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Standard Chartered and IBM back Byte Academy's Singapore fintech school

Standard Chartered Bank, IBM, Insead, Thomson Reuters and Microsoft are backing a fintech school at New York-based Byte Academy's first international venture, in Singapore.

07 November 2016

Company announcement

IBM adds behavioural biometrics to security suite

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new behavioral biometric analysis capabilities in its digital banking fraud prevention technology, IBM Security Trusteer Pinpoint Detect, using patented analytics and machine learning for real-time cognitive fraud detection.

27 October 2016

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Pay by MasterCard direct from your dashboard

MasterCard is to come embedded as a payment option in an intelligent dashboard developed by IBM Watson for General Motors.

26 October 2016

Company announcement

IBM Japan to support Japanese bank conversion to Apple Pay with Rambus Bell ID

IBM Japan – using Rambus Bell ID’s complete token service provider (TSP) technology – will support Japanese banks with Apple Pay integration and mobile payments security across a range of international payment schemes and, importantly, the FeliCa regional scheme.

26 October 2016

Company announcement

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank starts blockchain trials

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (President: Hitoshi Tsunekage; hereinafter “SuMi TRUST Bank”), with the objective to enhance its services in asset management and administration, real estate and banking businesses; working in cooperation with NEC Corporation (President and CEO: Takashi Niino) and IBM Japan, Ltd. (Country General Manager and President: Paul Yonamine), announces the commencement of demonstration experiments in FinTech.

25 October 2016

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SBI Securities and IBM test blockchain for bond trading system

Japan's SBI Securities is working with IBM to test the use of blockchain technology for a new type of bond trading platform.

21 October 2016

Company announcement

Walmart to apply blockchain to supply chain

As Walmart (NYSE: WMT) opened its new Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing today, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a collaboration to improve the way food is tracked, transported and sold to consumers across China.

19 October 2016

Finextra TV

Are you ready for the bumpy road of Brexit?

Phil Hussey, Vice President - Industry Strategic Services, UK and Ireland, IBM outlines the impact of a potential Brexit on financial services and how firms should be preparing.

10 October 2016

Company announcement

IBM spends $200 million on German blockchain and IoT lab

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled a $200 million USD investment in the new global headquarters for its Watson Internet of Things (IoT) business in Munich, new IoT capabilities around Blockchain and security and an array of clients that are driving real outcomes by using Watson IoT technologies to draw insights from billions of sensors embedded in machines, cars, drones, ball bearings, pieces of equipment and even hospitals.

05 October 2016

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IBM to acquire Promontory; create AI-driven compliance subsidiary

IBM is to acquire risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm Promontory Capital and create a new subsidiary, Watson Financial Services, in which it will use artificial intelligence technology to keep pace with the rapidly changing financial reporting landscape.

29 September 2016

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Banks ready for real-world blockchain

Distributed ledger technology is set to move out of the test environment and into the wild next year, with nearly two thirds of banks expecting to be in production with full-scale, commercial blockchain projects by 2019, according to research from IBM.

29 September 2016

Company announcement

Bank Sohar steps up digital transformation with IBM Cloud

IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today that Bank Sohar, one of the leading financial institutions in the Sultanate of Oman, has selected IBM Cloud and mobile to accelerate its digital transformation.

28 September 2016