Blockchain

13 Jan 22 @ 10:28

Project Helvetia, a joint initiative between The Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub (BISIH) Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the financial infrastructure operator SIX, has reached the... read more

12 Jan 22 @ 11:00

A group of US banks have announced that they intend to launch their own stablecoin, called USDF, in a move they hope will tackle concerns about the reserves behind nonbank... read more

11 Jan 22 @ 11:55

PayPal has confirmed numerous reports that it is working on a stablecoin. Jose Fernandez da Ponte, senior vice president of crypto and digital currencies at PayPal, confirmed: “We are exploring... read more

11 Jan 22 @ 10:06

New research reveals that 55% of crypto owners – rising to 60% of 18-24 year olds – would rather get paid their salary in cryptocurrency. The top reasons for this... read more

07 Jan 22 @ 16:12

In this post we look at the top payment trends for 2022 – 2021 was a year of transition for the payments industry as we moved towards Payments 4.X −... read more

07 Jan 22 @ 09:40

The NFT market has seen exponential growth in 2021. In order to capitalise on the demand, investors are giving more attention than ever to start-ups in the category. At the... read more

05 Jan 22 @ 16:34

People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) has released a pilot versions of its e-CNY, digital yuan wallet application on app stores as the central bank steps up its push to develop... read more

13 Dec 21 @ 11:05

Banque de France (BdF), Swiss National Bank (SNB) and Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Innovation Hub have successfully completed Project Jura, an experiment in cross-border wholesale CBDC, in collaboration with Accenture, Credit Suisse, Natixis, R3, SIX Digital Exchange and UBS.... read more

10 Dec 21 @ 10:18

In Q4 of 2021, FinTech Connect surveyed 100+ FinTech Leads from across the entire FinTech ecosystem to find out more about what are the challenges and opportunities currently presented within... read more

10 Dec 21 @ 09:28

Bitcoin mining has jumped close to its all-time high as cryptocurrency miners shift their operations to new countries following the crackdown in China. The bitcoin hash-rate, a measure of how... read more

06 Dec 21 @ 16:01

With claims circulating that not one but two quantum computers have already been developed which are 10 million times faster than the most powerful conventional supercomputers and IBM recently announcing... read more

29 Nov 21 @ 16:19

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) looks set to revolutionise financial services, by replacing centralised intermediaries with software running on blockchains. Decentralized Finance (DeFI) refers to the use of platforms such as Ethereum... read more