Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Crypto exchange Gemini hires former Nyse CIO Robert Cornish

Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a digital asset exchange and custodian, announced today that Robert Cornish has joined as its first-ever Chief Technology Officer.

06 July 2018

News/Blockchain

SIX to build digital asset trading, settlement and custody service

In a world first, Switzerland's stock exchange plans to build a fully integrated, DLT-based end-to-end trading, settlement and custody service for digital assets.

06 July 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Changing influences on corporate liquidity management

Claus Richter, Chair of the EBA Liquidity Management Working Group, talks at EBAday 2018 about cash forecasting and corporate liquidity management, what impact new regulation and technology is having and what the next steps are for the working group to address these developments.

05 July 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Jefferies Asia CEO Michael Alexander to lead Block.One VC unit

Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software protocol and seller of the EOS Token, a top-five cryptocurrency by market cap at approximately US$8 billion, announced that former Jefferies Asia CEO Mike Alexander has joined as CEO of its US$1 billion EOS VC venture capital arm, effective today.

05 July 2018

News/Blockchain

EBA warns banks on being too passive or proactive on fintech

As they seek to steer a course through the new fintech environment, financial services firms must beware the risks to their business models of both being too passive and too gung-ho in their embrace of new technologies, says a European Banking Authority report.

03 July 2018

News/Blockchain

FCA welcomes firms working on crypto-assets to latest sandbox cohort

The Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory sandbox continues to gather momentum, with 29 firms - including some working with crypto-assets - getting the go-ahead to join the initiative's fourth cohort.

03 July 2018

News/Blockchain

We.trade blockchain platform goes into live production

The we.trade blockchain for trade finance platform established by a coalition of nine banks is gaining momentum, conducting seven live trade transactions by ten companies via four partner banks.

03 July 2018

News/Blockchain

Bermuda to create new class of banks to encourage fintech

The Government of Bermuda is to amend the Banking Act to create a new class of bank specifically to cater to local fintech and blockchain companies.

03 July 2018

Company update/Blockchain

trade.io readies for launch of blockchain-based trading exchange

trade.io’s CEO Jim Preissler today announced during his keynote speech at the trade.io sponsored, Bloomberg event in London, England, that the Exchange, the flagship product of trade.io, will be launched on July 17th, 2018.

29 June 2018

News/Blockchain

Banks trial KYC on R3 Corda blockchain platform

More than three dozen firms - including BNP Paribas, China Merchants Bank and Deutsche Bank - have carried out a global trial of a know your customer (KYC) application built on R3's Corda blockchain platform.

28 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Dutch blockchain startup Blockport bids to make crypto-trading accessible to the public at large

Blockport, an Amsterdam-based blockchain startup with big ambitions, launched a platform for public users today.

28 June 2018

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Line to launch cryptocurrency exchange

Japanese messaging app Line is to establish its own cryptocurrency exchange in an effort to keep pace with popular rivals WeChat and WhatsApp by expanding further into financial services.

28 June 2018

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SolarisBank aims to become the banker for the cryptocurrency industry

Germany's solarisBank is setting up a 'Blockchain Factory' to offer banking services to companies whose business is directly or indirectly based on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

28 June 2018

News/Blockchain

India's Kotak Mahindra Bank taps Ripple xCurrent for remittances

Ripple has strengthened its position in the critical market of India by signing up Kotak Mahindra Bank to its network for cross-border payments.

28 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Global Debt Registry taps blockchain for loan registry

Global Debt Registry (“GDR”) today announced the launch of its loan registry designed to verify and provide transparency on loan data on the cloud-based IBM Blockchain Platform.

27 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Nextpayway taps ACI Worldwide for fraud prevention in gaming

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced today that Nextpayway, a specialist payment platform solution for the gaming industry, is implementing ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution to deliver next-generation payments and fraud prevention.

27 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Archax launches institutional-grade crypto exchange

Archax today announced the launch of an institutional-grade digital asset exchange targeted at the professional investment community, both traditional and emerging.

26 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Nasdaq and Celent study on capital markets infrastructure tech

During its biennial Technology of the Future conference in Stockholm, Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), in collaboration with Celent, today revealed the results of a new study of market infrastructure (MI) senior technology and strategy officers that uncovered three important trends: the factors that are driving changes in market infrastructure, how MIs are using technology to support business strategies and how technology spend is evolving.

26 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Luxoft brings ID management to R3's Corda

Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a global IT service provider, has partnered with R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm. Luxoft will lead the integration of identity management applications on Corda, R3’s open source blockchain platform.

26 June 2018

News/Blockchain

EU report rules in favour of central bank-backed digital currencies

Central bank digital currencies could pave the way for a more stable financial system, suggests a report prepared for the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

26 June 2018