ixFintech Group Limited Wins TADS Awards 2021, Eco-System Excellence (KYC/Compliance)

HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ixFintech Group Limited (ixFintech) is honored to announce that the company has won the TADS Awards 2021 under the Eco-System Excellence (KYC/Compliance) category.

ixFintech Group created a DEFI machine, DAEM (Digital Asset Exchange Machine) and ixWallet both installed with post quantum computing security, based on code-based post-quantum cryptography. Both are the world�s first in the market. In addition, both are connected to anti-money laundering (AML) solution which generates risk score for Bitcoin and Ethereum public addresses to reduce platform vulnerability exposure. This is provided on top of the basic features on client onboarding process including fingerprint and photos upload to a secured backend system, making the solution probably the safest and most compliant solution in the world.

The Tokenized Assets & Digital Securities Awards (“TADS Awards”) is the world’s first annual international awards for Tokenized Assets & Digital Securities sector. It celebrates this industry by recognizing and honoring significant contributions and distinguished achievements worldwide. Hosted annually, the TADS Awards brings together individuals and businesses to share the energy that tokenization brings to the financial sector. The 2nd year inaugural ceremony of the TADS Awards — “TADS AWARDS GALA 2021” was hosted in Hong Kong on 5 November as one of the satellite events of the Hong Kong Fintech Week.

TADS Awards also aims to nurture the growth of these specific industries by jointly establishing “best practices” and setting “measuring standards” for high-quality tokenized assets and digitized securities, together with other industry leaders on the global market.

“We are delighted that our hard work in the development of digital assets in the past has been recognized by the market. Going forward we hope to work more closely with the local government and regulators to shape a safe and compliant ecosystem for our finance industry and make development of digital assets sustainable. We believe there are many meaningful applications yet to be explored using the blockchain technology in finance. In particular, re-mobilize resources and capital into projects that are meaningful to the world. Thank you TADS Awards and the judges for their time and effort in this event. I am also very happy to receive the award from Mr. Albert Yip, ex State Street banker and a friend from United Nations task force committee,” said Irene Wong, Founder and CEO of ixFintech.

Mr. Samson Lee, Chairman of Steering Committee of TADS Awards, and Founder and CEO of Coinstreet Partners said, “I am delighted to see the TADS Awards make an even larger impact in the industry, as the TADS market has gained momentum globally this year. Big congratulations to ixFintech to be one of the winners of TADS Awards 2021 who has done amazing work for the Hong Kong tech ecosystem and community.”

Earlier this year, the solution won multiple grand awards including Startup of the Year in the Hong Kong Impetus Award by MetroRadio and KPMG and the Platinum award on Blockchain, Currency and CEP (Cryptoasset Exchange Providers) from IFTA Fintech Achievement Awards 2020; the highest honour of the category.

ixWallet 2.0 version will be released before Christmas. ixFintech strives to build the best next generation digital asset financial framework, integrating with its decentralized ixWallet, targeted to facilitate exchange between traditional assets and digital assets. It can also make global payment transfer more easier and convert different currencies instantly.

For more information about TADS Awards: https://tadsawards.org/

About ixFintech

ixFintech Limited is a Hong Kong based Fintech company with mission to bridge the traditional finance and new digital finance in a secured and compliant way. As a former participant of the Cyberport Hong Kong Incubation Program, ixFintech graduated by launching the ixOption App in August 2018, aiming to improve financial literacy on derivatives and was awarded with the ETNet Fintech Award 2018. The app was also awarded with the “Top 10 Trading Solution Providers in APAC 2019” by CIO magazine in the USA. In October 2019, ixFintech was named as one of the “50 Innovative Companies to Watch” by The Silicon Review magazine in the US. Over the years, ixFintech strives to provide innovation on different Fintech areas including cross boarder payment solution, blockchain technology, wealth management and trading platform etc. and gained market recognition from different awards. In January 2020, ixFintech was honoured to have received, for the second time, an award from ETNet Hong Kong on the Hong Kong Fintech Awards 2019 (wealth and investment section) for its ixCrypto Index Platform with the first crypto index in Hong Kong. During the same year, ixFintech was awarded the Silver Award in Innovative Tech of IFTA Fintech Achievement Awards 2019. In October 2020, ixFintech was awarded “Startup of the Year” in Hong Kong Fintech Impetus Awards by Metro Broadcast and KPMG on its new product- world first post-quantum-safe digital asset exchange machine (“DAEM”), that can facilitate cash transaction on cryptos and digital asset tokens. This year 2021, for the third time, ixFintech was awarded the ET Net Fintech Awards 2020 for its DAEM and ixCircle Platform – a startups/investors matching platform. In August 2021, ixFintech was awarded the Platinum award on Blockchain, Currency and CEP (Cryptoasset Exchange Providers) from IFTA Fintech Achievement Awards 2020.; the highest honour of the category.

Website: https://ixfintech.com/

About TADS Awards

TADS Awards is the world’s first annual international awards for the Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities (“TADS”) sectors. Gathering individuals and businesses from around the world to share the energy that tokenization brings to financial markets, TADS Awards celebrates these industries by recognizing and honoring significant contributions and distinguished achievements worldwide.

TADS Awards 2020 was successfully launched last year with strong support from many industry leaders and key ecosystem drivers from over 16 countries and has received very good response / feedback globally. The Awards is co-organized by Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute, Coinstreet Partners and the STO LAB , and is sponsored by GOIR and Wave Financial. It has received strong support from strategic partners, including (alphabetically):- Accenture, Association of Family Offices in Asia, Crypto Valley Association, Deloitte, Entoro Capital, Gibraltar Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Cyberport, HKbitEX, IBM, Microsoft Hong Kong, Morningstar, SBI Group, Somerley Capital, Stormharbour, TheTokenizer, and West Park Capital, among many others, plus support from its Global Ambassadors from over 16 countries.

Website: https://tadsawards.org/

Contacts

For further enquiries, please contact:

Irene WONG (Asia Hours) irene.wong@ixfintech.com
Oriol CAUDEVILLA (US Hours) oriol.caudevilla@ixfintech.com