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Liquid Craft Dragons & Bourbon NFT Series Goes Live

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November 24, 2021

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Windsor, Colorado–(Newsfile Corp. – November 23, 2021) – Liquid Craft – a new project merging traditional liquor investing with blockchain technology through physical asset backing of NFTs – has successfully launched the public sale of their Dragons & Bourbon liquid art series, having gone live at 12PM PST today.

Liquid Craft Liquor-Backed NFTs Live Now for Whitelisted

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The innovative proposal comprises NFTs acting as an ownership authentication for physical assets – in this case bottles of liquor starting with bourbon for the first release. The upcoming marketplace will house all exclusive releases from crafters around the world, including fine wines, spirits, and beers, for investors to buy, sell, and trade their collectible bottles on an international level.

MINTING PAGE: https://mint.liquidcraft.io/

The Dragons & Bourbon NFT series – Liquid Craft’s First

Dragons & Bourbon is the first NFT series – a collaboration between Liquid Craft and The Heart Distillery – an award winning distiller based in Windsor, Colorado. The owner of the distiller Zach Weakland is also the head of Liquid Craft, bringing first-hand experience of the liquor industry to the project – a passionate attribute usually associated with the success of a new innovation.

The 1500 exclusive small-batch bottles of bourbon are being sourced from this distiller, and with the release being split in two tiers – 750 on each – there will be two distinctive bottles of bourbon for these tiers. The Ethereum Network tier will have a typical rounded bottle with 123 proof cask strength, and the Binance Smart Chain tier will have a square-shaped bottle, with 100 proof cask strength. Both bottles will have a unique taste to each batch of 750 using homegrown and locally sourced ingredients to create their premium bourbon, which will only be exclusively available during the Liquid Craft launch.

The NFTs we’re released on Nov 20th at a cost of 0.2 ETH for Tier One, and 0.7 BNB for Tier Two – a small discount for whitelisted investors. The public launch will list at 0.22 ETH for Tier One, and 0.75 BNB.

Airdrops for First Buyers of the DNB Series

Any participant that purchases an NFT on any of the two tiers will be eligible for an airdrop of the native $CRAFT token – releasing in the near future. Depending on the tier purchased, the amount received will vary: up to 4500 tokens for the ETH tier, and up to 1500 for the BSC tier. The airdrop comes with additional benefits for purchasers; entry to future promotions, giveaways, as well as exclusive offers and discounts.

Blockchain Technology and the Traditional Liquor Industry

The revolutionary marketplace Liquid Craft aims to bring to liquor and crypto investors, will provide an improved way of purchasing and selling liquor internationally – by allowing an easy and secure process of backing NFTs with the bottles as a form of ownership authentication. The exclusive future releases will be available only on the Liquid Craft marketplace, and won’t be replicable, nor obtainable from anywhere else.

The proposal eliminates intermediary processes that exist in current liquor investing – by having the exclusive bottle stored at the supplier, unless harvested by the owner at the expense of the NFT representing it. By leaving the bottle untouched, it greatly reduces any possible damages that come with international shipment of fragile goods. If a harvest is requested, the NFT is removed from the supply permanently, and the bottle is sent to the owner – as the art piece no longer exists, the bottle cannot be traded on the Liquid Craft marketplace, or any secondary market.

The Public Launch and Future of Liquid Craft

The public launch of the Dragons & Bourbon NFT went live earlier today, with the $CRAFT token launch and the marketplace proposition the next steps on the roadmap. The project reach and community will be significantly extended in line with increased marketing plans.

Liquid Craft have partnered with leading crypto marketing agency – Coinpresso – who are using full-stack digital marketing strategies through SEO, Content Marketing, and Social Media Marketing. The marketplace offering is where these efforts are synergised and the utility of $CRAFT is brought to life.

The innovation presents an opportunity for the traditional liquor industry to make use of evolving blockchain technology, to better both markets. By using NFTs with tangible value through their physical asset backing, it increases the appeal and security of two huge markets that are currently captivating a large portion of the world cash flow. The liquor market relies heavily on international tourism, which has been seen at record lows – the project offers a lifeline to businesses that have struggled with this crisis, and can better suit crafters for any future events.

