Tag Archives: Banks

Based on the recently revealed information, we all can make a conclusion about the passion of the second-largest bank by assets the Chinese Construction Bank (CCB) to blockchain. Sources indicate that CCB has introduced a refactoring platform that is to run totally on its own blockchain. The platform is aimed at corporate clients in the business of factoring and its goal is to improve operations and reduce risks and costs at the same time.Factoring is a fund-raising model where invoices from...

WeBank, China’s first digital bank in the sphere of helping small businesses access funding needed for operations, will now provide the technical infrastructure required for the deployment of China’s national blockchain network.According to a report from state-owned Financial News media platform, WeBank will be in charge of the creation and delivery of FISCO BCOS (Be Credible, Open & Secure) open-source consortium chain, for the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN). The BSN Development...

For some time now, Japan’s banking sector has faced many challenges arising from money laundering. This problem has been in the limelight since the Financial Action Task Force found “numerous and serious deficiencies” back in 2014. Japan has long been blamed for weak measures that it has set up against money laundering and terrorism financing.In that context, the U.S. banking multinational, JPMorgan Chase & Co, is looking to launch an Interbank Information Network (IIN) in the East Asian...

According to the press release, the Bank of Lithuania wants the youth to buy collectible coins that remind them of history, money and virtual tech. That’s why the newly prepared coins will live both on a blockchain and in real life. The physical copies will contain signatures of people standing behind the local Act of Independence from 16 February 1918.Per Marius Jurgilas, the Board member of the BoL:“This innovative coin will feature the signatories due to their significant role in the...

Sequel to earlier reports that its digital currency was in the works, the Chinese are reportedly set to test its new digital currency electronic payment (DC/EP) in two cities of Shenzen and Suzhou. Sources further indicate that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) will become the first Central Bank in the world to introduce its digital currency. It has also further emerged that the PBoC is set to work with seven state-owned corporate entities to run this test: three telecoms companies and four...

Smart people are famous for revaluation of their beliefs, and now the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is ready to try implementing their own cryptocurrency to stay ahead of the market. The same man who was calling for a “clampdown on Bitcoin”, Agustín Carstens, now says: “We have a responsibility to be at the cutting edge of the debate. There is really no choice but to do so, as otherwise, events will overtake us…” By “events” Carstens presumably means thousands of companies that...

The General Manager of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Agustin Carstens, has urged for central banks to embrace digital money. He added that the financial world is going through a revolution at the moment, and banks, being trustworthy establishments, should be in control.The Digital Money RevolutionThe head of BIS, Agustin Carstens, appears to be taking a new stand regarding digital money: He said in a recent speech that central banks need to take control over digital assets so...

A Danish bank known as Nordea Bank has taken some flak for saying that its employees are not allowed to hold bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. After a long legal battle, the court has ruled in favor of the institution.Nordea Bank Wins Its CaseAt first glance, the entire issue appears unconstitutional. People should be allowed to invest as they deem fit and hold whatever assets they want without experiencing interference from their employers or outside parties.However, the court ruling over...

Technology has been able to penetrate pretty much every industry in the global economy. The optimization and streamlining feature that the concept has can’t possibly be overstated, and while incumbent traditional organizations still control a large portion of the market share, there is a continued threat of newer firms coming over and posing a lasting challenge.One of the most important sectors of the global economy is the financial sector. As many have stated, the financial sector controls...

In what seems like an about-face, global banking custodian State Street has drastically cut down its Decentralized Ledger Technologies team, as sources indicate. Rather than focus on building a complete DLT ecosystem from scratch which hitherto before now had been the strategy that State Street pursued, the custodian has decided to focus on digital assets which include tokenized stocks and bonds as well cryptocurrencies. Such an approach is to be applied instead of a bottom-up strategy which...