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Finextra's year in review

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As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2016, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 3 January 2017.

Blockchain

Royal Canadian Mint joins Goldmoney blockchain platform

21 December 2016  | 0  | 10  | 4 

The Royal Canadian Mint is to allow transfers of gold bullion value stored in its vaults over a blockchain network run by Goldmoney Inc.

Retail banking

Robo-advisor Munnypot soft launches in UK

21 December 2016  | 0  | 11  | 9 

Munnypot, a mobile-first robo-advisor service created by the former founders of financial advisory firm Cavanagh Group, has soft-launched in the UK with a range of corporate partners.

Payments

BNP Paribas applies blockchain technology to corporate payments

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BNP Paribas has completed its first live cross-border B2B payments between corporate clients using blockchain technology.

Payments

Hungary presses the button on instant payments

21 December 2016  | 0  | 16  | 11 

The National Bank of Hungary is drawing up plans to introduce an instant money transfer framework for domestic payments by 2019.

Security

Hole-in-the-wall gang get 43-year jail stretch

21 December 2016  | 0  | 4  | 4 

Four men who caused a series of explosions and fires at cash machines have been jailed for a combined total of more than 43 years.

Features and analysis

The Fed's take on distributed ledgers

The road to faster payments

MIT's digital banking manifesto

The future of fintech in capital markets

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23 December 2016  | 0 

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22 December 2016  | 0 

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22 December 2016  | 0  | 1 

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22 December 2016  | 0  | 2  | 2 

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22 December 2016  | 0  | 2 

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Retail banking

MetLife opens virtual reality channel

21 December 2016  | 0  | 10  | 5 

MetLife in India has launched a new customer service platform available only through a virtual reality headset.

Payments

UK watchdog calls on Diebold Nixdorf to address competition concerns

20 December 2016  | 2 

Anti-trust watchdog the CMA has suggested a number of remedies to counteract a reduction in competition for the supply of cashpoints in the UK in the wake of the $1.8 billion merger between Diebold and Wincor Nixdorf.

Wholesale banking

Big banks prepare $20 million funding round for Axoni - Reuters

20 December 2016  | 0  | 6  | 4 

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Icap are among a clutch of major financial institutions preparing to invest up to $20 million in blockchain startup Axoni, according to a report by Reuters.

Retail banking

CommBank IT man jailed over bribery charges

20 December 2016  | 0  | 2  | 2 

A former CommBank IT executive who pleaded guilty to taking bribes in a cash for contracts scandal has received a three-and-a-half year jail sentence from Australian courts.