February 19, 2025
Financial Assets

FCA rules out compensation and criminal investigation into Blackmore Bonds

The Financial Conduct Authority has said it will not issue compensation payments or launch a criminal investigation in relation to the Blackmore Bonds case. Today (February 6) the regulator wrote to those who had complained about the unregulated firm which issued mini-bonds. Blackmore Bonds was set up in 2016 and, until 2018, ran an investment scheme

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Financial Assets

Chainlink Launches Digital Assets Sandbox to Foster Innovation in Financial Institutions

Chainlink has announced the launch of the Chainlink Digital Assets Sandbox (DAS), a platform designed to help financial institutions explore and develop digital asset solutions. The DAS offers a controlled environment where institutions can experiment with tokenizing traditional financial instruments, such as bonds, and explore the use of digital tokens as collateral or for trading

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Financial Assets

FinTechs Need Gut Check as They Safeguard Money

As the regulatory gaze sharpens on FinTechs, the companies themselves are mindful that they need new tools and a new approach to operations, in order to stay on the right side of the regulators. “The cost of fraud is high,” Ryan Dew, SVP, Product Solutions for Thredd, noted to PYMNTS in a recent interview, adding

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Intangible Assets

US Copyright Office calls for ‘prompt federal action’ to combat AI deepfakes

The United States Copyright Office says that artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes pose a serious threat to Americans and called on Congress to urgently formulate a new law for the sector. The Office was charged by Congress with conducting research and collecting public views on the best way to oversee the nascent AI sector, especially since

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