The Bank for International Settlements is seeking private sector participation in a smart-contract project designed by seven central banks to improve cross-border payments
US-based Aeropay has announced the raise of USD 20 million in Series B financing, aimed at further developing its Open Banking and A2A payments services
UK-based climate fintech ekko has raised a USD 2.5 million funding round led by Fuel Ventures to supercharge its ability to bring sustainability to financial services
The Eurosystem has begun a series of trials to assess the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settling wholesale transactions in central bank money