Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Kraken buys Dutch bitcoin exchange CleverCoin

Less than six months after acquiring both Coinsetter and Cavirtex in a landmark deal, we are pleased today to announce the acquisition of CleverCoin, one of the first Netherlands-based bitcoin exchanges.

28 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Bitcoin exchange Quoine in multi-million dollar Series A funding round

Quoine is pleased to announce the successful completion of their Series A funding round, raising up to US$20 million, led by Japan's largest venture capital firm, Jafco.

27 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

WEF panel session: Blockchain will be a game changer for financial services

Unlocking blockchain will be a game-changer for the future of financial transactions, noted panellists in a session on the innovative digital ledger today at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016 in Tianjin.

27 June 2016

News/Blockchain

2016 Wall Street blockchain investment to top $1bn

Financial service firms and technology providers around the world will spend more than $1 billion this year as they race to bring distributed ledger tech to capital markets, claims Greenwich Associates.

24 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Toyota Financial Services joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

Toyota Financial Services has joined financial innovation firm R3’s consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets.

23 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Mizuho turns to IBM for blockchain tech payment system

Mizuho Financial Group and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a test of the potential of blockchain for use in settlements with virtual currency. By incorporating blockchain technology into settlements with virtual currency, Mizuho will explore how payments can be instantaneously swapped, potentially leading to new financial services based on this rapidly evolving technology. The pilot project uses the open source code IBM contributed to the Hyperledger Project.

22 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

I2C makes hires

I2C, a global provider of smarter payments and integrated commerce solutions, today announced the expansion of its worldwide customer success organization, with key additions to its Global Client Success team and its product marketing and management leadership. i2c continues to strengthen its management team in support of accelerating demand for its credit and prepaid card processing services.

22 June 2016

News/Blockchain

Banks embrace Ripple and move beyond testing to real-world transactions

UBS, Santander and CIBC are among seven banks to sign up to the Ripple's distributed ledger technology for cross-border payments.

22 June 2016

News/Blockchain

Marketplace lending and distributed ledgers pose threats to financial stability - FSOC

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has zoned in on marketplace lending and distributed ledger technology as emerging threats to the safe operation of financial markets.

22 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Hyperledger Project gains seven new members

Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced today that seven new members have joined to help create an open standard for distributed ledgers for a new generation of transactional applications.

22 June 2016

News/Blockchain

BNP Paribas apoints custody and clearing head to lead new innovation lab

BNP Paribas Securities Services has set up a 20-person innovation and digital lab (I&D Lab) staffed by industry veterans to focus on the use of big data and distributed ledger technologies and potential investment oppotunities in the fintech sector.

22 June 2016

News/Blockchain

ASX lifts stake in Digital Asset Holdings

The Australian Securities Exchange is to lift its stake in blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings, reinforcing its determination to press ahead with plans to develop a new post-trade platform based on distributed ledger technology.

22 June 2016

News/Blockchain

Euroclear explores use of blockchain in London gold markets

Euroclear is exploring the potential of using blockchain technology to create a next generation settlement service for the London gold market.

22 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Winklevoss twins bring Gemini Bitcoin trading platform to the UK

We are thrilled to announce the expansion of Gemini services to the United Kingdom!

21 June 2016

News/Blockchain

French firms to build post-trade blockchain infrastructure for SMEs

BNP Paribas Securities Services, Euronext and Société Générale are among the members of a seven-strong consortium that has banded together to investigate the development of a post-trade blockchain infrastructure for SMEs in Europe.

21 June 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Moving blockchain from the lab to the real world

Edward Budd, Managing Director and Chief Digital Officer, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank, discusses how far blockchain has progressed into the mainstream to date, the questions that remain about how blockchain will be applied in financial services, and the critical need for standards efforts to focus on areas of real need - such as interoperability, minimising adoption cost and ramping data on and off blockchains.

20 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

TechUK publishes whitepaper on industrialising distributed ledger technology in financial services

techUK, the voice for the UK technology industry, has today published ‘The Industrialisation of Distributed Ledger Technology in Banking and Financial Services’, a new paper exploring how to industrialise distributed ledger technology.

20 June 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

EBAday 2016 – A brave new world for payments

Watch the highlights from EBAday 2016 in Milan. The event saw record-breaking attendance with over 1,000 delegates, a sold-out exhibition floor, and a new Fintech Pavilion. Conference highlights include discussions about blockchain, real-time payments, and PSD2.

20 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Dragonfly Fintech selected to implement blockchain-based remittance platform

Singapore Dragonfly Fintech (DF), clinched a deal today to power Metro Money Exchange, a Malaysian licensed wholesale and money remittance company using the NEM's Blockchain Technology.

20 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Speech: Bank of Canada's Carolyn Wilkins on fintech and the financial ecosystem

It is no exaggeration to say that we are in the midst of a defining moment for innovation in financial services. Some expect that new technology will cause a complete disruption of traditional financial institutions, giving businesses and households access to more convenient and customized services.

17 June 2016