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The Banque de France retains 8 service providers to experiment with its digital currency
- July 24, 2020
- Posted by: IZNES
- Categories: Innovation, MDBC
No CommentsThe Banque de France publishes the list of candidates selected for central bank digital money (MDBC) experiments in interbank settlements. Following the examination of the applications received on May 15 in response to the call for applications launched by the Banque de France, the following 8 applications were selected, in alphabetical order: Accenture, Euroclear, HSBC, Iznes, LiquidShare, ProsperUS, Seba Bank and Société Générale-Forge. This list gives pride of place to the historical heavyweights of finance, even with companies such as Iznes and Liquidshare recently created and whose shareholders are among the traditional banking players.
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Iznes accelerates its development in Europe
- July 16, 2020
- Posted by: IZNES
- Category: FinTech
The ACPR granted Iznes the investment company license on June 19. Iznes is the first European operational platform for processing blockchain technology fund share transactions. More than 10 billion euros have been traded since the launch in April 2019. The platform offers a complete solution, available to management companies and their investor clients, from the initiation of a relationship to the maintenance of the register.
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The alarming consolidation of fund distributors
- July 9, 2020
- Posted by: IZNES
- Category: FinTech
The distribution of funds is undergoing a transformation. The European market, historically fragmented and dominated by large Swiss distributors such as UBP, is seeing the development of new players. "There are fewer platforms today than at the beginning of the 2000s. In particular, we have seen a consolidation of the sector since 2017, with the emergence of new platforms such as Allfunds and MFEX," confirms Sylvie Baijot, global head of fund distribution solutions at BNP Paribas Securities Services.