Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo adds gold-backed digital asset by Digix

From today, pioneers of the world's first gold-backed digital asset class Digix, is pleased to announced that their gold backed cryptocurrency DGX has been integrated into BitGo’s Digital Currency Support with Enterprise Access.

29 October 2018

News/Blockchain

Embracing the Blockchain Moment

Jens Hachmeister, managing director, DLT, crypto assets and new market structures at Deutsche Bourse, believes the embrace of distributed ledger technology by the global banking community will help the industry avert a long-heralded Kodak Moment.

29 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Reports suggests DLT can enable equity settlement

Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada, TMX Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and R3 have published a report demonstrating the feasibility of clearing and settlement of securities using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

26 October 2018

News/Blockchain

Sweden's central bank prepares for cashless future with e-krona

Sweden's central bank is pushing ahead with plans to build a technical framework for the issuance of a new electronic currency, the e-krona.

26 October 2018

News/Blockchain

German central bank sees positive results from blockchain settlement trials

Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutche Bourse are backing the application of blockchain technology in the settlement arena, following a successful trial run using Hyperledger Fabric and the Digital Asset platform.

25 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Tuple and GXChain bid to build P2P data exchange marketplace

Tuple, a new GDPR-compliant decentralised marketplace for trading data assets and value-added data, has formed a strategic partnership with GXChain, a data-centric public blockchain that supports over 140,000 data transactions per day.

25 October 2018

News/inclusion

Money 20/20 Day Four: The unconscious bias inhibiting diversity and inclusion

Taking a step back from innovation for the day, this year’s Money 20/20 Las Vegas event concluded with banking executives and fintech players sharing their personal experiences of the financial services industry.

24 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Novatti launches Australian dollar tied stablecoin launches on Stellar network

Novatti, an award-winning global software technology, utility billing and payment services provider, today announced that is launching the Novatti AUD Utility Token, a token on the Stellar Network that is one-to-one backed by the Australian dollar (AUD).

24 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Danske Bank joins trade finance network Marco Polo

Danske Bank has joined the Marco Polo Network, the largest network of commercial banks in the trade finance market.

24 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Infosys to embed R3's Corda into Finacle platform

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems Limited, a fully owned product subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), and R3, one of the fastest growing enterprise blockchain software companies in the world, today announced their partnership to collaborate on blockchain solutions.

24 October 2018

News/Blockchain

Money 20/20 Day Three: Liberating cryptocurrency for an Internet-style revolution in payments

Litecoin’s Charlie Lee contradicted popular belief on day three of Money 20/20 by stating that cryptocurrency encourages free movement of money and blockchain advocates should expect a positive change in privacy protocol, as fungibility is the only missing component for widespread adoption.

24 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance joins Accord Project

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry-leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global markets, is pleased to announce that it has joined the Accord Project.

23 October 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

The convergence of retail and banking services

Matthew Phillips, VP, Banking Diebold Nixdorf UK&I, speaks at Diebold Nixdorf's International Management Seminar in Lisbon, about whether digital transformation is keeping up with customer expectations, what key trends financial services should be watching closely, and how banks can improve their customers' experiences.

23 October 2018

Company update/Sibos

SmartStream releases new reconciliation module to deal with digital marketplace evolution

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today announced the launch of TLM Aurora, the next generation of Corona, the industry’s leading reconciliation platform – the first new module is designed to support the new industry standards in the digital payments world, by providing connectors to SWIFT GPI, RTGS, as well as Blockchain based networks, allowing for real-time operational control, proactive exception management and low TCO.

23 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

SETL names BCG veteran as new CEO

SETL, the London based institutional payment and settlement infrastructure provider using blockchain technology, announced that it has appointed financial markets executive Philippe Morel as CEO and board member to lead the company.

23 October 2018

News/Blockchain

Sibos: Blockchain to the fore with Voltron; Accenture makes DLT interoperability play

Voltron, a coalition of banks building a blockchain-based network for automating Letters of Credit and trade finance documentation, has thrown open its doors to other banks and corporates ahead of a planned roll out in 2019.

23 October 2018

Company update/Blockchain

iGTB joins R3 Corda

Intellect Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), the transaction banking division of Intellect Design Arena Ltd, the leading B2B fintech with 21% CAGR over three years, has joined enterprise software firm R3’s collaborative initiative to develop innovative applications and solutions on its Corda blockchain platform.

23 October 2018

News/Blockchain

DLT can help banks boost regulatory compliance - Euro Banking Association

Distributed ledger technology has huge potential to improve regulatory compliance processes, according to a report from the Euro Banking Association.

23 October 2018

News/Blockchain

National Bank of Canada and CGI pilot blockchain for trade finance

National Bank of Canada has teamed up with tech giant CGI to pilot a blockchain platform for negotiating standby letters of credit and guarantees.

23 October 2018

News/payments

Bank of Canada asks: Is a cashless society problematic?

If the long-predicted cashless society ever materialises it will be unlikely to cause material system-wide problems, according to a Bank of Canada paper, which nevertheless warns that options such as central bank digital currencies might be needed to tackle operational reliability and contestability issues.

23 October 2018