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Block.one is partnering with the LACChain Global Alliance, an enterprise blockchain consortium building a public permissioned network targeting Latin America and the Caribbean.
Backed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), LACChain seeks to maximize the social impact potential blockchain can offer. Meanwhile, Block.one is known as the initiator of the EOS public blockchain and the EOS technology will now be added to LACChain network. To date, the blockchain network used Ethereum-based Hyperledger Besu. So far, there are 40 partners in the alliance and major corporates such as NTT Data’s Everis, IDB and Grupo Sabra operated the nodes on the network.
Key developments of interest over the last month include:
• United Kingdom: The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published two calls for views, one of which focuses on authorised push payment (APP) scams and the other on consumer protection in interbank payments.
• India: The government is planning a cryptocurrency bill with the aim of establishing a framework for the creation of an official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
• United Kingdom: The FCA is consulting on changes to its technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure methods of communication (UK SCA-RTS) and to its Payment Services and Electronic Money Approach Document.
Findora announced today that it has partnered with BSN (Blockchain-based Service Network), the blockchain infrastructure provider backed by the Chinese government.