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Bank of Canada and MIT Partnering on CBDC research

The Bank of Canada has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a twelve-month research project on central bank digital currency. 

The project will see the central bank and the MIT Media Lab’s digital currency initiative team experiment with potential technology options to establish how a CBDC could work. 

Friday, March 18, 2022 - 08:27
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HSBC Ventures Joins Investment Round in Silent Eight

Silent Eight, an AI-based financial crime compliance service, has closed a $40 million Series B fundraising round led by HSBC Ventures, the firm's latest customer. 

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 19:44
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Financial IT
LMAX Group to Launch 24/7 Traded Crypto Futures in Partnership with SIX

LMAX Group, the leading operator of institutional exchanges for FX and cryptocurrency trading, has partnered with SIX, one of Europe’s leading operators of Financial Market Infrastructures, to launch cash-settled, centrally cleared crypto-asset futures (“crypto futures”).

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 18:16
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Partners with Cellulant to Expand its Reach in 19 Markets across Africa
Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 17:53
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Financial IT
VizyPay Awarded Best Small Business Payments Solution

6th Annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards recognized the company for its stand out solutions tailored to the needs of small businesses across the nation

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 17:32
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Adjust and Apptopia Research Reveals 902% Growth in Crypto Apps in Q4 2021

New Digital Currencies 2022 playbook also shows surge in crypto app usage outpaces stock trading apps

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 17:26
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Financial IT
How Web 3.0 is Transforming the Financial Services Industry?

How Web 3.0 is Transforming the Financial Services Industry?

We live in the era of a rapidly evolving global economy when fintech companies are massively adopting cashless and virtual payment technologies. As the internet is about to undergo a revolution facilitated by 5G and open data formats, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities will significantly expand, blockchain technologies will be improving as never before. 

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 16:54
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Flashloans, broadening access to DeFi

• What does the product do?

Flashloans.com is an easy to use UI for building Flash loan trades without the requirement for solidity development skills.

• Who needs the product?

Anybody looking to build a Flashloans trade and would like to do this through and easy to use site 

- People looking to do arbitrage trades

People looking to collateral swap DeFi positions 

People looking to self liquidate DeFi position through the use of a Flash Loan 

• What is special about the product?

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 15:55
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Bitbns Partners With Quantinsti to Launch Online Education Platform – Bitbns Academy

Aims to introduce 50 mn Indians to crypto investing by FY25

Bitbns, the country’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, has partnered with QuantInsti to launch Bitbns Academy, an all-new dedicated online education platform that offers scholastic tutorials, resources and educational content on Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. 

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 15:50
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Financial IT
Relai Supports Unicef With Donations to Female Education and Humanitarian Initiatives

BITCOIN APP WILL REWARD USERS FOR CHARITABLE GIVING AND DONATE A PROPORTION OF ITS REVENUES TO GLOBAL UNICEF PROJECTS

Relai, the savings and investment app making bitcoin accessible for everyone, will support UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein by donating a percentage of revenue from bitcoin transactions on its platform to female education initiatives.

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 15:46
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