Minting Page: https://mint.liquidcraft.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CraftLiquid
Telegram: https://t.me/Liquid_craft

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Chiba Bank to deploy Moneythor personalisation engine for Chibagin app

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May 17, 2024

Peter Tolan

Chiba Bank, a regional bank dedicated to serving the communities and businesses within Japan’s Chiba prefecture, has entered into a partnership with Moneythor to enhance personalized banking experiences. Through this collaboration, Chiba Bank aims to offer tailored services to its customers.

Utilizing Moneythor’s financial services personalization engine, Chiba Bank will integrate advanced features into its Chibagin app. This app enables users to perform various banking tasks such as checking account balances, transferring funds, making deposits, conducting loan transactions, and paying taxes and utility bills—all without the need to visit one of the bank’s 181 branches across Japan.

Moneythor’s engine deployment promises to provide app users with personalized insights tailored to their unique preferences. These insights encompass money management, savings capabilities, and cash flow predictions, enriching the overall digital banking experience.

Chiba Bank anticipates that this technology will foster stronger connections with its customers and enhance their digital banking journey. Moreover, Moneythor’s extensive global experience is seen as a valuable asset, offering financial insights and best practices to further refine the bank’s digital banking offerings.

As a self-designated engagement banking group with significant assets, Chiba Bank has been implementing a mid-term plan since April last year. This plan focuses on evolving its customer-focused business model through personalized proposals, enhancing existing business models, and exploring new business areas. The bank aims to achieve these objectives by March 31, 2026.

Hideki Shibata, Executive Officer and General Manager of the Digital Strategies Unit at Chiba Bank, believes that the adoption of the Moneythor engine will empower customers with personalized insights and recommendations aligned with their interests. This initiative reflects the bank’s commitment to providing personalized, seamless, and engaging digital experiences, thereby fostering a sense of community among its customers and catering to their evolving digital needs.

Source: fintechfutures.com

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TerraPay and barq Set the Stage for Swift and Secure Cross-Border Transfers

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May 17, 2024

Peter Tolan

barq, a fintech application, and TerraPay, a global money transfer company, have formed a strategic partnership to offer rapid and secure international money transfer services. This collaboration harnesses TerraPay’s expansive global payments network, aligning with barq’s objective of broadening its service portfolio to meet the increasing demands of the fintech sector.

TerraPay and barq Forge Alliance

The partnership is poised to strengthen barq’s capabilities in providing efficient financial services both domestically within Saudi Arabia and internationally. This development comes on the heels of barq obtaining a license from the Saudi Central Bank in January.

Ahmed Alenazi, CEO of barq, expressed his enthusiasm, stating: “We are thrilled to partner with TerraPay to enhance our international money transfer services. This collaboration underscores our commitment to innovation and ensuring customer satisfaction.”

Ani Sane, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer at TerraPay, remarked: “This partnership is more than just another agreement; it exemplifies our dedication to supporting promising initiatives in Saudi Arabia like barq. Through this collaboration, we aim to deliver swift, efficient, and secure international money transfer services that adhere to global standards.”

Developed in Riyadh, barq is expected to make a significant impact on Saudi Arabia’s fintech landscape with its services, secure payment methods, and experienced team.

Ani Sane’s comments reflect the shared commitment of both companies to deliver high-quality financial services and contribute to the advancement of the fintech sector in Saudi Arabia.

Source: financemagnates.com

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CUBE acquires global regulatory intelligence businesses from Thomson Reuters

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May 17, 2024

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LONDON, May 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — CUBE, a global leader in Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI) and Regulatory Change Management (RCM), announces today its acquisition of the Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden products and businesses.

The acquisition of these global businesses represents a major step forward in CUBE’s growth plans. It will deliver significant scale across many of the world’s leading and systemically important financial institutions. CUBE’s existing global customer base will be expanded to total approximately 1,000 customers in banking, insurance, asset and investment management, payments and adjacent regulated industries.

