Tag: HSBC

Banque de France shares list of partners with which it will build a central bank digital currency
July 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Banque de France will build a central bank digital currency in partnership with Soc Gen, HSBC and six other partners

The conclusions and results from these experiments will directly contribute to the more global reflection conducted by the Eurosystem on the value of a central bank digital currency. Todd McDonald, Chief Product Officer at R3, said: The digital Euro project is a unique and ambitious undertaking. The Euro was a major innovation itself, so it…

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January 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Kaber Mclean appointed for CEO of HSBC Australia

HSBC announced on Thursday that Kaber Mclean was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the bank’s Australian office. The lender aims to expands in the region as Hong Kong operations are under pressure of anti-government riots. Mclean has been with HSBC since 1996. For more than two decades of service at the bank, he has…

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R3 and SBI Holdings plan to accelerate Corda adoption in Japan
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trade finance solution Voltron launches open platform on Corda blockchain

Bangkok Bank, BNP Paribas, CTBC Holding, HSBC, ING, NatWest, SEB and Standard Chartered in partnership with Bain, CryptoBLK and R3 launch open industry platform, corporate customer pilot programme and technology partner programme on the Corda Network The Voltron initiative has launched the open platform for documentary trade, targeting production on R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform…

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sfc bans
September 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC bans a former relationship manager of HSBC for 12 months

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has informed the public that it has banned Mr Ngo Wing Chun, a former relationship manager of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for 12 months from 20 September 2018 to 19 September 2019 for unauthorized transfer of customer data. The SFC…

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June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC bans a former employee of the HSBC

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that has banned Mr Li Bo, a former employee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), from re-entering the industry for eight months from 9 June 2017 to 8 February 2018 for breaching the SFC’s Code of Conduct. The disciplinary action follows an SFC investigation which…

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May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Disruptive big data company Quantexa begins European expansion

Quantexa, the disruptive big data and analytics company backed by HSBC and Albion Ventures, announced that has opened a new office in Brussels. Further offices in Sydney and New York are due to open within the next 12 months. Following on from last month's $3.3 million fund raising, Quantexa's expansion reflects a growing customer base…

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