Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

ASB Bank takes stake in distributed ledger startup TradeWindow

New Zealand's ASB Bank has taken a stake in early-stage supply chain tech startup TradeWindow.

12 August 2019

Making way for a hybridisation of the blockchain world with the traditional

Gabrielle Patrick, Founder & CEO, Knabu, speaks to Hannah Wallace from Finextra at Money 20/20 Europe about the state of play with blockchain, which emerging models within the blockchain ecosystem are exciting people most and what challenges businesses are facing in the adoption of blockchain.

09 August 2019

Company update/Blockchain

IFinancial to deploy Tatum blockchain API platform

Following the launch of Tatum’s revolutionary Blockchain API Platform, International Financial System Ltd (“iFinancial”) have agreed to a global partnership with Tatum Limited (“Tatum”).

09 August 2019

Company update/startups

Definer.org wins Detroit fintech challenge

Less than two years after being conceptualized, Minneapolis-based digital lending & borrowing platform DeFiner.org has beat out 17 other Fintech startups to win one of the industry’s most coveted prizes.

08 August 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Civic Wallet to use Onfido everification kit

Onfido, the award-winning global identity verification platform, today announced a partnership with Civic, the premier blockchain identity and payment solution provider, to power the company’s Civic Wallet, which will be available this fall.

08 August 2019

News/Blockchain

Standard Chartered completes LoC blockchain transaction on Voltron

Standard Chartered has completes its first cross-border Letter of Credit blockchain transaction in the oil industry with PTT Group.

07 August 2019

News/Blockchain

Raiffeisen Bank International invests in Regtech startup kompany

Raiffeisen Bank International has joined a funding round in business verification and KYC RegTech kompany.

07 August 2019

News/Blockchain

Mastercard takes on counterfeiters with blockchain tech

Mastercard is to use blockchain technology to track the provenance of limited edition fashion items as part of a showcase of collections from leading women designers and artists.

07 August 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Standard Chartered completes first transaction on blockchain platform with Linklogis

Standard Chartered and Linklogis have recently completed their first joint deep-tier supply chain financing transaction for Digital Guangdong and its upstream suppliers.

05 August 2019

News/Blockchain

R3 commits to London despite Brexit uncertainty

R3, the enterprise blockchain software company, has doubled the size of its London hub amidst Brexit precariousness.

02 August 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Supply@ME to launch working capital platform on SIAchain

SIA, the European hi-tech company, leader in payment services and infrastructures, and Supply@ME, the scale-up of the AvantGarde Group, have signed a partnership agreement to launch - through the SIAchain infrastructure - the new “Inventory Monetization” platform, created by the Milan-based fintech soon to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.

01 August 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Cryptocurrency broker BCB hops on Corda Network

BCB Group, a leading global cryptocurrency broker catering to the bespoke needs of institutional clients, today announced they are now live with DASL - The Digital Asset Shared Ledger developed by LAB577.

01 August 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Interchange acquired by Kraken

Today we have an exciting announcement from the Interchange team: we have been acquired by Kraken!

31 July 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Huobi joins Global Digital Finance

Huobi, a leading global crypto-assets financial service provider is pleased to announce that they have joined Global Digital Finance (GDF), the industry membership body promoting the adoption of best practices and conduct standards for crypto and digital assets and digital finance technologies as a Patron Member.

31 July 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Bitwala raises EUR13 million

International investors led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group are beefing up Bitwala’s war chest to fuel the expansion of Germany’s cryptocurrency flagship: Bitwala’s unique strategic positioning as a challenger banking service with four years of experience as a gateway to the blockchain-powered digital global economy convinced new and existing investors to pledge a total of 13 million Euro in a Series A funding round.

31 July 2019

News/Blockchain

Circle CEO claims current financial system is 'failing 99% of the time'

Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Circle co-founder, chairman and CEO Jeremy Allaire highlighted that the existing financial services system is in dire need of being completely overhauled.

30 July 2019

News/Blockchain

Finextra issues call for comment on payments revolution

Finextra is opening a public consultation on the competitive pressures driving the future strategy and direction of banks, as the sector grapples with a series of profound disruptions that are shaking up the once staid payments industry.

26 July 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Digital Assets Data closes $3.2 million equity round

Digital Assets Data, a financial technology and data company focused on the burgeoning cryptoasset industry, has closed its first equity funding round, led by North Island, the investment firm of prominent technology investor and Silver Lake co-founder Glenn Hutchins, along with his son, James Hutchins.

26 July 2019

Company update/Blockchain

CryptoUK calls on Chancellor to prioritise digital asset sector

CryptoUK, the self-regulatory trade body for the cryptoasset sector in the UK, has written to the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling on the new government to prioritise the crypto industry as part of its ambitions to become a global fintech hub.

25 July 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Koin Rewards and TrueLayer work together to use Open Banking for ethical loyalty rewards

Koin Rewards, the ethical rewards platform built on blockchain, has integrated with leading financial API provider TrueLayer to provide customers with instant rewards via Open Banking.

25 July 2019