Cryptoassets: the framework is tightening up
The joint committee has reached a compromise on the legal framework that will apply to crypto players from 1 July 2023. They will now be required...
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Spanish banks test the digital euro
30 Spanish banks including BBVA, Sabadell, Santander, ING and Deutsche Bank, joined by payment services organisations Iberpay, Bizum and Redsys, ...
Europe adopts MiCA regulation
The Council of the European Union published a briefing note on 5 October on the progress made on the adoption of the MiCA (Market in Crypto-Asset...
"Objective Moon" for Binance and France FinTech
A new major initiative in the crypto-currency market in France, the global benchmark for crypto-asset exchange and management platforms Binance h...
Europe: a central bank digital currency is being tested
FACTS The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have just joined forces to experiment ...
Wells Fargo Gets a Cryptocurrency Ready
FACTS The American banking group Wells Fargo starts a stable coin pilot for internal settlements.
News in Brief – May 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – Nickel claims 4,800 agents (1 in 5 newsagents) or 60% increase year-over-year. Goal: attract 10,000 agents by 20...
PayPal Invests in Cambridge Blockchain
FACTS The US e-payments giant joins a Series A investment in the Blockchain start-up, Cambridge Blockchain.
ADN’co Payments Insight – March 2019
Mobility – Open Payment Gaining Momentum INTERNATIONAL – Visa and Planeta Informática team up to boost contactless payments in the transpo...
SWIFT Tests a DLT-Based E-Voting Solution
Photo credits: Altcoinist FACTS The worldwide interbank messaging network announces a PoC on e-voting in partnership with large-scale fi...
Adyen Launches an Open Banking-Powered Instant Credit Transfer Option
FACTS The Dutch payment platform Adyen enhances their PSP offer with a real-time credit transfer solution in partnership with several Europ...
SWIFT Builds on DLTs with Corda by R3
FACTS The interbank network SWIFT announces a Proof of Concept on trialling a gateway for interlinking trading and e-commerce platforms wit...
Authenteq Builds on Blockchain Tech for Securing Digital Identity
Considering the exponential expansion of the Internet, security and privacy-related issues still prevail. Authenteq proposes to deal with these i...
Poland Bets on a Blockchain for Credit Scoring
The Polish Credit Office Biuro Informacji Kredytowej (BIK) –considered one of the largest credit bureaus in Central and Eastern Europe– partners ...
Successful xRapid Pilots for Ripple
Ripple already talked several financial institutions into adopting their Blockchain solutions for payments, including Banco Santander and Crédit ...
One-of-a-Kind Use Case for a DLT in Electric Car Charging
The market for electric vehicles is taking another “one big leap forward“, as the first autonomous charging station, where payments can be comple...
RBC Patents Blockchain Application in Credit Scoring
Royal Bank of Canada, largest bank in Canada, files a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding a Blockchain-based credit ...
Daimler Rewards Good Drivers with Virtual Currency
Virtual currencies and the Blockchain have been headlining the news these past months through various pilot experiments intended to stress additi...
Applying Integrated Payments to Urban Mobility
Flit Technologies, a company mostly owed by RCI Bank and Services, partners with COMO Global on designing a new integrated payment solution for u...
Santander Chooses Ripple for International Payments
The Spanish bank introduces a new Blockchain-based cross-border mobile payment solution. They rely on Ripple’s network to let individual customer...
