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Today In Digital-First Banking: Philippines Mulls Digital Bank Limits; Ripple Unveils Line Of Credit Beta Offering

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In today’s top news in digital-first banking, the government of the Philippines is considering limiting the number of digital banks that run in the country, while Ripple introduced its Line of Credit beta offering. Philippine Government Considers Digital Bank Limits.

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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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Singapore’s Payment Services Act To Regulate Crypto Firms

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Singapore is aiming to boost cryptocurrency firms by offering them a chance to apply for operating licenses. The move, called the Payment Services Act, will allow global cryptocurrency firms the chance to expand their operations. Binance is backed by Vertex Venture Holdings, the venture capital arm of Singaporean firm Temasek Holdings.

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 In Europe, Digital Banking And APIs Eye Banking As A Service

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As reported in this space, and via announcement sent to PYMNTS, the company’s CEO and Founder Neil Ambikar said that the firm will look to accelerate growth, with an eye on rolling out application programming interface (API) enabled banking services.

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FinTech Startup Revolut Raises $80M In New Funding, Now Valued At $5.5B

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Revolut is also backed by Index Ventures, the global venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, and a half dozen others. Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking. Last week, Revolut, which recently debuted in the U.S.

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Crypto And The (Lack Of) Bank Funding Conundrum

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All businesses need capital to survive. The lack of access to capital can truncate firms’ ability to grab onto new opportunities, to gain scale, to build an audience or even to launch. Thus, if traditional banking conduits are off-limits, companies tend to go where the lenders are … and sometimes down proverbial dark alleys.

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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. In other news, Hawaii is rolling out its inaugural experimental program for cryptocurrency called the Digital Currency Innovation Lab, according to an announcement.

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