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OPEC Fund Mobilizes US$1 Billion for Development Finance With Landmark Debut SDG Bond
The OPEC Fund for International Development, a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Vienna, Austria, priced its inaugural benchmark bond issue in the capital markets on Wednesday. The bond was priced using its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) bond framework on which Credit Agricole CIB acted as sole sustainability advisor. Attracting strong......
UnionPay International’s Continuous Expansion of Its Global Network Sees Over 200 Million Cards Issued Outside the Chinese Mainland
10 Years of Providing Innovative Global Payment Services With the issuance of UnionPay cards exceeding 200 million outside the Chinese Mainland, UnionPay International (UPI) is stepping into a new decade of providing high quality, cost effective and secure cross-border payment services to the world’s largest cardholder base. UPI’s partners have expanded from......
Japanese Fintech Leader Smartpay First To Launch The Next Phase Of Digital Consumer Finance Through Open Banking
Japan-based fintech Smartpay has launched Smartpay Bank Direct, the country’s first digital consumer finance service that allows customers to pay for online installment purchases straight from their bank accounts. Smartpay Bank Direct emphasizes user security while delivering convenience for the consumer, through a network of 67 partner banks across Japan[1]. Smartpay......
LendingPoint Names Amanda Flashner as New Chief Experience Officer
As a financial services customer experience leader, LendingPoint adds Chief Experience Officer to its Executive Leadership Committee LendingPoint, the AI-driven CreditTech platform that provides one-stop financing solutions for consumers, e-commerce and point of sale partners, and lending institutions, announced that Amanda Flashner has been promoted as the company’s first Chief......
Gate2Chain Unveils Innovative Range of Real-World Blockchain Solutions
Gate2Chain, a leading blockchain integration, and enablement company, has unveiled a package of real-world solutions for enterprise customers and governments. The solutions cover businesses of all sizes, across all geographies and facilitate new levels of transparency and revenue streams. Amidst a lineup of the world’s foremost blockchain leaders at a......
Keyes Coverage Acquires Amsley Insurance and Parkland Insurance Marketing
Partnerships expand Keyes Coverage’s geographic reach across Florida Keyes Coverage, an innovative independent insurance agency specializing in providing solutions for complex insurance and risk mitigation needs for businesses and high net worth individuals in Florida, announced the strategic partnerships with Amsley Insurance and Parkland Insurance Marketing. Financial terms of the......
The Swiss Financial Industry Has Successfully Traded and Settled Tokenized Investment Products
Credit Suisse, Pictet and Vontobel have conducted a proof of concept to issue tokenized investment products recorded on a public blockchain and traded on BX Swiss, the Swiss regulated stock exchange For the first time, key players in the Swiss financial industry successfully developed and tested a novel settlement mechanism......
Noteworthy Drives Cryptonotes Into The Mainstream With New 5 Millibit Bitcoin Banknote
-Noteworthy, the premier designer of physical cryptonotes, announced the sale of its new 5 millibit (mBTC) note, the first small-denomination, fully fungible bitcoin cryptonote. This new bill, which equates to 0.005 BTC (approximately $85 based on today’s prices) makes buying crypto simple for people of all ages and backgrounds through its......