoassets

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Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of criminal proceeds have been sent through privacy wallets such as Wasabi Wallet At least 13% of all criminal proceeds in Bitcoin were sent to privacy wallets in 2020 – up from 2% in 2019  Elliptic, a leading provider of cryptoasset risk management solutions......
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