Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Deloitte to use Kilt blockchain to issue re-usable digital credential for KYC and KYB processes

BOTLabs GmbH, developer of KILT Protocol, and Deloitte Consulting AG today announced the integration of KILT blockchain technology for issuing reusable digital credentials to support KYC and KYB processes.

04 May 2023

Finextra TV/identity

The Innovation Pushing Digital Identity Forward: Part 2

Stephen Curran, Chair of the Board Of Trustees Sovrin Foundation, Identity Consultant, speaks with Andrew Smith, RTGS.global, in FinextraTV’s Tech Uncovered Series. Continuing their discussion, they examine innovations driving digital identity including blockchain, offline verification of identity, anonCreds, privacy-protecting technology, linked secrets, and zero knowledge proofs.

04 May 2023

Finextra TV/identity

The Innovation Pushing Digital Identity Forward: Part 1

Stephen Curran, Chair of the Board Of Trustees Sovrin Foundation, Identity Consultant, speaks with Andrew Smith, RTGS.global, in FinextraTV’s Tech Uncovered Series, discussing digital identity, covering the topics of self-sovereign identity (SSI) and Sovrin, verifiable credentials (VCs), the use of blockchain for identity, scalability of blockchain-based identity, and resilience.

04 May 2023

Company update/startups

SaaS DLT platform for post-trade SSimple launches

SSImple, a SaaS DLT platform that aims to fundamentally change the way standing settlement instructions (SSIs) are stored, shared, and enriched across the financial services industry, today launched its post-trade offering following an extensive testing period.

02 May 2023

News/crypto

Mastercard aims to boost trust for blockchain transactions

Mastercard is teaming up with Web3 players on an on-chain identity and verification framework covering a variety of applications in payments, remittances, ticketing and NFTs.

01 May 2023

Company update/crypto

Binance launches AI-driven Web3 education tool

Binance Academy, a leading Web3 education platform by Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has launched Binance Sensei, a new innovative AI-driven learning tool for free education on Web3, blockchain, and crypto. To elevate the user learning experience, Binance Sensei aims to transform how users explore and interact with educational content, ensuring a more engaging process.

28 April 2023

News/crypto

Visa staffs up for 'ambitious' crypto plans

Visa is on the hunt for senior software engineers for an "ambitious crypto product roadmap" that will "drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and stablecoin payments".

28 April 2023

News/retail

NextGen Nordics: Managing innovation risk with regulation and education

Rounding out the NextGen Nordics’ afternoon sessions, Anna Milne, editor at Finextra, took to the stage for a fireside chat with Einar Eidsson, product director, for buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) provider, indó iceland.

27 April 2023

News/crypto

Temenos integrates with DLT-based CBDC tech stacks

Core banking vendor Temenos has been preparing for the digital currency future, integrating with two DLT-based CBDC technology stacks.

27 April 2023

Company update/payments

Sardine AI and Fortress Trusts join forces

Sardine AI and Fortress Trust, two leaders in the financial services industry, have joined forces to enhance the safety and security of blockchain-based payments ("ePayments") worldwide.

26 April 2023

Company update/retail

AntChain unveils multiple new Web3 initiatives

Together with its partners, AntChain today unveiled a series of new Web3 initiatives, including an open-source project featuring its industry-leading cross-chain technology and AntChain OpenLab, to support Web3 developer community at the 2023 Ant Group Digital Technologies Developer Conference.

26 April 2023

News/markets

Delta Capita buys SETL capital markets business

Delta Capita is setting up a distiributed ledger venture, acquiring the capital markets business of blockchain firm SETL and signing up Montis Group as an anchor client and minority investor.

24 April 2023

Finextra TV/payments

The Emerging Technologies Reshaping Financial Services

Sophia Bantanidis, Future of Finance, Citi, speaks at Innovate Finance Global Summit 2023 about developing the potential for tokenization via blockchain, what successful adoption looks like, and when mass adoption can be expected.

21 April 2023

Company update/wholesale

TransUnion, Spring Labs, and Quadrata partner to deliver credit scoring to blockchain

In a move that should help lenders make better, more informed decisions on credit applications submitted using blockchain technology, TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has partnered with Spring Labs and Quadrata to deliver off-chain credit scoring to DeFi and Web3 applications (internet applications based on public blockchains) for the first time.

20 April 2023

Company update/regulation

Future FinTech group draws ire of Nasdaq

Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT) (“hereinafter referred to as “Future FinTech”, “FTFT” or the “Company”), a blockchain application technology developer and a fintech service provider, announced today that on April 18, 2023, it received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) stating that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) as a result of it not having timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “2022 10-K”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

20 April 2023

News/wholesale

HSBC trials confidential computing to boost global trade finance

HSBC and not-for-profit blockchain tech consortium Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) have carried out a proof-of-concept using "confidential computing" for trade finance.

20 April 2023

News/payments

Bank of England finds new use cases for DLT in synchronised setttlement

The Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully completed a DLT-based pilot to assess the use of synchronous settlement in central bank money.

19 April 2023

Company update/wholesale

Qatar Financial Centre Authority signs MoU with R3

The Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA), the legal and tax arm of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with R3, a global leading provider of enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services, to accelerate the development of Qatar’s financial technology industry and collaborate on initiatives to promote common interests.

17 April 2023

Company update/crypto