/crypto
The European Central Bank has put together a host of participants for exploratory work on the use of distributed ledger technology to settle wholesale transactions in central bank money.
09 April 2024
/markets
Tradeweb Markets has struck a deal to buy investment technology firm Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD) for $785 million.
08 April 2024
London Stock Exchange Group-owned LCH has secured regulatory approval to clear cash-settled Bitcoin index futures and options contracts.
/startups
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has announced a re-lending scheme designed to boost the country's science and tech sector.
/security
Bank of Ireland (BoI) was hit by another outage on Friday when its mobile banking app went down for around four hours.
Global funding in the fintech sector has fallen to its lowest level since 2017, according to newly published research.
/wholesale
Britain's ClearBank is planning international expansion after reporting its first annual pre-tax profit.
Standard Chartered’s investment ventures arm, SC Ventures has joined forced with building and investment arm of Pan-African financial services group Old Mutual, NEXT176, to roll out a financial wellness platform.
05 April 2024
/payments
Exploring digital money, digital assets, digital identity and the future of banking, David G. W. Birch has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for one of the most compelling sessions at EBAday every year.
/crime
Google is suing two app developers who lured victims into downloading fraudulent investment apps on the Google Play Store.
ZA Bank has launched banking services for stablecoin issuers, in part of their ‘Banking for Web3’ initiative.
/sustainable
A new innovation hub will be opened in Dublin to support global financial institutions push forward with meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory and reporting requirements.
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