Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Seven university student teams to pitch for Swift Institute Challenge prize

SWIFT Institute announces today that it has selected seven university student teams to compete in the inaugural SWIFT Institute Challenge at the SWIFT Business Forum London on 20 April at Tobacco Docks.

06 April 2016

News/Blockchain

Barclays backs UK launch of social payments app Circle

Social payments outfit Circle - which enables sterling, dollar and bitcoin money transfers across popular messaging platforms and other media - has launched in the UK with the support of Barclays Bank and an e-money issuer license from the Financial Conduct Authority.

06 April 2016

News/Blockchain

R3 outlines Corda distributed ledger for financial agreements

After six months of development, the R3 consortium has unveiled its Corda distributed ledger platform for recording and managing financial agreements.

05 April 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Red Hat unveils blockchain for finance initiative

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a new initiative to meet the needs of fintech startups and financial services independent software vendors (ISVs) who are developing blockchain applications and technologies.

05 April 2016

Company update/Blockchain

State of Delaware unveils blockchain initiative

Governor Jack Markell announced today the establishment of the Delaware Blockchain Initiative, a suite of programs that aims to encourage expanded use and development of distributed ledger and smart contract technologies by Delaware-incorporated businesses.

05 April 2016

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Bank of Ireland and BNP Paribas announce blockchain breakthroughs

New use cases for the adoption of blockchains in finance are appearing every day, with Bank of Ireland and BNP Paribas the latest to demonstrate the disruptive potential of the technology

05 April 2016

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R3 enlists Microsoft Azure for distributed ledger push

Distributed ledger consortium R3 has struck a deal with Microsoft that will see the tech giant provide cloud-based tools, services and infrastructure for R3 lab locations around the world.

04 April 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Overstock.com invests $4 million in Caribbean digital currency startup Bitt

Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) announced a strategic investment in Bitt.com, a Caribbean-based financial technology firm working to move island nations in that region to adopt digital national currencies. Overstock.com is investing $4 million in Bitt initially.

04 April 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Blockchain will be integrated into today’s systems

Stephen Gilderdale, Managing Director, UK, Ireland and Nordics, SWIFT, speaks about the potential changes banks face brought on by blockchain technology, APIs and cyber-security, ahead of the SWIFT Business Forum London, 20th April, 2016.

04 April 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Coinify meets KYC requirements with iSignthis

The strategic partnership between fintech industry’s innovative KYC compliance service provider, iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX) (‘iSignthis’), and the leading blockchain payments provider, Coinify ApS (Coinify), delivers service commencement of a new global product connecting blockchain payments, KYC identity & credit cards.

04 April 2016

Company update/Blockchain

GoldMoney preps gold-to-gold transfer services for US BitGold customers

GoldMoney Inc. (XAU.V), a full-reserve and gold-based financial service and technology group, is pleased to announce a phased launch of gold-to-gold transfer services for U.S. BitGold customers starting in April 2016.

31 March 2016

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Putin adviser calls bitcoin a virus

Russian authorities' opposition to virtual currencies has been underlined after a presidential adviser referred to bitcoin as an internet joke and a virus and urged that it be outlawed.

31 March 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain developer platform Stratumn raises €600,000

Stratumn today announced that it has raised €600,000 in funding to build and promote their blockchain development platform.

30 March 2016

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Bussmann's holiday: UBS tech chief quits

Oliver Bussmann, the global CIO for UBS and the man credited with transforming the bank's IT, has left his role at the Swiss giant.

30 March 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Hyperledger Project makes board appointments and adds new members

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today is announcing the Hyperledger Project has filled key leadership positions and is welcoming new members.

29 March 2016

News/Blockchain

DTCC trials distributed ledger tech for repo market

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is working with Digital Asset Holdings on a distributed ledger-based system for the clearing and settlement of US repurchase agreements (repos).

29 March 2016

News/Blockchain

Dutch central bank in digital currency plan

The Netherlands' central bank, De Nederlandsche bank (DNB) could be planning to develop its own digital currency based on blockchain technology.

29 March 2016

Company update/Blockchain

San Francisco receives first bitcoin ATM from Coinsource

Coinsource, the reliable and secure national bitcoin ATM network, today announced the installment of a new bitcoin ATM at Mission Groceries at 2128 Mission Street in the heart of San Francisco, California.

25 March 2016

Finextra TV/Blockchain

All aspects of banking are open to disruption

Jonas Huckestein, Co-founder, CTO, Mondo, speaks about how the banking business is set to be disrupted, and how you can differentiate between challenger banks based on their desire to have a banking licence immediately or at a later date.

24 March 2016

News/Blockchain

Investment management ousts payments as fintech's hottest area

Move over payments, London's hottest fintech scene is now investment management, according to a report from PwC and Startupbootcamp which claims a host of upstarts are transforming the way money is managed.

24 March 2016