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BNP Paribas is working with clients on blockchain deployment

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BNP Paribas says it has entered 'co-development mode' with clients to pilot a number of blockchain applications for transaction banking, after embarking on a collaborative process during its ‘Blockchain Bizhackathon’ earlier this year.

Payments

PayPal and Lenovo team on biometric authentication for laptops

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PayPal is teaming up with electronics manufacturer Lenovo and chip maker Intel to let users authenticate payments on their PCs with a fingerprint.

Retail banking

US gets same day ACH

23 September 2016  | 0  | 21  | 14 

America is finally getting faster payments, with Nacha launching the first phase of same day ACH, speeding up credit transactions to all bank accounts.

Retail banking

IBM and China UnionPay apply the blockchain to loyalty bonus point exchange

23 September 2016  | 0  | 10  | 4 

IBM and China UnioPpay have demonstrated a blockchain prototype for loyalty bonus points exchange among multiple banks.

Wholesale banking

Swift beware: Ripple signs banks to global payments steering group

23 September 2016  | 0  | 31  | 15 

As Swift gears up for its annual Sibos jamboree in Geneva next week, the interbank messaging network is facing up to a growing threat from Ripple, which has signed up several major banks to a steering group on the use of distributed financial technology for global payments.

Trade execution

ASX blames outage on 'unprecedented' hardware failure

23 September 2016  | 0  | 2  | 1 

The Australian Securities Exchange (AS) has blamed an "unprecedented" hardware failure for problems on Monday that forced the bourse to open late and close early.

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Bats shares soar on CBOE take over talk

23 September 2016  | 0  | 1  | 2 

Shares in Bats Global Markets have soared on the back of speculation that it may be acquired by the venerable Chicago Board Options Exchange.

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Banking watchdogs to investigate industry response to money transfer scams

23 September 2016  | 0  | 4  | 3 

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator is to investigate complaints from consumer body Which? over the levels of protection offered by banks to customers who are conned into sending payments to fraudulent accounts.

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Nets valued at $4.5 billion in IPO

23 September 2016  | 0  | 7  | 3 

The private consortium of owners of Nordic payments processor Nets have almost doubled their money as the company realised a value of 30 billion kroner ($4.5 billion) as it floated on Nasdaq Copenhagen.

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SIX and Clearstream team up as post-trade consolidation pressure grows

23 September 2016  | 0  | 1 

SIX Securities Services and Clearstream have struck a deal to provide shared services to local and European markets, as rising costs and pressure for diversification force consolidation in the European clearing and settlement industry.