Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

EU taps banks for new blockchain initiative

Several banks, including BBVA, have been invited to join a new European Union platform to promote the use of blockchain technology.

21 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Bank Frick collaborates with University of Liechtenstein on blockchain and finance programme

Bank Frick is celebrating its birthday and sponsoring a blockchain programme at the University of Liechtenstein

21 November 2018

News/Blockchain

Swift India to pilot MonetaGo distributed ledger

Swift India has partnered with New York's MonetaGo on a pilot fraud prevention programme for supply chain finance using distributed ledger technology.

21 November 2018

News/Blockchain

Bitcoin price plunge fails to dilute optimism for blockchain technology

On the day of the bitcoin nosedive to the lowest price seen in 2018, LendIt Europe 2018 attendees heard former chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne reveal that the idea of a globally accepted digital currency is being advocated in political circles.

21 November 2018

Company update/startups

Whirl launches crowdfunding platform

An all-star team of nonprofit, blockchain, and crowdfunding veterans, including Roel Wolfert (Bancor, VISA) and Martijn Hekman (World Vision, United Nations), is thrilled to announce the launch of Whirl, a socially driven crowdfunding platform that's built on the blockchain.

20 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

OrganiMark partners Sweetbridge blockchain platform for trade financing

OrganiMark, the leading value chain engineering and category management company, today announces it will work with Sweetbridge to deliver trade financing for Sustainable Cotton in a best practice platform for integrated value chain management.

20 November 2018

Company update/regulation

Speech: FCA's Christopher Woolard on the Cryptoassets Taskforce

Ten years on. Cast your minds back to 2008. For many of us, the defining event of that year was the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the moment when the enormity of the financial crisis was brought home.

20 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance etablishes enterprise work group

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry-leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global markets, is pleased to announced that it is launching the Enterprise Solutions Working Group (EWG).

20 November 2018

News/retail

University of Sussex introduces fintech undergraduate course

In a first for England, from next year the University of Sussex is introducing a BSc Finance and Technology (Fintech) degree.

20 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Hang Seng completes pilot trade transaction on new blockchain platorm

Hang Seng Bank has completed a pilot trade transaction for two corporate customers through eTradeConnect, a trade finance blockchain platform in Hong Kong.

16 November 2018

News/security

ECB exec: Next financial crisis to arise from cyberattack; bitcoin is "evil spawn"

A senior executive at the European Central Bank has warned that the next financial crisis may be triggered by a cyber attack.

16 November 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Revamping banks' digital architecture

Miguel Rio-Tinto, Group Chief Information Officer, Emirates NBD, speaks at the Infosys Finacle Conclave 2018 in Antwerp about what helps build a successful digital organisation, and how banks can accelerate their digital journey and drive business growth.

15 November 2018

News/payments

Singapore Fintech Fest showcases innovations in payments

The Singapore Fintech Festival yesterday played host to a quartet of distinct cross-border and digital currency payment initiatives, drawing in United Overseas bank, Grab, Ripple and the country's central bank.

15 November 2018

News/Blockchain

Bank of China and Deutsche Bank open Singapore innovation labs

Singapore's status as a top fintech hub has been boosted by the news that Bank of China and Deutsche Bank have both opened innovation labs on the island.

15 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Finos launches open source programme

Finos (the Fintech Open Source Foundation), a nonprofit foundation promoting open innovation in financial services, today announced the launch of a new Program focused on Decentralized Ecosystem Growth (DEG).

14 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

CULedger Taps Dante Terrana as SVP of market development

CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, has named Dante Terrana as its senior vice president of market development.

14 November 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Gibraltar Stock Exchange teams up with Asian fintech firms

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), geared towards establishing a trusted financial services group for the new digital era, has today announced a joint venture with the Hong Kong publicly listed company Chong Sing Fintech Holdings Limited and blockchain development company Prime Fintech Co. Ltd. to establish the group Hashstacs Inc..

14 November 2018

News/Blockchain

CBA hails blockchain-based 'smart money' trial

Using blockchain technology to help manage payments made to Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could have huge time and money saving benefits, a trial involving CBA and the nation's scientific research agency CSIRO has found.

14 November 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Corporates and the latest GPI developments

Marc Delbaere, Head of Corporates and Trade, SWIFT, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about gpi for Corporates means and how is it helping the corporate customer, how the corporates who are using it are reacting and what is coming down the tracks to improve the experience for corporates even further.

13 November 2018

News/Blockchain

MUFG and Banco Bradesco team on Ripple-based cross-border payments

Japan's MUFG Bank and Brazil's Banco Bradesco are teaming up to develop a cross-border payments service based on distributed ledger technology from Ripple.

13 November 2018