All posts tagged "Blockchain"
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762Fintech / RegtechJapan FSA Launches Global Blockchain Governance Initiative
The initiative is in line with a G20 Osaka commitment to promote engagement between regulators and stakeholders on decentralised financial technologies.
March 11, 2020 -
707Fintech / RegtechBank of Korea Experiments with Blockchain for Bond Settlement
Under the proof of concept system now being developed, bond issuance, management, settlement and recordkeeping will be done using blockchain technology.
February 21, 2020 -
1.0KAustralia & NZAustralia Blockchain Roadmap Receives Mixed Response
FinTech Australia chair Alan Tsen says the roadmap is disappointing, lacks vision and focuses on use cases that "felt like they’ve been written by a consulting firm space".
February 15, 2020 -
357AML / KYCBOT Launches Digital Account Opening Tests at Six Banks
Six banks will open online deposit accounts digitally, using facial recognition to verify customer identities against information held in the new National Digital ID platform.
February 7, 2020 -
326Asia-PacificCambodia to Launch CBDC-based Payment System
The new payment system expected to launch in the coming months has the support of 11 banks so far, and will operate using a quasi-CBDC known as 'Bakong'.
February 3, 2020 -
618AML / KYCSEBI to Augment Social Media Monitoring to Fight Manipulation
SEBI is working on a 'data lake' project that will use AI, machine learning and NLP tech to analyse unstructured data and augment market surveillance.
January 24, 2020 -
325Asia-PacificHKMA, BOT Announce Outcomes of Joint CBDC Research
In 3Q 2019, eight Thai banks and two Hong Kong banks (HSBC and ZA Bank) participated in a THB-HKD cross-border corridor network PoC using a CBDC.
January 23, 2020 -
462Big PictureLegal Certainty Needed to Advance DLT Adoption in Derivatives
ISDA, Clifford Chance, R3 and the Singapore Academy of Law have published a new whitepaper analysing the legal issues relating to the use of smart derivatives contracts on a distributed ledger.
January 14, 2020 -
1.3KChinaQME to Leverage Blockchain to Standardise Warehouse Receipts
HKEX's Qianhai Mercantile Exchange will use blockchain tech from Ant Financial to provide verifiable warehouse receipts which will help commodities businesses to obtain financing.
January 13, 2020 -
1.3KAML / KYCTechnology to Drive Regulatory Agenda in 2020: Thomson Reuters
Technology has displaced the 2008 financial crisis as the main issue driving the international regulatory agenda, says a new report from Thomson Reuters.
January 9, 2020
