US fintechs Selfbook and Stellar raise funds
New York-based Selfbook landed $15 million, while Austin-based Stellar raised $7 million.
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Chain and Lightyear leap into Interstellar blockchain space
Crypto ledger company finally acquired by blockchain tech firm.
IBM adds strength to Stronghold’s crypto token launch
Stronghold calls it “first and only” venture-backed USD anchor on Stellar Network.
Stellar first DLT protocol to get Shari’ah compliance
Gets approval from Shariyah Review Bureau.
Stellar to acquire crypto firm Chain for $500m
Stellar is more interested in the developers rather than its technology.
IBM, KlickEx Group and Stellar unveil cross-border payments solution
IBM, KlickEx Group, a regional financial services company, and Stellar, a non-profit organisation that supports an open source blockchain network, have unveiled a new regional cross-border payments solution using IBM’s blockchain technology to provide clearing and settlement of trades on a single network in real time.
Payments round-up: 21 October 2016
Jargon defeated. Unnecessary words deleted. A brief payments round-up. LeFinance, a division of Beijing-based tech firm LeEco, has partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation for cross-border payments on the latter’s blockchain network. The deal means Stellar expands into China. LeFinance will also use Stellar’s network to monitor credits for usage across their various devices and […]
