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HKMA Unveils Stablecoin Sandbox Participants, Ensuring ‘Sustainable and Responsible Development’

The Fintech Times

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has revealed the participants for its stablecoin issuer sandbox, which will be able to test plans to issue a stablecoin in Hong Kong. HKMA expects all sandbox participants to comply with the sandbox requirements.

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Fourteen Teams Have Been Chosen to Participate With the Bank of Israel in the “Digital Shekel Challenge”

Fintech Finance

The teams that proposed use cases in the Challenge represent veteran financial companies, fintech firms, technology firms, and private teams. The challenge’s sandbox will begin operating at the beginning of August, and will enable the selected teams to develop the use cases they have proposed.

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Mastercard and The Clearing House deepen their partnership to zero in on new instant payments applications 

Tearsheet

This extended partnership will focus on integrating additional instant payment use cases across a range of payment flows for consumers, businesses, and governments. FedNow and RTP are eyeing new use cases to compete for bank partnerships, however, achieving widespread adoption remains a shared hurdle for both instant payment rails.

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Project Ensemble: Hong Kong Embraces Asset Tokenisation With New Sandbox

The Fintech Times

On 28 August 2024, HKMA officially launched the Project Ensemble Sandbox, which will test a wide range of tokenisation use cases, including the settlement of tokenised real-world assets (such as green bonds, carbon credits, aircraft, electric vehicle charging stations, and treasury management).

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Open Banking Excellence (OBE) Launches First of its Kind Open Banking in a Box Programme to Drive UK Ecosystem Expansion Abroad

Open Banking Excellence

With the UK government continuing to support the UK’s broader fintech environment and promote open banking innovation, Open Banking in a Box will champion the UK’s world-leading open banking standards and make the case for greater cross-border interoperability that will benefit UK PLC and support financial inclusion globally.

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Corporate Cards Find Their Niche In B2B Use Cases 

PYMNTS

B2B FinTechs are once again showing the different use cases for corporate card technology and how these offerings add value to the enterprise. The card provides carriers with fuel discounts at more than 1,000 participating truck stops without the need to pay transaction fees. Meanwhile, Paystand launched its new Zero Card.

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What Would it Take to See an NFT Revival?

The Fintech Times

However, the idea that digital assets are exclusively some form of currency is slowly falling by the wayside as different use cases are emerging and being rapidly adopted. However, in the last couple of years, behind the scenes, some developers have continued to bet on the technology for other use cases.

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