Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

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

Company update/Blockchain

Trunomi joins forces with Shyft for KYC

Trunomi, the industry's leading consent framework and data rights management solution, today announces its official partnership with Shyft, a comprehensive blockchain-based digital ID solution for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) compliance.

01 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Asset managers turn to emerging technologies as regulatory dust settles

The results of Linedata’s eighth global asset management survey reveal a shifting focus away from regulation as companies prepare for a new wave of demands and opportunities afforded by disruptive technologies.

01 June 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Dianrong supply chain finance offering added to R3 Corda

Dianrong, a leader in online marketplace lending in China, and R3, a global enterprise software firm, today announced that Dianrong’s next version of its supply chain finance solution will be made available on Corda, R3’s blockchain platform for finance and business.

31 May 2018

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CLS invests $5 million in R3; Paxos scores $65 million funding round

Blockchain consortium R3 has banked a $5 million investment from FX risk platform CLS.

31 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Natixis joins R3's blockchain-based trade finance network Marco Polo

As part of its ongoing efforts to offer nextgeneration trade finance solutions to its clients, Natixis has announced that it has joined the trade finance network Marco Polo.

31 May 2018

News/Blockchain

350 jobs to go as Deutsche Bourse allocates investment in new tech

Deutsche Bourse plans to spend EUR270 million on blockchain, big data analytics, cloud computing, as well as robotics and artificial intelligence, as part of a 2020 roadmap that will see 350 jobs cut to increase scope for new tech investments.

30 May 2018

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InstaReM and BeeTech open payment corridor on RippleNet

Money transfer operators InstaReM and BeeTech are to open up a new payments corridor between South East Asia and Latin America using Ripple's instant payment rails.

30 May 2018

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Gmex and Digital Asset Group form blockchain JV

Trading and post-trade technology vendor Gmex Group is forming a joint venture with upstart blockchain outfit Digital Asset Group in an effort to bridge the gap between mainstream finance and the emerging DLT and crypto economy.

30 May 2018

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Goldman Sachs leads $250m Tradeshift funding round

Supply chain finance outfit Tradeshift has joined the unicorn club after closing a $250 million Series E funding round led by Goldman Sachs and Public Sector Pension Investment Board.

30 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Currencies Direct completes successful pilot of XRP for FX payments

Currencies Direct has successfully completed an international payment over Ripple’s xRapid platform using XRP.

29 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Crealogix integrates crypto assets into digital banking hub

Digital banking innovator CREALOGIX today announced the launch of CREALOGIX Invest Crypto which adds cryptocurrency and blockchain market data to its CREALOGIX Digital Banking Hub.

29 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange joins Equichain working community

Equichain is proud to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) to join its working community, which aims to bring efficiencies to capital markets.

28 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

ConsenSys to open Dublin innovation studio

ConsenSys, a blockchain company, announced its expansion into Ireland with the Dublin Innovation Studio, expected to open in June of 2018.

25 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

MAS takes action against token issuers

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has warned eight digital token exchanges in Singapore not to facilitate trading in digital tokens that are securities or futures contracts without MAS’ authorisation.

25 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

World’s first blockchain platform for marine insurance now in commercial use

EY, Guardtime, A.P. Møller-Maersk, Microsoft and insurance industry leaders Willis Towers Watson, XL Catlin, MS Amlin and ACORD announce members of the marine industry are using Insurwave, a blockchain platform to support marine hull insurance.

25 May 2018

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Mizuho backs Tokyo blockchain co-working space

Mizuho Financial Group is looking to foster Japan's blockchain ecosystem by sponsoring a new dedicated co-working space in downtown Tokyo.

25 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Bangkok Bank joins R3's Marco Polo consortium

Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (“Bangkok Bank”), one of the largest regional banks in South East Asia and Thailand’s largest lender, has joined the Marco Polo trade finance initiative run by enterprise software firm R3 and trade finance technology specialist TradeIX.

24 May 2018

News/Blockchain

Commerzbank FX transaction has big implications for blockchain in post-trade

The deployment of blockchain technology to streamline foreign exchange post-trade confirmation and matching has moved a step closer with the replication of an FX forward trade conducted by Commerzbank on behalf of thyssenkrupp across R3 Corda.

24 May 2018

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Sberbank to test digital asset investment platform for ICOs

Sberbank and Russia's National Settlement Depository are to run an Initial Coin Offering in the Bank of Russia’s regulatory sandbox. Level One, a company that manages Moscow’s biggest commercial lecture hall, will be the issuer.

24 May 2018