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SINGAPORE (Oct 3): A consortium comprising OCBC Bank, HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have completed a proof of concept (PoC) for a new type of Know Your Cutomer (KYC) blockchain service.

HONG KONG (Sept 25): In the mid-1990s, Johnson Leung embarked on a career in shipping. In the early 2000s, he moved to finance. And now, he runs a Hong Kong startup that aims to improve how container ships are booked using blockchain technology.

SINGAPORE (Sept 18): Billionaire businessman Oei Hong Leong is upping the ante with plans of a US$5 billion ($6.7 billion) data centre business to propel Singapore forward as a new information technology and investment centre.

SINGAPORE (July 25): For the first time in the fund industry, investors have successfully purchased the shares of real funds with real cash, through a blockchain-powered platform for fund managers, called FundsDLT.

SINGAPORE (July 7): Crypto-currencies like Bitcoin are in the news again, as they fluctuate in price, while central banks investigate setting up their own versions.

NEW YORK (June 1): Step aside, bitcoin. There’s another digital token in town that’s winning over the hearts and wallets of cryptocurrency enthusiasts across the globe.

SINGAPORE (April 6): In line with the global trend, 88% of respondents from Singapore’s financial institutions this year see financial technology (fintech) as a real threat to their revenue as compared to just 73% in 2016, according to a new report by P

SINGAPORE (March 9): A proof-of-concept project on the use of distributed ledger technology  to conduct domestic interbank payments has come to a successful conclusion, announced the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Thursday in a press statement.