Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Ripple and R3 settle legal dispute

Blockchain rivals Ripple and R3 have settled a legal dispute, which saw both firms trade blows over technology contracts and joint venture agreements.

11 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Tieto forges blockchain partnership with R3

Tieto, a leading Nordic software and services company and R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm have partnered to accelerate the adoption of next generation decentralised business networks built on Corda, R3’s open source blockchain platform.

11 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

PSG kicks off cryptocurrency and blockchain partnership with Socios

Paris Saint-Germain today announced a multi-year strategic partnership with blockchain platform Socios.com.

11 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

CULedger names advisory board

CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, today announced its newly formed advisory board, a strategic committee of trusted advisors.

11 September 2018

News/Blockchain

Paxos launches stablecoin

Blockchain startup Paxos has secured approval from New York regulators to launch a US dollar-pegged stablecoin

10 September 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Building trust with advance authentication technology

Miguel Braojos, VP Global Sales IAM, HID Global, talks about building trust with advance authentication technology, how banks can go beyond simple compliance and how customer trust can be built through innovation.

10 September 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Transforming customer experience for the banking and asset management community

Marc Murphy, CEO, Fenergo, highlights the main insights and updates from Fenergo's most recent Client Council event, what the key takeaways were from their research into client life cycle management and on-boarding, and why industry standards are important for improving customer standards through KYC and client on-boarding.

10 September 2018

News/Blockchain

UK's Tech Nation picks 20 fintech programme members

The UK government-backed Tech Nation has picked 20 early-stage startups to join its new fintech programme, promising to give them intensive backing to help grow their businesses and the country's financial technology ecosystem.

06 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

TransferGo launches real-time remittance transfers with Ripple

TransferGo announced today that it has begun processing blockchain enabled real-time transfers through Ripple.

05 September 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

P2P Community Engagement for KYC, Client On Boarding and CLM professionals

Laura Glynn, Director of Global Regulatory Compliance, Fenergo, talks about Fenergo's Regulatory Forum, how its Regulatory Rules Engine helps financial institutions to manage and future-proof their compliance obligations, and what financial institutions look for in a compliance solution

04 September 2018

News/Blockchain

ASX delays timetable for DLT cutover

The Australian Securities Exchange has postponed the launch of its new blockchain-based settlement system by six months following user concerns about the scope of the technical changes required and the tight timeline.

04 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

PTDL Group folded into Blockchain Business Council

The Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group, founded in November 2015, which brings together major post-trade industry participants and regulators to share information and ideas about how distributed ledger technology can transform the post-trade landscape, has announced that it will merge with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).

04 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

ICSF completes blockchain PoC with Arab Jordan Investment Bank

ICS Financial Systems Limited (ICSFS), the global software and services provider for banks and financial institutions, has successfully completed the implementation of blockchain proof of concept (PoC), which was conducted at Arab Jordan Investment Bank (AJIB), one of Jordan’s leading investment and commercial banks, through ICS BANKS Blockchain Adapter between Amman Head Office and Cyprus Branch (Limassol).

04 September 2018

News/Blockchain

IBM to demo blockchain-based payment system at Sibos

IBM is preparing to demonstrate a blockchain-based alternative payments system to international banking representatives attending the annual Swift operations conference in October in Sydney.

04 September 2018

News/Blockchain

Deutsche Bourse sets up dedicated blockchain and crypto-assets unit

Deutsche Bourse has set up a dedicated 'DLT, Crypto Assets and New Market Structures' unit to further advance its work into the transformational potential of blockchain technology.

03 September 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Rakuten buys bitcoin exchange

Rakuten, Inc. (hereinafter “the Company”) announces that today it decided to acquire everybody’s bitcoin Inc. (hereinafter “everybody’s bitcoin”) through its subsidiary, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd.

31 August 2018

News/Blockchain

Messaging app Line preps cryptocurrency

Japanese messaging app Line is introducing its own cryptocurrency, which will be given to people as compensation for using its services and can be used to buy things such as stickers and webtoons.

31 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

US fund manager hires crypto specialist

Wilshire Phoenix Capital, a privately held specialty finance, asset management and advisory firm, is pleased to announce the addition of crypto, blockchain and neuroscience luminary Garrette Furo, CAIA, as Partner and CIO.

31 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Nxchange granted MTF licence by Dutch finance ministry

Since 2016 Nxchange has been making direct trading in securities between companies and investors possible.

31 August 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Swarm Fund joins OpenFinance Network

Swarm Fund, the blockchain for private equity, has entered an agreement to list security tokens on OpenFinance Network (OFN), the trading platform for tokenized securities.

30 August 2018