nCipher Security, an Entrust Datacard company and provider of trust, integrity and control for business critical information and applications, announces two new additions to its nShield® hardware security module (HSM) portfolio – nShield Web Services Option Pack and

Blockchain.com, the leading provider of cryptocurrency products including the world’s most popular crypto wallet, has launched a full banking integration for Turkish Lira (TRY) to create a native payment gateway for users to deposit and withdraw Lira on the Blockchain.com Exchange. Turkish users can now go from account creation to buying crypto in as little as five minutes, without having to use a third-party payment processor.

Diginex, a digital asset financial services and advisory company, has appointed Shane Edwards as Head of Investment Products, based in London. In this role, Mr. Edwards will help to drive the transformation of the traditional financial industry into the digital era utilizing the full capabilities of Diginex. Specifically, he will be responsible for overseeing the design and delivery of innovative investment products within a regulated environment.

NatWest has launched the UK’s first intelligent cash management solution for businesses, in partnership with G4S. Intelligent Safe is an innovative and secure cash solution that enables businesses to benefit from same day automated account crediting of its cash transactions, without having to deposit that day’s takings in their local branch.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, and Google Cloud today announced a global, strategic partnership to help financial services organizations run mission-critical banking software and applications on Google Cloud, create profitable business models, and improve and differentiate their customer experiences.

German business banking platform Penta has opened a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs to get their business propositions off the ground, co-operating with legal network Jurpartner to put together a full set of documents, checklists and guidelines for a fast company launch.

Contour, the blockchain-based trade finance platform backed by a host of big name banks, has made its commercial launch.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has put together a policy-maker toolkit designed to help central banks investigating the creation of digital currencies.

It is no secret that a fundamental change has started - the migration to a data-driven economy. Why this should be speeded up is obvious - everyone stands to benefit (i) from much better services when any citizen can authorise connecting MyData and Big Data to life events (at home and at work), (ii) from costs being automated away in all adminstrative and commercial processes, (iii) from better productivity when data is being used to make better and more transparent decisions in all organisations, (iv) from lower risks (data integrity, credit, currency, fraud etc), (v) from

China’s FinTech industry is incomparable to the rest of the world. It is home to eight of the world’s leading FinTech unicorns, with an average value of $26.8BN – eight times greater than the average value of North American FinTech unicorns.