Finboot partners with LCAM to transform dispute resolution using blockchain legaltech
- 4 years 8 months ago
- Blockchain, SaaS
Finboot, the company behind the enterprise-grade blockchain middleware MARCO, announces it has partnered with the newly launched London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM), an organisation offering arbitration, expedited arbitration and mediation services, delivered by a diverse expert panel of arbitrators and mediators with many years’ experience in dispute resolution. LCAM operates under the auspices of The London Chamber of Commerce... more
Exactpro awarded Innovation accolade for Blockchain project with R3
- 4 years 8 months ago
- Blockchain, Infrastructure
Exactpro, a leading software testing provider for financial market infrastructures, is pleased to announce the receipt of QA Financial’s “Automation Technology Project of the Year: Exactpro and R3” award, in recognition of its work with R3’s Corda Enterprise Distributed Ledger Technology (‘DLT’).
Finovate Capital Onboards MonetaGo’s Fraud Prevention Network for Straight-Through Processing of Invoice Financing
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Financial
Finovate Capital, India’s leading short-term lending fintech platform today announced the integration of MonetaGo’s secure financing solution to build-in a more robust platform solution to its 15+ lenders in India.
Finboot’s MARCO Recognised by World Economic Forum as an Example of Successful Blockchain Implementation in Supply Chains
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
Finboot, the company behind the production-ready blockchain middleware MARCO, is pleased to announce that it has been included in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) first ever Blockchain Deployment Toolkit as an example of a company that proves the value of the blockchain ecosystem within supply chains. Two of Finboot’s successful blockchain implementations are referenced, including a project with energy giant Repsol.
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud: a “Vaccine” Option for Cyber Threats
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Protection
Acronis, announced today the global launch of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, the first and unique cyber protection solution that integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-generation anti-malware, anti-virus, cybersecurity and management tools all in one single console.
New research from MMC Ventures concludes activity and investment remain strong in the UK blockchain ecosystem, despite the ‘crypto winter’
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
New research released today from venture capital fund MMC Ventures, shows that while 2,700 blockchain companies have been created in the UK since 2008, only 9% of these have been equity funded. Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) had been the ‘go-to’ source of funding for blockchain companies until early 2018.
Interbank market sees live deployment of blockchain technology in reconciliation process
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Banking
Thirty-two banks in Italy have gone live with one of the first real-world deployments of enterprise blockchain technology in interbank financial markets. The Spunta Banca DLT app for interbank reconciliation has been built by the Italian Banking Association, ABI, on R3’s Corda Enterprise platform. The traditional reconciliation process for interbank transactions in Italy—formerly governed by the spunta process is notoriously complex.
SCB Partners with Ripple Extending SCB Global Payment Strategy
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Transaction Banking, Payments
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) today unveils its global strategy for cross-border payments, and the launch of Outward Remittance Service via SCB EASY developed in partnership with Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments. Following approval to exit the Bank of Thailand (BoT) regulatory sandbox, SCB is now launching a new Outward Remittance Service via SCB EASY to its retail customers across Thailand.
SIA Launches the Blockchain Infrastructure For ABI’s New Application “Spunta Banca DLT”
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Infrastructure
SIA has launched the blockchain infrastructure to enable the "Spunta Banca DLT" application, the initiative promoted by ABI (Italian Banking Association) and coordinated by ABI Lab, which allows the reconciliation of reciprocal accounts among Italian banks through the use of Distributed Ledger Technology.
ADIB is the first Islamic Bank to use Blockchain technology for trade distribution
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, Islamic Finance
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, has become the first Islamic bank to successfully execute trade finance distribution transactions using Blockchain technology. The cross-border transactions, which were completed with multiple based banks, were made possible through ADIB's partnership with TradeAssets, a trade finance e-marketplace powered by Blockchain technology to help digitize the traditional processes... more
Qadre launches new brand to demystify blockchain
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
Qadre, a high-growth fintech trusted by leading institutions to deliver certainty with blockchain technology, today launched its new brand that aims to demystify blockchain and drive increased understanding and practical applications of the technology in financial markets.
VAKT ecosystem expands commodities inspection services with Intertek
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain
AKT, the company re-imagining commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, has partnered with leading total quality assurance provider, Intertek, to bring its first-class commodity testing, inspection and certification services to the platform. Intertek joins an ecosystem that already includes some of the world’s largest commodity trading companies, CTRM systems, inspection and paperless trade services. Day by day, the VAKT vision... more
Lendonomy selects Neonomics to build Norway’s very first PSD2 crowdlending solution
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain, Lending, Open Banking
Lendonomy, a Norwegian fintech startup that is developing a blockchain-based “Airbnb for lending” targeting GenZ, and Neonomics, a leading provider of open banking APIs have announced a new partnership agreement. The solution enables Norwegian customers of Lendonomy to instantly and securely lend and borrow small amounts of money to and from each other with payments powered by the Neonomics open banking API. The partnership is the first... more
Smartlands Launches Private Stage of Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Seedrs; Early Birds to Receive Exclusive Golden Smartee Co-Owner Payment Card
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Blockchain, Crowdfunding
Global blockchain-based investment and digital banking ecosystem Smartlands, has today launched a funding round on Seedrs to sell 2.53% of equity stake at a pre-money valuation of £15,400,000. Currently in private mode, early investors in the campaign will get priority access to this investment opportunity and receive a unique golden Smartee co-owner payment card - a Smartlands-powered digital banking-like service that will offer exciting... more
