ConsenSys announces PegaSys Plus for Enterprises
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain
Today, ConsenSys announced the launch of PegaSys Plus, the commercial distribution of its core Ethereum infrastructure. PegaSys is the protocol development team within ConsenSys that builds Ethereum tech for both the public-chain community and enterprises. Earlier this month, PegaSys was the first group building a mainnet Ethereum client to contribute its codebase to the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger, a global open-source initiative dedicated... more
PWC and Onfido to join uPort’s portable identity ef orts in the UK financial services sector
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain, Open Banking
uPort, a digital identity platform anchored on the Ethereum blockchain, is excited to partner with Onfido, a global identity verification provider, and PwC, a leading professional services firm, to explore portability of consumer identities in the financial services sector in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Bank of America joins the Marco Polo Network to tackle trade finance challenges
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain, Banking, Financial
Bank of America announces that it is joining the Marco Polo Network, the largest and fastest growing trade finance networks leveraging Corda distributed ledger technology to provide transformative solutions to global trade participants.
Israeli startup GK8 unveils a technology for sending transactions to the blockchain without internet connection
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain, FinTech StartUps
Israeli startup GK8
Edge Network Recognised as “Best Edge Computing Platform” in Future Digital Awards
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain
Edge has won “Best Edge Computing Platform” in the IoT Innovation category at the Future Digital Awards 2019. The award was given following a thorough judging process undertaken by the analyst team at digital research consultancy Juniper Research. Juniper judged award entrants on a number of elements, specifically: Product Features and User Benefits; Product Innovation; Commercial Partnerships; Commercial Launches; Compliance & Certification... more
VAKT expands ecosystem with essDOCS collaboration on NWE barge markets
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain
VAKT, the company re-imagining commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, announces a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with essDOCS, a leading enabler of paperless trade. The MOU focuses on the North-West European barge markets, smoothing the post-trade process for all parties involved in the transaction.
Tassat and AlgoTrader partner to provide institutions access to new XBT/USD swaps contracts
- 5 years 4 months ago
- Blockchain
Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for traditional and digital asset markets, has partnered with AlgoTrader to provide institutional clients with its automated, quantitative trading software including direct access to Tassat’s cryptocurrency derivatives to be offered soon on a regulated exchange.
Mizuho joins list of Fnality shareholders
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
Fnality International (Fnality), the company building the means of payments on-chain for tomorrow’s financial markets utilising the Utility Settlement Coin (USC), is pleased to announce that Mizuho Bank, the core group company of Mizuho Financial Group, one of the largest financial services group in Japan, has joined the original group of 14 founding shareholders working to deliver the collective goal to transform clearing and settlement... more
Blockchain Live 2019: Register for Your Free Pass Today
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
There is still time to register for Blockchain Live 2019. REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE PASS TODAY using the code: FINTECH
Detroit FinTech Bay Announces Detroit Blockchain Center to join location at TechTown; Detroit FinTech Bay Board of Advisors Appointed
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain, FinTech StartUps
Detroit FinTech Bay announced today that it will welcome the Detroit Blockchain Center as a resident within its space in TechTown Detroit. Additionally, Detroit FinTech Bay’s first board of advisors is announced. Entrepreneurs and leaders from financial institutions, corporations, community groups and academia make up the group’s membership. Partnership with Detroit Blockchain Center
DappRadar raises $2.33m seed round led by Naspers Ventures
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
DappRadar, the leading global platform for discovering and analysing blockchain-based decentralised applications (“dapps”), announces it has raised $2.33 million in seed funding. The investment is led by Naspers, a global internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world, through its Naspers Ventures division, with participation from Blockchain.com Ventures and Angel Invest Berlin. DappRadar will use the investment... more
The FCA, Barclays, Mastercard, OECD and Other Industry Leaders Joining Blockchain Live 2019
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
With 3 weeks to go until Blockchain Live 2019, the festival of education is proud to announce some of the industry experts, that will be participating at the festival this month. For one-day only, Blockchain Live will be returning to London Olympia on 25th September, bringing engaging, thought-provoking and quality content to all in attendance. As a valued member of the Financial IT community you have a complimentary pass reserved for you to... more
Blockchain Live returns to London for its third year on the 25th of September
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
Blockchain Live returns to London for its third year on the 25th of September, gathering industry leaders and innovators to discuss the applications and impact of blockchain across various industries.
R3 partners with Wethaq to digitise Islamic Capital Markets
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
Fintech, Wethaq, has signed a strategic partnership with enterprise blockchain software firm R3 to build the next generation of financial market infrastructure to enable issuers, investors, central banks and regulators to seamlessly transact in Islamic capital markets.
Chainalysis to Launch Actionable Real-Time Alerts for Suspicious Transactions Across 15 Cryptocurrencies
- 5 years 5 months ago
- Blockchain
Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today announced the launch of suspicious cryptocurrency transaction alerts in Chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT), the real-time anti-money laundering (AML) compliance solution for monitoring cryptocurrency transactions. It is the first compliance alerts solution available across 15 cryptocurrencies.
