Banking
60 Latin American Banks Can Now Use Bitcoin for Cross-Border Payments
Crypto exchange Bitex wants to decrease costs associated with cross-border banking using the bitcoin blockchain.
Goldman Sachs Analysts' Slide Suggests Now's a Good Time to Buy Bitcoin
Market intel from Goldman Sachs suggests investors should capitalize on the current price dip and buy bitcoin.
This Bank Gave Bitcoin to Its Entire Staff. Now It's Taking Crypto Clients
Quontic, a small bank in New York, has started working with crypto firms, joining the very short list of institutions to embrace the sector.
Investors Can Now Trade Ether and British Pounds on the Same Blockchain
LAB577, a team of ex-Royal Bank of Scotland engineers, has built a system for settling crypto and fiat trades on R3's Corda Network.
Marijuana-Focused Stablecoin Issuer Added to Arizona Fintech Sandbox
Arizona's fintech program has added a controversial startup using stablecoins to evade federal regulations
Sony Co-Leads €13 Million Raise for Crypto Banking Startup Bitwala
Bitwala raised almost $14.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group.
Philippines' UnionBank Launches Stablecoin, Conducts Country's First Bank Blockchain Transaction
The group ran its first transaction between three rural banks in an effort to improve its remittance offerings.
MIT Fellow Says Facebook 'Lifted' His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency
MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.
R3 Taps Software Sales Vet to 'Evangelize' Paid Version of Corda
R3 has hired software sales pro Cathy Minter as chief revenue officer to grow the user base for its paid DLT product, Corda Enterprise.
Brazilian Bank Plans to Use Tezos Blockchain for STOs Worth $1 Billion
BTG Pactual, Brazil's fifth largest bank, plans to utilize the Tezos blockchain for security token offerings potentially worth $1 billion.