CUBE’s global employees will expand to 600, of which close to 250 are highly qualified regulatory subject matter experts, legal and compliance professionals.

Ben Richmond, founder and CEO of CUBE said: “Thomson Reuters is known to be the biggest and best in the industry for providing regulatory expert analysis and subject matter expertise, alongside world-leading journalism and news. The combination of CUBE’s purpose-built AI, with the years of content curated by Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden expert analysts, will accelerate innovation. Together, we will deliver regulatory transformation capabilities for our global customers that could only have been imagined before.”

Richmond continues: “This combination will provide tremendous scale and depth across CUBE’s regulatory content and technology. It is a significant step toward creating an industry-defining regulatory compliance and risk platform that will benefit all customers and elevate the industry as a whole.”

Through this acquisition, CUBE will provide an expanded and comprehensive selection of specialized regulatory intelligence and regulatory change services, committed to excellence, quality, and highly contextualised and meaningful regulatory content for customers. By combining cutting-edge technology and subject matter expertise at scale CUBE will set a new bar for the industry in regulatory automation and content.

Chris Maguire, General Manager, Risk and Fraud, Corporates, Thomson Reuters said: “It was clear to us that CUBE had established itself as a leading regulatory intelligence provider for global enterprise clients in the financial services and insurance sectors. We wanted to ensure our customers and employees could work with an organisation that would continue to innovate and significantly invest in solutions like Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden. We are working tirelessly to ensure a seamless and value-enhancing transition for customers and employees, and we are looking forward to working with the CUBE team during this transition.”

Christopher Fielding, Hg, said: “We’re delighted to further extend our market reach, bringing in two high quality and complementary global businesses to the CUBE platform.”

Thomas Martin, Hg, added: “We see these acquisitions as enabling further innovation in the regulatory intelligence and change management sector, leading to strengthened demand for these quality solutions across the globe.”

The terms of the transaction will not be disclosed.

About CUBE

CUBE provides a highly comprehensive and robust source of classified, and meaningful AI-driven regulatory data to power its Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI) and Regulatory Change Management (RCM) solutions. CUBE’s purpose-built regulatory technology including its AI engine (RegBrain) and software platform (RegPlatform) tracks, analyses, and monitors laws, rules, and regulations in every country and in every published language to create an always up-to-date regulatory footprint that transforms visibility and compliance capability for customers across the globe.

With operations across Europe, North America, Canada, Asia, and Australia, CUBE serves a diverse and global base of customers and partners including the largest financial institutions in the world who leverage CUBE’s platform to streamline their complex regulatory intelligence and change management processes.

Following the strategic partnership with Hg in March 2024, CUBE announced the acquisition of US-based Reg-Room in May 2024.

About Hg

Hg supports the building of sector-leading enterprises that supply businesses with critical software applications or workflow services, delivering a more automated workplace for their customers.

This industry is characterised by digitisation trends that are in early stages of adoption and are set to transform the workplace for professionals over decades to come. Hg’s support combines deep end-market knowledge with world class operational resources, together providing compelling support to entrepreneurial leaders looking to scale their business – businesses that are well invested, enduring and serve their customers well.

With a vast European network and strong presence across North America, Hg’s 400 employees and around $70 billion in funds under management support a portfolio of around 50 businesses, worth over $140 billion aggregate enterprise value, with over 110,000 employees, consistently growing revenues at more than 20%.

About Regulatory Intelligence

Regulatory Intelligence is a proactive, connected, and comprehensive solution that tracks and analyses regulatory changes within ~2,000 regulatory bodies and rulebooks for more than 20 countries. It enables banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sectors to manage exposure to operational, regulatory, and compliance risk.

About Oden

Oden State Rules and Regulations (SR&R), Oden Policy Terminator/Sentry PT, and OdenTrack provide repositories and automated solutions for complying with state rules and regulations on the provisioning of Personal and Business Insurance in the US.

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