Japan grants cryptocurrency body regulatory powers; blockchain firms in China need to register identities; Trading begins at Shenzhen-based HKEx owned commodities exchange.
Corporate treasurers are becoming more open to working and investing into technology startups that can solve specific business issues. Flexible partnerships are now the order of the day, it seems.
India’s central bank grants licences for the new category of ‘payments bank’ to enable non-financial corporations to target individuals without bank accounts.