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Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

Fintech News

Indonesia has reached a significant milestone in its journey toward exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) with the completion of the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the wholesale Digital Rupiah under the auspices of Bank Indonesias Project Garuda.

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13 APAC-Born Companies Recognized Among Top Global Cross-Border Payment Leaders of 2025

Fintech News

In particular, its DBS Globesend solution for cross-border payments spans 132 currencies and 190 countries. Nium operates a payout network that supports 100 currencies and which spans more than 220 markets, 100 of which in real-time. DBS Bank is also a participating bank in PayNow, Singapores consumer real-time payments service.

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80+ Companies Shaping The Blockchain Landscape

CB Insights

As of August 2021, 5 different companies in this category raised funding rounds of at least $300M this year: Paxos, BlockFi, Blockchain.com , Fireblocks , and Ledger. The biggest deal was Ledger’s $380M Series C in June, backed in part by Digital Currency Group — the top blockchain investor by deal count since 2017.

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 Visa B2B Connect Goes Global

PYMNTS

In an interview with PYMNTS, Kevin Phalen, head of Global Business Solutions at Visa, told Karen Webster that Visa B2B Connect acts as a brand new, end-to-end global payments network, built on using elements of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and the open source Hyperledger Fabric framework hosted by The Linux Foundation.

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Project mBridge Reaches MVP Stage, Expands International Participation

The Fintech Times

This project aims to create a multi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform for instant cross-border payments and settlements, leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT). The platform now invites further international participation and private sector proposals for value-added solutions.

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Meet the 18 Finalists for the 2024 Global Fintech Hackcelerator

Fintech News

The shortlisted teams, comprising fintech firms and solution providers from regions including Australia, India, the United States, and Kenya, have presented proposals utilising technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to enhance financial well-being and resilience in today’s evolving economic landscape.

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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 25/01

The Fintech Times

Mastercard and The Clearing House (TCH ) have extended their multi-year partnership, bringing the companies together to collaborate on innovative capabilities for consumers, businesses and governments to evolve and embrace the digital economy through real-time payments (RTP) adoption on the RTP® network. Unicoin Inc.,