Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance appoints Tom Lombardi head, market development

The world's largest open-source blockchain initiative, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), announced today the appointment of Tom Lombardi to the newly created position of head of market development, effective immediately.

17 April 2018

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Lithuania to establish blockchain-based share register for non-EU companies

Lithuania is to establish a blockchain-based system for overseas businesses to remotely register and manage their company in the EU.

17 April 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Zilliqa tackles scalability with Sharding blockchain

Zilliqa, a new blockchain platform based on the technology of sharding that solves the scalability issue faced by current blockchain platforms like Bitcoin and Ethereum, has announced the release of their public testnet.

17 April 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Vasco boards blockchain bandwagon

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VDSI), a global leader in digital solutions including identity, security and business productivity, will demonstrate its cloud-based risk analytics capability, how organizations can enable a fully mobile onboarding experience, as well as an end-to-end loan closing process using blockchain technology.

17 April 2018

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Icici Bank onboards 250 corporates to blockchain platform

India's Icici Bank has onboarded more than 250 corporate customers to its custom-developed blockchain platform for domestic and international trade finance

17 April 2018

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Coinbase buys paid email startup Earn.com

Coinbase has acquired Earn.com, a startup that lets users earn bitcoin by replying to emails and completing tasks, in a deal rumoured to be worth more than $100 million. As part of the agreement, Earn.com CEO Balaji Srinivasan becomes Coinbase's first chief technology officer.

16 April 2018

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Emirates NBD registers cheques on a blockchain

Emirates NMD has integrated blockchain technology into issued cheques to reduce the risk of forgery and to minimise potential fraud.

16 April 2018

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Changing lanes with innovation

James Maudslay, Senior Manager Solution Marketing, Equinix, talks about some of the practical implications for banks around Open Banking and how well positioned are they in dealing with them, how are banks managing their need to offer innovative digital services to their customers and whether legacy infrastructure is a constraint, and how strategic partnerships and collaboration with others will benefit banks.

13 April 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain startup Nuggets heads to China with UK trade mission

Nuggets, the e-commerce payments and ID platform, has been backed by the Department for International Trade, the Mayor of London and the City of London, resulting in the company being invited on two major trade visits to China.

13 April 2018

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Billon partners Igoria Trade on multi-currency cards

Billon, the company that civilized blockchain to build business solutions for real money and smart data, has today announced a strategic partnership with Igoria Trade, the company behind IgoriaCard, which allows users to make payments in 150 currencies with low exchange costs and access to a dozen free accounts.

12 April 2018

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Verv executes the UK’s first energy trade on the blockchain

Machine learning startup Verv, currently conducting an Initial Token Offering, has executed the UK’s first physical trade of energy on the blockchain at Hackney’s Banister House Estate, using its renewable energy trading platform.

12 April 2018

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Law firm Nixon Peabody joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

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 around the world, is proud to announce that the global law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP has joined the organization as a corporate member.

12 April 2018

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Santander rolls out blockchain-based money transfer service with Ripple

Santander has rolled out its Ripple-based international money transfer service for personal customers in Spain, the UK, Brazil and Poland.

12 April 2018

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Mastercard to hire 175 new staff in Ireland to expand innovation agenda

Mastercard is to grow its presence in Ireland, hiring 175 new people with experience in a range of IT roles, including blockchain and data sciences.

12 April 2018

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BofE explores private DLT system with regulatory oversight

The Bank of England has been looking into how distributed ledgers can be configured to enable privacy amongst participants whilst keeping data shared across a network and enabling regulators to view all transactions.

12 April 2018

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Ripple invests $25m in XRP in Blockchain Capital fund

Ripple has pumped $25 million in the form of its XRP cryptocurrency into Blockchain Capital's latest $150 million fund.

11 April 2018

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Corporates clamour for enriched data rather than faster payments

Despite industry buzz about faster payments, corporate treasuries and commercial bankers rate obtaining detailed information on transaction flows as more important than speed when it comes to electronic payments, according to research from TD Bank

11 April 2018

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Russian federation regulators denote blockchain and instant payments as key priorities

The financial regulators of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan held a Joint Payment Area Working Group meeting to discuss key trends and initiatives related to the use of innovative financial technology to develop and promote today's services across the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).

10 April 2018

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Digital Drive in Energy Trading

Doug Pollock, Global Head of Business Development for Financial and Risk in the Energy Practice Group, Thomson Reuters, talks about how the energy trading sector is coping with the drive towards digitalization, why data and technology are hailed the core elements to digitalization for the energy trading sector and what areas of risk in particular, should the energy sector be concerned with.

10 April 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Garanti sponsors Turkey’s first blockchain workshop

BBVA backed Garanti Bank, in cooperation with Turkish Central Bank and TUBITAK, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, has sponsored the first Blockchain Workshop in Turkey.

09 April 2018