Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

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

News/Blockchain

More global banks back blockchain collaboration plan

An initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets has picked up momentum, with another 13 major banks - including BofA, Deutsche Bank and HSBC - throwing their weight behind the plan.

29 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Iran joins fintech revolution

The fintech revolution continues to spread across the globe, reaching former pariah state Iran in the form of a digital finance conference next month.

28 September 2015

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Banks grapple with ‘omnichannel’ opportunity

Matt Williamson, Global Head of Payments at Misys, talks about how banks can ready their IT infrastructures to tackle rising competition from new payments entrants without ripping out everything they’ve invested in so far.

28 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Finextra Q&A: Jeff Dennes, chief digital officer, BBVA Compass

BBVA Compass has developed a reputation as one of America's most forward-thinking banks. Last year Jeff Dennes joined the team to lead its charge into the digital era. He talks to Finextra about what being a chief digital officer entails and the bank's relationship with the fintech community.

28 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Bitcoin startup LedgerX appoints former CFTC commissioner Wetjen to board

LedgerX announces the appointment of Mark Wetjen to the Board of Directors of Ledger Holdings Inc., the parent company of LedgerX LLC.

25 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

TechBureau launches Mijin, a permissioned blockchain for banks

Tech Bureau (CEO: Takao Asayama) announces Mijin, a low-cost solution for creating permissioned blockchains.

25 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Blockchain and bond market trading win out in BBVA London startup contest

Two London-based fintech start-ups - Everledger, which uses the blockchain to record ownership of valuables, and Origin Markets, a platform which directly connects corporate bond issuers with institutional investors - have won the 2015 BBVA Open Talent Europe final.

24 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Swiss fintech incubator Fusion ignites with first intake

Swiss fintech incubator Fusion has selected the first ten startups to join a 12-month accelerator scheme, having ploughed through over 100 applications from aspiring companies working in traditional Swiss strongholds such as asset and wealth management, insurance, and commodity trading.

24 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

21 ships first bitcoin computer

Today we’re announcing a new kind of device for sale: the 21 Bitcoin Computer, the first computer with native hardware and software support for the Bitcoin protocol.

23 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Competition watchdog urged to probe Oz bank 'collusion' in bitcoin shutdown

Queensland National Senator Matthew Canavan has called on Australia's competition watchdog to investigate the actions of the nation's banks in refusing to handle the accounts of bitcoin startups across the country.

23 September 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Smart contract startup Stampery to debut at Tech Crunch Disrupt

Stampery has been chosen to participate in the main tech event in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, the “Tech Crunch Disrupt” Battlefield.

23 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Circle granted first BitLicense

Bitcoin startup Circle has become the first firm to be granted a BitLicense from New York state's financial watchdog.

22 September 2015

News/Blockchain

Large banks could save $4bn per annum by creating a trade processing utility - Broadridge

Large banks could save up $4 billion each year by adopting a shared utility model for trade processing, according to a study by Broadridge.

22 September 2015

News/Blockchain

BofA files for cryptocurrency-based wire transfer system patent

Bank of America has filed a US patent application for a system and method that uses cryptocurrency technology for wire transfers.

22 September 2015

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Taking the costs out of forex

Nik Storonsky, founder and CEO of Revolut, addresses the high costs of hidden credit card fees abroad and the importance of increasing the number of users in foreign exchange platforms to reduce bank trading charges.

21 September 2015