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WSFS taps blockchain firm Intain to automate capital markets transactions

Bank Innovation

WSFS Bank is working with Intain, a blockchain firm based in Chennai, India, to help automate capital markets transactions. based bank, a subsidiary of WSFS Financial, said it’s using Intain’s blockchain-based tool to facilitate trustee reporting for asset-backed securities transactions. The Wilmington, Del.-based

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Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases I

Bank Innovation

Wholesale financial services has attracted more of the talk and the very early “walk” of blockchain use cases. 15 months ago when I officially committed to Fintech content creation in Capital markets and Wealth management; I was cautious not to discuss blockchain (still not included in Word’s standard dictionary).

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Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases II

Bank Innovation

Izabella Kaminska at FTAlphaville, has done an excellent job of putting the current blockchain project-users cases in perspective. Is there a suspicion… Read more Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases II. She also mentions that all this versioning is introducing lots of new risks.

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Blockchain in capital markets: benefits and challenges

Bobsguide

Blockchain, or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), is one of the most hyped new branches of digital tech in recent history. Invented as the underlying framework to power Bitcoin, it is now being applied in some way to every industry, including capital markets. The potential applications of.

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Blockchain Startup BitPay Raises $40M for Asia Expansion

Bank Innovation

BitPay, a blockchain payments company, closed a Series B of $40 million yesterday, the company announced. BitPay named either Hong Kong or Singapore as its next potential market, as reported by […]. The money, as previously mentioned by the startup, will go towards expanding its international operations.

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Blockchain-Powered B2B FinTech Roars Back With VCs

PYMNTS

It’s been several months, if not years, since blockchain was the darling of tech startup investors, but this week proved the technology still has a lot to offer venture capitalists. blockchain startup Envoy will be used to bolster its supply chain and trade finance platform, the company told PYMNTS in an emailed announcement.

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World Bank Lands $33M For Australian Blockchain Bond

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The World Bank announced it has raised $33 million from investors for its blockchain-based “Kangaroo” bond, Bond- i. The bond, which is due August 2020, is the first bond created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life-cycle using distributed ledger (blockchain) technology. This isn’t World Bank’s only blockchain project.