Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

DAO hack sparks crypto-currency panic

The DAO, a virtual currency fund that relies on the ethereum blockchain, has suffered a sustained attack that has seen $50 million of Ether siphoned off, causing the price of the crypto-currency to plummet.

17 June 2016

News/Blockchain

Bank of Canada trials blockchain-based digital dollar

The Bank of Canada has been working with the country's biggest banks and the R3 consortium on a blockchain proof of concept that uses a digital fiat currency dubbed Cad-Coin.

16 June 2016

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Think about driving maximum value from real-time

George Evers, Head of International Product Development, Immediate Payments, VocaLink, discusses the potential impact of the pan-European instant payments scheme, and what banks can learn about innovation from existing schemes.

15 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Allianz pilots smart contracts for catastrophe swaps

Allianz Risk Transfer AG (ART) and Nephila Capital Limited (Nephila) announce that they have successfully piloted the use of blockchain smart contract technology for transacting a natural catastrophe swap.

15 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

UTrade ships blockchain settlement system for Indian capital markets

uTrade Solutions, a fintech major specializing in offering enterprise trading technology solutions, has today announced the launch of ‘uClear’.

15 June 2016

News/Blockchain

White House hosts fintech summit

The White House has brought together stakeholders from across the financial technology ecosystem for a summit as it seeks to harness fintech's power to advance its economic policies around issues such as financial health and inclusion.

15 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple receives BitLicense

Early last year, the state of New York began requiring a license to engage in virtual currency activity. Ripple engaged with New York’s Department of Financial Services and today received a “BitLicense” to sell and custody XRP, the digital asset native to the Ripple Consensus Ledger, for institutional investors and financial institutions in New York.

13 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

PwC preps research into blockchain tech for wholesale insurance

PwC today announced it is launching a Long Finance research project into the potential of blockchain technology in wholesale insurance.

13 June 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Blockchain is a turbo charge

Marcus Treacher, Ripple, outlines how distributed ledgers can enable cross-border payments and where blockchain technology fits into the payments industry in both products and regulation.

13 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Vitaxel Group and Bitspark sign MoU for push into Malaysia

Bitspark Limited, the world’s first cashin cashout remittance service leveraging Bitcoin and Blockchain technology in partnership with Vitaxel Group, the holding company of the first MLM Company from South East Asia to promote exclusive travel, entertainment, lifestyle and health products through eCommerce and its own online shopping mall, today signed an MOU to pursue bringing Bitspark’s remittance platform to the Malaysian market.

10 June 2016

News/Blockchain

Live: EBAday 2016, day two

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in MIlan this week for EBAday 2016, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

08 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Swirlds unveils blockchain alternative tech

Swirlds, building the trust layer for the internet, today emerged from stealth and launched its hashgraph distributed consensus platform, free for public download and use by developers.

07 June 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Blockchain could increase efficiency in KYC

Alice Gregoriadi, Start-up Advisor, discusses different applications of blockchain.

07 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

EBAday2016: Volante accelerates integration with Ripple

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, working in collaboration with Ripple, today announced it has created a solution specifically designed to accelerate the process of integrating with Ripple, the global provider of distributed financial technology solutions offering real-time settlement of cross border payments.

07 June 2016

News/Blockchain

Live: EBAday 2016, day one

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Milan this week for EBAday 2016, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

07 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Winklevoss twins bring Bitcoin trading platform Gemini to Canada

We are thrilled to announce the expansion of Gemini services to the Great White North! This is just the beginning of Gemini’s international expansion and our tireless pursuit of building a world-class digital asset exchange with global reach.

06 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Finance execs back blockchain and AI potential - survey

Synechron, Inc., a global consulting and technology innovator in the financial services industry, today released the results of a survey conducted by the TABB Group for Synechron on the potential of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services.

06 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple and Expertus team up for blockchain testing service

Expertus and Ripple, today announced that they have launched a Pilot Program for Financial Institutions that want to test the capabilities of blockchain and Ripple distributed financial technology.

06 June 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance launches certification programme

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), in partnership with Positrust LLC, an industry leading technology company, has announced the unveiling of the WSBA Certification Framework (WCF).

06 June 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Banks must selectively invest in new payment tools

Massimo Tessitore, Head of Direct Channels, Mobile Payment and E Commerce Department, Intesa Sanpaolo, discusses how banks can stay ahead of the digital payments innovation curve and how they can manage the fine balance of customer convenience and security.

02 June 2016