Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Bitreserve rebrands as Uphold

Uphold, formerly Bitreserve, today announced a complete rebrand and the launch of new functionalities, products and services to several key markets.

14 October 2015

News/Blockchain

Barclays signs deals with blockchain startups; Hyperledger wins Innotribe contest

Barclays Bank has reportedly signed contracts with two blockchain technology startups who participated in the bank's New York accelerator programme, further underscoring its interest in the emerging technology.

14 October 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Volante VolPay gets Ripple ready

Volante Technologies Inc., a global leader in the provision of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages and payments, today announced it has created an interface with Ripple, distributed financial technology for global real-time settlement.

13 October 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Cryptocurrency startup SnapSwap granted European payments license

SnapSwap International S.A. announced today that the company has been granted a license to provide services as a regulated payment institution by the Minister of Finance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

12 October 2015

News/Blockchain

FIX sets up blockchain Working Group; SETL busts 1billion transactions per day

The FIX Trading Community has set up a Working Group to focus on the use of digital currency and blockchain initiatives in the capital markets industry.

12 October 2015

Company update/Blockchain

D+H Global PayPlus hooks up to Ripple

DH Corporation ("D+H") (TSX: DH), a leading provider of technology solutions to financial institutions globally, today announced that it has partnered with Ripple to deliver innovative payment capabilities by integrating Global PAYplus, its global payment services hub, with Ripple’s distributed ledger technology, creating a foundation for further disruptive payments innovation.

12 October 2015

News/Blockchain

Banks must embrace fintech-fuelled payments revolution - BNY Mellon

Banks must embrace fintech companies or risk being left behind as the payments landscape undergoes a radical technological overhaul, according to a new report from BNY Mellon.

09 October 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Symbiont appoints financial industry veterans to board

Symbiont, a pioneer in the use of blockchains and the creator of Smart Securities™, today announced that it has appointed two financial industry veterans, Maureen O’Hara and Dr. Keith B. Jarrett to its Advisory Board.

07 October 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Ingenico to bring bitcoin payments to the POS

BitPay and Ingenico have announced a new integration that allows brick and mortar stores to accept payment in bitcoin through a traditional point of sale (POS) device.

07 October 2015

News/Blockchain

US Marshals to auction off final Silk Road bitcoin haul

The United States Marshals Service is preparing to auction off the final 44,341 bitcoins - worth around $10.8 million at current prices - seized in connection with the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

06 October 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple moves on cross-border settlement and FX

Banks now have a practical, proven way to leverage distributed financial technology that delivers faster, more reliable, less costly cross-border payment services for their customers.

06 October 2015

News/Blockchain

China and India drive non-cash payments growth

Global non-cash payments volumes are expected to increase by nearly nine per cent in 2014, as massive emerging markets such as China and India begin to go electronic and mobile money takes off in developed countries, according to the latest annual World Payments Report from Capgemini and Royal Bank of Scotland.

06 October 2015

News/Blockchain

Santander InnoVentures joins Ripple funding round

Digital currency network Ripple has topped up its $28 million Series A funding round with an additional $4 million investment from Santander InnoVentures.

06 October 2015

News/Blockchain

Nomura investigates distributed ledgers; Fidelity joins Irish blockchain hackathon

Nomura Securities is to investigate the use of distributed ledger technology in a joint project with IT supplier and consultancy The Nomura Research Institute.

06 October 2015

News/Blockchain

Winklevoss twins get NYDFS charter for bitcoin exchange

The Winklevoss twins have launched their Gemini bitcoin exchange after receiving a charter from the New York Department of Financial services (NYDFS).

05 October 2015

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Bitcoin users need currency choice

Jorge Pereira, VP of engineering and development at Bitreserve, discusses how the platform allows people to use bitcoin without them having to hold any and how trading in multiple values facilitates innovation.

01 October 2015

News/Blockchain

Switzerland gets new fintech accelerator

A Zurich-based accelerator co-founded by a former UBS IT manager is looking to establish Switzerland as a hotbed for fintech innovation.

30 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Ancoa trade surveillance integrates Twilio cloud-based communications platform

Ancoa, providers of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy and sell-side firms, today announced the successful integration of Twilio, the leading cloud communications platform, with its surveillance platform, adding transactional voice surveillance, for voice initiated trades, to Ancoa’s suite of capabilities.

30 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Coinify to perform KYC with iSignthis

iSignthis Ltd [ASX:ISX] is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partner agreement with Europe’s leading digital currency processor, Coinify.

30 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

SixThirty fintech accelerator unveils latest cohort

SixThirty, a St. Louis-based business development accelerator and venture fund that invests in late seed-stage financial technology (fintech) startups, announces its Fall 2015 Cohort.

30 September 2015