Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Blockchain consortium R3 begins recruitment drive

Bank-backed blockchain collaboration outfit R3 is in the market for talented developers, designers and architects capable of working on "some of the thorniest problems in financial technology".

05 January 2016

Company update/Blockchain

Mike Tyson lends muscle power to bitcoin wallet

Bitcoin Direct, LLC, a subsidiary of Connexus Corporation (OTC PINK: CNXS), and Mike Tyson announced the Mike Tyson Digital Wallet today.

04 January 2016

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Crazy fintech predictions for 2016

Pascal Bouvier, newly installed as a venture partner with Santander Innoventures fintech venture fund, dusts off his crystal ball and peers into the not-too-distant fintech future.

04 January 2016

News/Blockchain

Nasdaq sees in the New Year with first blockchain transaction

Nasdaq is claiming a major step forward in the use of blockchain technology in capital markets after documenting a successful private securities transaction via its distributed ledger-based Linq platform.

04 January 2016

News/Blockchain

2015: That was the year that was

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2015, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 4 January 2016.

23 December 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Vogogo in partnership with US-based CBW Bank, to market US bank program

Risk Management & Payment Processing specialist Vogogo Inc. ("Vogogo") (TSX VENTURE:VGO) today announced a formalized partnership with CBW Bank.

22 December 2015

Company update/Blockchain

M-payment network Bolero to run loyalty programme on the blockchain with Ribbit.me

Boloro, the international mobile payments processing network with expanding operations across 15 countries by the end of 2016, has announced their selection of Ribbit.me's universal blockchain-based loyalty industry platform to provide their merchant partners with a loyalty solution.

21 December 2015

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Turning off the liquidity tap

Lee Fulmer, Market Commentator, discusses progress with intraday liquidity management, exploring how banks need to understand not just whether they have enough liquidity but how to control the flow of that liquidity in a crisis situation.

17 December 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Fortune Coin trading platform to open in Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based trading platform Fortune Coin will open on January 1, 2016, marking the first step in the company's globalization process.

17 December 2015

News/Blockchain

R3 consortium numbers swell; FS giants join Linux Foundation distributed ledger project

The R3-led blockchain consortium is to close applications to new member banks as 12 more financial institutions sign up and will instead concentrate its efforts on recruiting non-banks to the coalition.

17 December 2015

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NRI to test application of blockchain in banking

Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is to conduct a proof of concept (PoC) test of the application of blockchain technology to the core architecture of Japanese Internet bank SBI Sumishin.

17 December 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Bitcoin developers to start new digital currency

As the popular digital currency Bitcoin continues to grow, insiders to its development have raised concerns about the deepening centralization of power in the governance of the project and the interests of those who fund it.

16 December 2015

News/Blockchain

SETL commences fundraising; appoints former BofE exec Sir David Walker as chairman

Sir David Walker, a former executive director of the Bank of England, joins the ranks of financial luminaries clambering aboard the blockchain bandwagon by joining cryptographic payments and settlement infrastructure startup SETL as chairman.

15 December 2015

News/Blockchain

Blockchain startup hires former head of Swift Americas

Blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings has hired the former head of Swift's securities division and CEO of America's Chris Church as chief business development officer.

14 December 2015

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Bank spend on blockchain tech to top $1 billion by 2017 - Magister Advisors

Spending by financial institutions on blockchain projects will exceed $1bn in 2017, making it one of the fastest developing enterprise software markets of all time, says boutique investment bank Magister Advisors.

14 December 2015

News/Blockchain

Swift bids to save correspondent banks from extinction

With the role of the middle man in financial services increasingly under threat from a host of new startups and technologies, international banking co-operative Swift has stepped in with a range of service level agreements intended to differentiate and improve the customer experience in correspondent banking by increasing the speed, transparency and predictability of cross-border payments.

10 December 2015

News/Blockchain

Omidyar Network invests in tech enabling central banks to issue digital fiat currency

EBay founder Pierre Omidyar's investment vehicle Omidyar Network has pumped money into eCurrency Mint (eCM), a Dublin-based outfit developing technology that enables central banks to issue digital fiat currency.

10 December 2015

Company update/Blockchain

GoCoin and Ziftr merge

International blockchain payment platform GoCoin and mobile wallet, eCommerce loyalty and credit card processing company Ziftr today announced the completion of their merger agreement, creating a new fintech leader in payment and loyalty innovations.

09 December 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Coinify expands in Asia through Payssion partnership

Coinify and Payssion announce a signed partnership agreement that will contribute to the infrastructure and fuel digital currency adoption within Southeast Asia.

09 December 2015

News/Blockchain

Elusive bitcoin creator outed as man who attempted to launch world's first cryptobank

Craig Wright, the 44-year old Australian polymath outed as the creator of bitcoin, attempted to introduce the world's first cryptocurrency bank in 2014 but fell foul of Australian tax rules.

09 December 2015