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ICYMI funding round-up: FinanZero, Hala, Spoko, Cornerstone & more

Another week and another slew of funding rounds.

Banking Technology April issue out now

Soaring to new heights: a record-breaking first quarter of M&A activity.

Video: Top fintech stories this week – 02 April 2021

FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.

Fintech funding deals globally 22-28 March 2021

Featuring Dataminr, Blockchain, Feedzai, Jumio, and Pie Insurance.

Non-fungible tokens: how do you regulate a non-conventional marketplace?

The scope and applications are vast, and there’s real potential in online gaming.

The alternative currency revolution

We’re likely to see increased collaboration across the financial world.

Fintech funding deals globally 15-21 February 2021

Featuring Public, Webull, Blockchain, GoCardless, and Personetics.

Reimagining the financial system with tokenised barter

Modern blockchain powered barter systems will change the way we view accessing, growing, and owning wealth.

Six trends that will change the crypto world in 2021

Which coins will rise in price and which ones will fall?

Bitcoin soars to record $34,000, but dips $5,000 in 24 hours

Bitcoin hit lows of around $18,700 in early December.

The Fintech Review: 2020

We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.

Principles for a global central bank digital currency and a single global payment system

The new global payment system should replace all current payment and settlement arrangements.

ECB issues Big Tech warning as it promises digital euro

European suppliers are essential in the building of technology on which a digital euro will operate.

Facebook’s Libra could launch as early as January 2021

Novi’s digital wallet is “ready from a product perspective”.

How the pandemic reshaped an international project launch

Lessons in adaptability – how to manage a project in an innovation lab amid COVID-19.

Blockchain-based lender Figure seeks US bank charter

Figure wants to simplify its regulatory and compliance procedures.

Keyrock raises €4.2m to develop digital assets liquidity solution

Brussels-based firm will use cash to accelerate its product offering.

Banco Santander & CaixaBank back Spanish digital identity project

The project is calling for further partners to join the project to boost overall usage in Spain.

Ziglu hires Monzo’s James Sullivan as chief legal officer

James Sullivan worked as Monzo’s head of legal for one year and nine months.

Australia’s central bank announces CBDC project with ConsenSys

The bank is looking at a CBDC for “wholesale market participants”.

PayPal weighs up crypto acquisitions following major wallet update

BitGo had a valuation of around $170 million in 2018.

Central bank digital currencies – don’t get the popcorn

If the art of the possible is being explored, the art of the valuable remains elusive.

Sibos 2020: JP Morgan CEO tells banks “don’t outsource your soul”

Jamie Dimon believes plenty of outsourcing firms “have no idea what they’re doing”.

JP Morgan’s blockchain platform Quorum moves to Brooklyn

JP Morgan has also made an undisclosed strategic investment in ConsenSys.

Boston Fed collaborates with MIT on digital currency

The partnership will perform technical research related to a central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Russia’s Sberbank mulls over own stablecoin

It would operate under Russia’s new cryptocurrency law.

Applications for FCA’s sixth regulatory sandbox drop more than 30%

Last year, the sandbox recieved a record 99 applications.

France’s central bank announces partner list for CBDC experiments

The bank says it will begin work in the “coming days”.

Five Spanish banks complete blockchain POC for interbank payments

The platform has programmed more than 20,000 instant credit transfers.

MAS completes multi-currency blockchain testing

The blockchain network is jointly developed with JP Morgan and investment firm Temasek.

Australian Securities Exchange delays blockchain go-live to 2022

This is the second delay for the infrastructure project.

PayPal and Venmo to “allow buys and sells of crypto directly”

It is understood the services will offer “a built-in wallet functionality” so you can store crypto.

Data privacy versus data security: why is it so hard to have both?

Blockchain and other DLT secure data by making it immutable.

Developing industry-wide standards on DLT security will lead to wider adoption

To develop industry standards, four things need to happen.

Postera Capital acquires sentiment analysis firm Augmento

Blockchain fund operator aims to be “pioneer” for crypto consulting.

Facebook attempts to address concerns expressed by regulators on the original proposal

The tax problems with this proposal identified in our client briefing on Libra 1.0 remain unresolved.

Innovation? It’s all about the data, darling

But we are already drowning in a sea of data.

IBM joins 12 banks backing blockchain platform We.Trade

From July 2020, We.Trade is on the look out for more bank partners.

Coldplay-backed crypto wallet Zumo launches app

The fintech is backed by Coldplay’s bassist Guy Berryman.

Billon pilots digitised national currency with Raiffeisen Bank

If successful, the project could be deployed to RBI’s CEE countries.

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