Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

DNB: DLT substantively inferior to current market infrastructure tech

Following three years of experimentation, the Dutch Central Bank has concluded that blockchain technology fundamentally fails to pass muster as a realistic replacement for current financial market infrastructures.

08 June 2018

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Northern Trust applies for blockchain patents

Northern Trust, one of the few financial firms in the world to have a implemented a live distributed ledger application, has applied for two new blockchain-related patents in digital identity and meeting management.

08 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

TIS invests in R3

TIS Inc. (hereafter, "TIS"; headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; President: Toru Kuwano), announces its strategic investment and firmed up business collaboration with world leading enterprise blockchain software firm R3 HOLDCO LLC (hereafter, “R3”, headquarters: NY, US and CEO: David Rutter).

07 June 2018

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Starting your blockchain journey

Steve Pomfret, CEO, Cygnetise, talks at The Temenos Community Forum: The Digital Revolution, about whether blockchain is more hype than reality, what steps those at the start of their blockchain journey should take and which areas have seen the most progress with blockchain.

07 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

DNB Payments Strategy 2018 - 2021

The Dutch payment and securities system is generally secure, reliable and efficient. We endeavour to keep it this way and make improvements where possible.

07 June 2018

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Thai CB to issue digital currency for interbank settlement: Sarb reports back on Project Khokha

The Central Bank of Thailand is initiating a project to use a Bank-issued digital currency for interbank settlements.

07 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Accord Project to support R3's Corda

The Accord Project, the legal industry body for smart legal contracts, and enterprise software provider R3 today announced a technology partnership to develop support for Corda, R3’s blockchain platform, in the open source legal layer incubated by the Accord Project.

07 June 2018

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ABN Amro imagines a cashless dystopian future to attract new talent

ABN Amro has taken a novel approach to recruiting fresh talent, creating a fictional future in a mobile gaming app and challenging prospects to use their tech skills to prevent a financial meltdown.

07 June 2018

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Circle looks to become licensed bank; Coinbase acquires broker-dealer

Cryptocurrency platform Circle Internet Financial is bidding to enter the Wall Street mainstream, seeking a federal banking license and SEC registration as a brokerage and trading venue.

06 June 2018

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Italian banks test blockchain for interbank reconciliations

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has opened a pilot project on blockchain-based interbank reconciliations to a first group of 14 lenders.

06 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Globacap Closes $800,000 Seed Round to launch regulated blockchain securities issuance platform

Globacap announced today that it has closed a $800,000 seed funding round led by Stoic Capital and ContactPartners, a customer contact solutions provider to leading financial institutions. Other backers included Christian Schulte, co-founder of Steinbeis Mittelstandsfinanzierung, which provides financing to mid-sized companies in German speaking territories, and Stephen Russell, a veteran of UBS and advisor to financial institutions.

06 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Pegasystems opens path to blockchain for banking customer onboarding

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company empowering customer engagement at the world’s leading enterprises, has announced the availability of Pega Blockchain Innovation Kit to demonstrate the use of blockchain within Pega’s market-leading onboarding applications.

05 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

ZenCash to build treasury voting system

ZenCash, the privacy coin for borderless, decentralized communications and transactions, has announced that it has partnered with Infopulse, an international software research and development company, to collaborate on key research and development projects on the Zen blockchain.

05 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Global Blockchain Technologies and HP test P2P enterprise cloud services marketplace

Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. (CSE: BLOC) (FSE: BWSP) (OTC Pink: BLKCF) ("BLOC" or the "Company") announces a proof-of-concept ("PoC") for a peer-to-peer ("P2P") decentralized marketplace for cloud services, geared towards enterprise users.

05 June 2018

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Exponential technologies of the future

Michael Leadbetter, CEO, ExO Works, talks at NextGen Banking London: The AI Revolution, about exponential technologies, what part they play in financial services, how it has disrupted the industry already, how they will disrupt in the future and what companies can do to take advantage of them.

05 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Billon receives EUR 1 million funding from the Polish National Center for Research and Development

Billon, the technology company that has civilised blockchain, has been granted EUR 1 million funding from the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR) as part of its Intelligent Development program.

05 June 2018

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Ripple promises $50m to universities for blockchain research

Ripple is promising to pump $50 million into a blockchain research initiative with a host of top universities from around the world.

04 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

SmartStream makes AI play

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today announced the launch of the next phase of its innovations team – who are working with financial institutions to optimise workflows, using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and blockchain technologies, in the areas of reconciliations, cash management and fees and expense management.

04 June 2018

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Money 20/20 Europe builds momentum

As Money20/20 Europe begins in Amsterdam, Pat Patel, Content Director, Money20/20 Europe & Asia, introduces the event and talks about what attendees can gain from the conference and what will be the hot topics discussed this year.

04 June 2018

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First nine startups selected for EBAday2018 Fintech Zone

Finextra and the Euro Banking Association have announced the first nine early stage startups selected to exhibit their products and ideas to banking heads from across Europe at the EBA's flagship payments and transaction conference EBAday2018.

04 June 2018