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The last few years have seen many legacy banks experimenting with the blockchain craze in terms of testing new technologies.

Countries leading in crypto markets in Africa currently are South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana, and Botswana, which means some

Cryptocurrencies have important and convincing use cases over ordinary fiat currencies issued and run by central banks and governments. These

Cross-border payments are probably the most referred to and known use case of blockchain and crypto/tokens in banking and financial

South African-based, Standard Bank aims to launch a private permissioned blockchain payment system to facilitate foreign exchange trades on behalf

Frick, a family-run, Liechtenstein-based bank announced on February 22 that they will launch a platform for institutional trading of cryptocurrency.

Mastercard and Visa are planning to increase fees they charge U.S. merchants for processing transactions, starting this April. The two

The Blockchain is set to revolutionize trading of and the transactions relating to money market securities following a recent successful

Many SMEs struggle greatly when it comes to cash flow issues, with a large number of them — 82% to

JP Morgan bank is the latest bank, a major bank in the U.S. to launch a digital coin, and this

Visa and MasterCard enjoy a duopoly, accounting for more than 80% of all European Union card transactions. But the dominance

We had the TenX, Wirex, Monaco, Shift and ePayments as providers of crypto debit card that can be used to

UAE central bank is collaborating with Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (Sama) to issue a cryptocurrency on blockchain, in order to

Coinone‘s payments subsidiary Coinone Transfer has relaunched its global payment and remittance app called Cross which uses Ripple’s xCurrent product

CGCX.io is partnering with the Archipelago Group and an investment and asset management company IBH Capital to offer a blockchain-based

Switzerland-based bank Gazprombank will start offering cryptocurrency services to its clients in mid-2019 as part of a solution that will

Silvergate Bank is now serving more than 483 cryptocurrency startups in the United States by providing them with banking services within a

A New York-based full-service commercial bank Signature bank has, in collaboration with a New York-based blockchain firm trueDigital Holdings…

Wyoming state legislators in the U.S. passed, on November 30th, 2018, a bill that allows for the integration of blockchain

Cryptocurrency is no longer an idea without a purpose. It has many purposes already. Yes, that’s rights. One of those

After the launch of the Monaco card in Singapore, the program will now roll-out in the United States following a

Fincross International, a new cryptocurrency investment bank based in Mauritius, has received an approval in principal for an investment banking

A quarter of America’s affluent millenials are either hodling or spending cryptos according to a recent report from Edelman. 31

Any person who holds Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Ethereum classic and Litecoin among other cryptocurrencies can now generate returns by

While retail customer lending is nothing new in traditional banking, there are several limitations and barriers to overcome for lenders.

Visa is planning to launch the commercial version of its blockchain-based B2B Connect Platform in the first quarter of 2019.

Singapore-based Huobi cryptocurrency exchange is planning to expand operations to Middle Eastern, African and South Asian according to an announcement

The Financial Services Agency of Japan has formally approved the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), which gives the latter

Bitcoin customers can now use debit cards to buy Bitcoin in up to 100,000 Genmega ATMs in the U.S. following

EQIBank, which defines itself as the world’s first licensed and regulated bank for fiat and digital assets, has launched promising

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which is the country’s central bank and financial regulator, says it is willing to help

Swiss-based cryptocurrency startup SEBA Crypto AG has raised $103 million to establish a bank that will offer cryptocurrency services and

German blockchain banking service Bitwala is planning to launch a platform that allows users to manage fiat and Bitcoin funds

The Russian subsidiary of the Raiffeisen Bank International has issued its first electronic mortgage on Masterchain, a local blockchain. Masterchain,

Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) is investigating a number of banks in relation to the

Maerki Baumann, a Swiss bank, will partner with cryptocurrency firms to offer accounts to them. To that end, the bank

Japan-based SoftBank, which is Uber’s largest shareholder, together with Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. and TBCA Soft Inc., have together trialed a