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Bitcoin Daily: OCC Grants Crypto Firm Anchorage Conditional Digital Banking License; Crypto Exchange RG Coins Owner Arrested For Money Laundering

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted digital asset platform Anchorage Trust Company a digital banking license, according to a press release Wednesday (Jan. With the national trust bank charter, South Dakota-based Anchorage will become Anchorage Digital Bank , National Association.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: FIS Fuels Rollout Of Quontic Bank Crypto Rewards Account; Aeldra Selects i2c To Power Private Banking Services

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In today’s top news in digital-first banking, FIS is working with Quontic Bank on the Bitcoin Rewards Checking Account, while Aeldra has chosen i2c Inc. to power its digital private banking offerings. FIS Powers Launch Of Quontic Bank’s Bitcoin Rewards Account. Aeldra’s U.S. Aeldra’s U.S.

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Goldman Sachs Appoints New Global Digital Asset Leader

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. “And that can be debt issuances, securitization, loan origination; essentially you’ll have a digital financial markets ecosystem, the options are pretty vast.”. Goldman Sachs predicted in July that online sales will keep increasing around 20 percent every year for the next several years.

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Bitcoin Daily: Hawaii Debuts Digital Currency Lab; Ripple Launches Live X-Border Payments With Thailand’s DeeMoney

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DeeMoney is using RippleNet to process inbound payments coming into Thailand as of now, and it is the first non-bank institution in the country to use RippleNet. The lab will take applications online from March 17 to May 1.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Huntington Merges With TCF Financial; Revolut Launches Four New Crypto Tokens

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The British challenger bank added the new coins in response to high demand from clients, according to a published report. It first added bitcoin, litecoin and ether in 2017. Cleo Raises $44 Million in Series B for Digital Financial Adviser Platform. The company bills itself as a virtual financial assistant and adviser to Gen Z.

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Searching For A New Way To Safeguard Digital Banking

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Frontier ruffians may be a thing of the past, but as banks increasingly move toward or are born online, “robbers” have followed them into the digital age. In the future, Lintner hopes to bring his bank’s services to an arena he sees as a natural extension: cryptocurrency security.

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Connected Devices, Instant Payments, Digital Shift Top This Week’s News

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Revolut Likely To Apply For US Bank Charter. Revolut , the European digital bank, is reportedly near applying for a U.S. banking license. The FinTech is reportedly likely to seek a charter with California’s Division of Financial Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco within the next few weeks.

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