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Despite Crackdowns, China Remains One of the World’s Top Crypto Market
Despite crackdowns on cryptocurrency trading and mining, China remains one of the most active cryptocurrency markets in the world, according to a new report by blockchain data platform Chainalysis. Between January and June 2021, cryptocurrency addresses believed to be controlled
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Cross-Border Payments Firm Currenxie Pulls in US$10 Million From Series A Fundraise
Currenxie, a Hong Kong-headquartered cross-border payments company, announced that it has successfully closed a US$10 million Series A funding round led by family office BF Belmont. Predominantly self-funded by Goldman Sachs alumni and co-founders, Riccardo and Alison Capelvenere, the latest
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BBVA Signs Deal To Join Ant Group’s Blockchain-Based Trading Platform Trusple
BBVA has signed an agreement to integrate its cross-border payment and financing services on Trusple, a blockchain-based trading platform powered by Alibaba’s affiliate Ant Group, for greater transparency and security. Trusple aims to accelerate the digital transformation and facilitate the
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Airstar Bank Expands Its Banking Services for SMEs With Loan Offering
Xiaomi and AMTD’s virtual bank Airstar has launched another stage of its pilot trial which features the SME Easy Pay Loan offering to bring a faster and more convenient loan experience to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) This comes on
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Huawei Vows To Enable Digital Ecosystem-Based Finance in APAC
Huawei held its first virtual Asia-Pacific Intelligent Finance Summit 2021 with the theme “Accelerate Digital Transformation in Banking, New Value Together” on 29 July 2021. As economies across the Asia-Pacific region continue to recover and rebound, leading banks and financial
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