UK FinTechs Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara collaborate with NatWest and Santander to execute first cross-chain pilot debt transaction on public Ethereum and Fnality Payment System
09-Feb-2022 09:00:00 / by Fnality Press Office posted in Technology, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology, Fnality, Views, digital assets, blockchainadoption, dFMI, central banks, FnPS, DvP
20-Jan-2022 10:30:00 / by Angus Fletcher posted in Technology, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology, Fnality, Views, digital assets, blockchainadoption, dFMI, FnPS
31-Dec-2021 11:30:00 / by Lauren Hume - Talent Acquisition Manager posted in Insider, Fnality, Views, people, agile, Career, Tshaped
Being T-shaped refers to the wealth of skills and experience someone may have, and is particularly useful in the world of recruitment when looking for strong employees or the most desirable candidates.
17-Dec-2021 11:30:00 / by Lauren Hume - Talent Acquisition Manager posted in Fnality, people, Remote First, Ways of Working, agile, culture
Fnality’s ways of working, based on the agile methodology, mean that we are constantly iterating, feeding back and learning. For our team members, in a practical sense that means that we encourage open and honest feedback, and encourage everyone to develop not just themselves, but also others; introspect and be empowered to make suggestions based on your findings. One way we do this is through our fortnightly sprint retrospectives, where, as part of a cross-functional team, we each discuss what went well and what could have gone better in the previous two-week sprint. This can range from talking about a piece of work not going according to plan, deadlines not being reached, morale being...
15-Dec-2021 10:30:00 / by Giulia Secco posted in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology, Fnality, digital assets, payments, settlement, dFMI, interoperability, atomicity
Digitisation and new technologies, like DLT and blockchain, are rapidly innovating the wholesale financial market industry.
Every day a new type of asset becomes ‘tokenised’ (i.e., represented digitally on a distributed ledger), from financial products (e.g., repurchase agreements, fixed income, equities) to any sort of tradable assets (e.g., real estate, IP royalties… forests!) shaping the future tokenised financial markets and potentially creating novel business cases whose magnitude is still hard to define.
At the same time, execution of transactions in existing markets, such as equities, fixed income, FX and derivatives have seen incredible digital automation.
However, post-trade...
08-Dec-2021 08:46:46 / by Jake Hartley posted in Fnality, Views, payments, Legal, CBDC, DLT, central banks, Governance, BIS, cross-border
At Fnality, we are often asked questions along the lines of 'How would new forms of digital money alter your value proposition?’ or 'Where does Fnality 'fit' in a future world with CBDC?'
03-Dec-2021 11:30:00 / by Jowita Lapies posted in Technology, Blockchain, Fnality, people, Ways of Working, remote, agile, Tshaped
Ever wondered what a life in the day of a Platform Engineer looks like at Fnality International? Here is our own Jowita Lapies to tell you all about it.
25-Nov-2021 11:30:00 / by Simone Cortese posted in Fnality, Views, digital assets, dFMI, interoperability, Legal, DLT, central banks, Governance, cross-border, cash on ledger
Fnality's Product Manager, Simone Cortese, discussed the future of DLT ecosystems and why interoperability holds the key to success at the HQLAx Conference on Transforming the Securities Finance Industry via Distributed Ledger Technology. He highlights his key takeaways and insights in this blog post.
19-Nov-2021 13:30:00 / by Ken Cruickshank posted in Fnality, people, Ways of Working, remote, agile, Tshaped, product analyst
Ever wondered what a life in the day of a Product Analyst looks like at Fnality International? Here is our own Ken Cruickshank to tell you all about it.
19-Nov-2021 12:52:21 / by Daniel Heller - Regulatory Affairs Advisor posted in Fnality, Views, payments, Legal, CBDC, DLT, central banks, Governance, BIS, cross-border
Improving cross-border payments has become a top agenda item of global policy makers. The G20 has made “enhancing cross-border payments” a priority in 2019, and it continues to be a priority for 2021 under the Italian G20 presidency. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has launched an extensive roadmap last year, as well: “Faster, cheaper, more transparent and more inclusive cross-border payment services, including remittances, while maintaining their safety and security, would have widespread benefits for citizens and economies worldwide”. In fact, this October the FSB published measurable targets for addressing four key challenges in cross-border payments: cost, speed, access and...