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Deutsche Bank deploys DLT for custodial services

Following a successful pilot, Deutsche Bank Securities Services is set to start using distributed ledger technology (DLT) in custodial services.

25 September 2019

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Securitize secures big bank backing in $14 million funding round

Santander InnoVentures, MUFG and Nomura have joined in a $14 million funding round for token issuance technology provider Securitize.

24 September 2019

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B2B network Fundbox raises $176 million

B2B payments and credit network Fundbox has raised $176 million in growth equity funding for its Series C round.

24 September 2019

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Banco Santander broadens talent search with Data Science Apprenticeships

Banco Santander in the UK is to offer school leavers across the country the opportunity to apply for a Data Science Apprenticeship, billed by the bank as the first of its kind in the banking sector.

24 September 2019

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Sibos 2019: Swift heads for the Cloud

Banking co-operative Swift is to provide a jumping board to large public cloud providers Microsoft and Google, and roll out its own private cloud services for institutions connecting to the network.

24 September 2019

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SIX Digital Exchange launches DLT-based trading and settlement prototype

Swiss stock exchange SIX has launched a prototype of its distributed ledger technology-based digital exchange and central securities depository. Meanwhile, trading has started on Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange.

23 September 2019

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Sibos 2019: The adoption of SWIFT gpi and impact on global payments

At Sibos 2019, Swift’s Fabien Depasse, Wim Raymaekers, Anne-Sophie Walravens and Lior Cohen, explored how Swift gpi is seeing unparalleled growth in adoption, traffic and corridors. Today, more than 3,500 financial institutions (FIs) are signed up to gpi and allow their customers to make payments in nearly 150 currencies.

23 September 2019

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Sibos 2019: Cloud services- huge burden of security responsibility

Security does not come embedded in a cloud service, nor are cloud services something you can choose to avoid, panellists discussed during one of the opening panels at Sibos 2019, London.

23 September 2019

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UK fintech sector faces talent shortfall

A Census of UK fintech firms by EY and Innovate Finance has found that the sector has continued to attract rising levels of investment despite global economic uncertainty, although major challenges lie ahead in talent recruitment and gender diversity.

23 September 2019

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FX post-trade network Cobalt goes live

Blockchain-based post-trade processing network Cobalt has gone live with Deutsche Bank, XTX Markets and Saxo Bank.

23 September 2019

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Deutsche Bank joins JPMorgan's Interbank Information Network

Deutsche Bank has become the first top tier European institution to join JPMorgan's Interbank Information Network (IIN), a landmark milestone for the DLT-based payments settlement system.

20 September 2019

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The future of instant payments: no shortage of change

Martin Fiddaman, managing director, head of financial institutions and professional services at NatWest, shares his insights on technology, regulation and changing customer demands ahead of Sibos.

20 September 2019

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