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Policy

Visa and Santander Selected by Brazil’s Central Bank for a Second Phase of CBDC Pilot

In May 2023, the BCB selected 14 participants for the first phase of the pilot.

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) coming to Brazil’s B3 exchange (Unsplash)

Finance

Santander Selects Crypto Custody Firm Taurus for Safeguarding: Source

Santander Private Bank last week said it was offering bitcoin and ether trading for clients with accounts in Switzerland.

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Policy

Crédit Agricole’s CACEIS Gains Crypto Custody Registration in France

The traditional finance giant has been rumored to be seeking the status for years.

The Financial Markets Authority in Paris, France (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Finance

Santander UK Puts Limits on Payments to Crypto Exchanges

The bank takes note of the risks of investing in crypto and rising crypto fraud.

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Finance

Santander Launches Loans Backed by Tokenized Commodities Such as Soy and Corn

The Spanish banking multinational has partnered with Agrotoken, an agricultural commodities tokenization platform, to offer the loans.

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Finance

Santander Blocks Binance Payments for UK Customers

The bank said it’s heeding the FCA’s warnings about Binance.

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Tech

Major Spanish Firms Including Santander Unveil Blockchain Identity Project

A group of Spanish companies, including banks and energy firms, is working to develop a "self-managed" digital identity system using blockchain technology.

a row of parked, Santander-sponsored bicycles, aka Boris bikes.

Finance

Santander Hires Former Apple Pay Exec to Lead P2P Payments

Santander's new hire, Trish Burgess, formerly helped lead the launches of Apple Card and Apple Pay.

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Finance

Santander Exec Claims Blockchain Success as Bank Redeems Ethereum-Issued Bond

"This unequivocally proves that a debt security can be managed through its full lifecycle," said an exec.

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Markets

Leading Japanese Firms Partner on Security Token Research

MUFG launched a 22-member research consortium of security issuers, broker dealers and tech companies to set standards for security token management.

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