A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities, either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank is the connection between customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their influence within a financial system and an economy, banks are generally highly regulated in most countries.
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Financial bigwigs are still shitting on Bitcoin
For years, financial bigwigs have criticized cryptocurrencies such a Bitcoin, while often lauding its underlying blockchain ...
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Moonday Mornings: Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten may be getting into cryptocurrencies
Your weekly dose of over-the-weekend blockchain news is here: Indian scammers swindle investors out of $14 million worth ...
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JP Morgan’s new digital 'coin' is not a cryptocurrency, or even a stablecoin
Do we really need another digital payment thing for institutional players to send money between themselves? JP Morgan says ...
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Saudi Arabia and UAE confirm joint cryptocurrency trial
Saudi Arabia’s and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAB) central banks have teamed up to test a new cryptocurrency.
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ABN AMRO isn't making a Bitcoin wallet - but it might
Earlier this week, ABN AMRO appeared to confirm via Twitter that it's running a trial of a new cryptocurrency wallet. But ...
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Major Dutch bank bets on NY blockchain firm with 5-year deal
Dutch multi-national banking giant ING has signed a five-year deal with a blockchain services firm to roll out distributed ...
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HSBC leans on blockchain tech to process $250b worth of fx transactions
Global bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology.
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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies
63 central banks were surveyed on the status their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave of digitized ...
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South Korean bank wants to use blockchain to reduce human error
South Korea's second largest bank is in the middle of rolling out a blockchain-based system designed to reduce human error. ...
