Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Ant Group unveils blockchain-based copyright protection network

Ant Group has unveiled a blockchain-based digital copyright service for content creators.

22 October 2020

Contour collaborates with Mphasis to speed adoption of blockchain network

Contour, the global decentralised platform building the new standard for global trade, today announced a partnership with Mphasis, an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specialising in cloud and cognitive services, to accelerate the scaled adoption and extend the reach of the Contour network by banks, enterprises and partners worldwide.

21 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

R3 acquires e-title’s electronic Bill of Lading platform

R3 announced today an agreement with E-Title Authority, a Singapore-based software developer, to acquire its legal and technological framework for digitalization of Bill of Lading, the central title document underpinning trade operations globally.

20 October 2020

News/crypto

Cordite Society to mint first bank-grade digital currency for R3 Corda

The Cordite Society, a co-operative spawned from a research project at Royal Bank of Scotland, has released XDC, a digital currency for lubricating transactions on the R3 Corda blockchain network.

20 October 2020

Company update/wholesale

GFT to offer DAML smart contract support for R3’s Corda

GFT, a global IT services and software engineering provider driving the digital transformation of the world’s leading companies in financial services, insurance and manufacturing, announced today it has expanded its global partnership with Digital Asset to include DAML smart contract support for R3’s Corda blockchain.

20 October 2020

Company update/payments

Mphasis to put supply chain portfolio on R3 Corda

Mphasis, an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, today announced its partnership with R3, a leading global enterprise software firm, to jointly create innovative blockchain-enabled payment solutions and take them to market.

20 October 2020

News/identity

Fujitsu, JCB and Mizuho to test digital identity interoperability

Fujitsu, JCB and Mizuho Bank are to jointly test a system that enables secure transactions involving sensitive user ID information between companies and industries.

20 October 2020

News/crypto

Bank of Japan preps CBDC experiments

The Bank of Japan will begin central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiments early next year but says it still does not yet have any plans to issue its own digital yen.

15 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Global container carriers CMA CGM and MSC join TradeLens

Major global container carriers CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) today announced they are now integrated onto TradeLens, helping ensure a more fully integrated, timely and consistent view of logistics data for their containerized freight around the world.

15 October 2020

Company update/payments

Cambridge Global Payments partnership with Ripple goes live

Cambridge Global Payments (“Cambridge”), a FLEETCOR company (NYSE: FLT) and a provider of integrated cross-border payments and currency risk management solutions, announced today the commercial launch of its partnership with Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for certain global payments, to deliver cross-border payment solutions to B2B customers.

14 October 2020

News/wealth

Allfunds partners Iberpay on blockchain plans

Wealthtech Allfunds has set up a blockchain company to develop a new payment model it says will provide more efficient settlement processes in the investment fund industry.

13 October 2020

Company update/payments

100 italian banks go live on Spunta blockchain

In Italy it is fully operational the Italian banking sector blockchain.

13 October 2020

Company update/regulation

BondEvalue gets MAS approval to operate blockchain-based bond exchange

Singapore-based fintech BondEvalue said today it has been approved as a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

13 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Envoy Group joins R3’s Venture Development programme

Envoy Group has joins R3’s Venture Development programme, the start-up growth and business development program of the enterprise software firm, R3, to support Envoy as it approaches the pilot phase of its trade finance platform.

12 October 2020

Company update/crypto

Ripple introduces Line of Credit

Today, Ripple launched Line of Credit, a new beta service on RippleNet that allows customers using On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) to source capital on demand to initiate cross-border payments at scale using the digital asset XRP.

08 October 2020

Company update/markets

IPC and DDCM partner to digitise end-to-end life cycle of a bond

IPC - a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the global financial markets is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with Digital Debt Capital Markets Ltd (“DDCM or agora”).

07 October 2020

News/crypto

Sibos 2020: 'In a world of CBDCs, I am not sure what Swift would do' - David Birch

David Birch, author and financial services consultant, compares Swift to CB radio or Charlie's Angels, as an "affectionate tribute to the 1970s".

07 October 2020

News/crypto

Sibos 2020: What percentage of cross-border payments could be made in CBDCs?

Delegates discussing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) at Sibos 2020 agree that there is a long road ahead for global mass adoption to facilitate cross-border payments.

07 October 2020

News/payments

Rabobank offers bank account for utility token

Rabobank has begun facilitating payments for digital currency 'tokens' thanks to an agreement with the 2Tokens Foundation.

07 October 2020

News/payments

Standard Chartered and DBS to set up blockchain-based Trade Finance Registry

Standard Chartered and DBS, with the support of 12 other banks, have kicked off a project that will use a blockchain network to register trade finance transactions.

06 October 2020