New York state assemblyman Clyde Vanel has announced the creation of a crypto task force aimed at studying how to properly regulate, use, and define digital cur...
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Fintech is an industry composed of companies that compete with traditional financial institutions by implementing new, innovative technologies into their working process. The cryptocurrency Fintech sector has been exploring the use of blockchain and blockchain-based applications as a new technology to challenge traditional ways of doing business. Blockchain, smart contracts and cybersecurity are some of the most actively researched areas of Fintech. Crypto Fintech sees cryptocurrencies as a means of establishing a secure and traceable way of transferring assets and getting rid of intermediaries. However, blockchain is not only suitable for regular transactions, but may help in such fields as voting and dividends management by establishing a trusted and immutable network with unchangeable records about past events.
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The fintech and crypto leader for Asia at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) believes that many institutional players will enter the crypto space in 2019.
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A fintech company is launching a new system of remittances that’s designed to help consumers avoid fluctuations in value when sending crypto around the world.
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The Chinese fintech incubation zone located in China’s Guangdong province has officially started operations.
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A fintech company is vying to make the markets “absolutely transparent and fair” by enabling crypto owners to trade stocks, commodities and equities without pay...
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Fintech is believed to be a risk for financial stability, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation Systemic Risk Barometer Survey states.
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Revolut fiat and cryptocurrency app has obtained a banking license in Lithuania.
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SolarisBank and Stuttgart Exchange Group are jointly developing a crypto exchange meant to be launched in the first half of next year.
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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation’s director defined Bitcoin’s disintermediation and fintechs as “critical concern to the corporation.”
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A new financial blockchain network is offering low-cost, high-speed transactions — and gives users the ability to recover accounts and have these accounts insur...
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Swiss bank Gazprombank has partnered with fintech and crypto startups Avaloq and Metaco to develop crypto asset services.
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U.S.-based trading technology firm IPC Systems has partnered with blockchain software consortium R3.
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Fintech firms including blockchain startups will be able to apply for the new fintech license with Switzerland’s FINMA starting from Jan. 1, 2019.
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Crypto exchange traded products prove divisive, as the SEC mulls over its latest landmark decision.
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26 French companies along with five banks have successfully completed a blockchain-enabled KYC trial with R3 consortium.
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