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Cinnober wins contract with Singapore's Vaultex Exchange

Cinnober's bid to become the trade infrastructure provider of choice for emerging digital asset exchanges has been boosted by the agreement of a contract with Singaporean startup Vaultex Exchange.

13 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

CULedger joins R3 blockchain ecosystem

CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, is now a member of the enterprise software firm R3’s global blockchain ecosystem.

12 December 2018

News/wholesale

Institutional investors ready to embrace new tech

Institutional investors are warming to the use of emerging technology to hit their growth objectives in a challenging market, according to a survey conducted by State Street.

12 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Former Swift Asia head Alexandre Kech names CEO of Onchcain Custodian

Onchain Custodian, a provider of digital asset custody solutions, announced today the appointment of its executive committee.

12 December 2018

News/Blockchain

German crypto bank opens for business; solarisBank wins digital asset deal with Boerse Stuttgart

German cryptobanking startup Bitwala has opened for business, onboarding 40,000 pre-registered customers for its bitcoin and Euro deposit accounts.

12 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

DataArt partners with R3 for blockchain build out

DataArt, a global technology consultancy that designs, develops, and supports unique software solutions, today announced that it has partnered with R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm, to develop innovative products and solutions on R3’s Corda platform.

11 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Currencies Direct switches on xCurrent from Ripple for Indian remittances

Currencies Direct is to open a new real-time cross-border remittance corridor to India using Ripple's xCurrent payment protocol.

11 December 2018

News/security

Barclaycard joins forces with Evernym on self-sovereign identity

Barclaycard's efforts to make passwords a thing of the past has led it to join an accelerator programme run by self-sovereign identity (SSI) specialist Evernym.

10 December 2018

Company update/regulation

Ontario Securities Commission seeks applications for fintech advisory committee

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Advisory Committee (FAC).

07 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Tencent and Hang Seng Bank form fintech partnership

Hang Seng Bank has formed a fintech alliance with e-commerce giant Tencent that will see the pair work together on a host of initiatives, including a remote account opening system and payment services.

07 December 2018

News/security

Digital asset security startup Trustology raises $8m

Former UBS blockchain lead Alex Batlin has raised $8 million in seed funding from Two Sigma Ventures and ConsenSys for his new startup developing technology and services to help private and institutional clients secure digital assets.

06 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Sberbank, BC Region and the NSD conduct three-way repo deal using blockchain technology

With the participation of the National Settlement Depository (NSD), Sberbank and Brokerage Company Region have entered into the world’s first three-way OTC repo deal using a smart contract on a blockchain network.

06 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Gazprombank to develop cryptoasset service for private clients

The Swiss arm of Russia's Gazprombank is to roll out a cryptoasset service for clients in mid-2019, using technology from core banking supplier Avaloq and local blockchain startup Metaco.

06 December 2018

News/Blockchain

R3's Corda to the fore in Euro Debt issuance and Club Loan markets

R3's blockchain-inspired Corda platform is being put to the test in the Euro Debt Market and syndicated loan arena under separate field trials with a collective of international banks.

06 December 2018

News/Blockchain

R3 and Ripple play nice as new Corda app supports XRP

Distributed ledger technology outfit R3 has launched a universal settler application to facilitate payments on its Corda platform, with rival Ripple's XRP the first cryptocurrency to be supported.

05 December 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Enterprise blockchain and the successful use cases

David Rutter, CEO, R3, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney, about R3’s Corda platform as a success story for enterprise blockchain, what’s different about it and why banks are being attracted to it, and whether we should be cynical about blockchain anymore.

05 December 2018

News/Blockchain

UAE positive on KYC utility tests

Regulatory authorities and banks in Abu Dhabi have recorded tangible benefits from trials of a shared Know Your Customer utility underpinned by distributed ledger technology.

05 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple and three others form Blockchain for Europe lobby

Four leading global blockchain companies (EMURGO/Cardano), Fetch.AI, NEM and Ripple) have come together to found an association representing blockchain originating organisations in Europe.

05 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Overstock's Medici Ventures invests in GrainChain

GrainChain, a suite of software to bring easy and secure payments to farmers, buyers and grain elevators through blockchain, announced Medici Ventures, the leading blockchain accelerator and subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (OSTK), has purchased a $2.5 million equity in the company.

05 December 2018

News/ai

AI, Big Tech and the cloud will damage the banking industry if not embraced - Citibank

Citibank’s global head of bank research Ronit Ghose kicked off this year’s EMEA Media Summit by highlighting how artificial intelligence, Big Tech and core banking systems on the cloud will disrupt financial services.

05 December 2018