Blockchain

The Blockchain Collaborative Consortium Expands Financial Services Subcommittee

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

The Blockchain Collaborative Consortium (BCCC) was inaugurated on April 25, 2016, with 34 founding member companies.

Chained Finance, the First Blockchain Platform for Supply Chain Finance

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

Dianrong and FnConn, Chinese fintech firms, filled in the hugely underserved needs of supply chain finance in China by introducing the new blockchain-based platform for supply chain finance called Chained Finance.

ATB Financial Announces Partnership With R3

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies

ATB Financial has joined financial innovation firm R3's consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. ATB Financial, the Alberta-based financial services provider, will be collaborating with over 75 of the world's largest financial institutions to develop ground-breaking commercial applications for the financial services industry that leverage the appropriate elements of... more

World-renowned Blockchain Experts Will Come to Moscow

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

On April 19, the most well-known global specialists in the sphere of blockchain technologies will come to Moscow. Together with Russian bankers and entrepreneurs they will discuss Russian and foreign blockchain projects in financial and non-financial spheres. The meeting will be driven by the annual Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia that features presentations from the representatives of IBM, Microsoft, Sberbank, NRU HSE and State Duma.

Misys backs gamification to educate next generation on money management

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain, Banking, Cloud, Infrastructure

Misys is making gamification an integral part of its Misys FusionBanking Essence Digital platform to help banks educate the next generation on better money management. Integrating Moroku’s GameSystem directly into the Essence Digital architecture enables banks to inject some fun into personal financial management (PFM) and help consumers achieve their savings goals.

Irish Funds Finishes “RegChain” Blockchain Proof of Concept

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

Irish Funds today announces that it has, in collaboration with Deloitte and participants from leading global asset servicing and fund management institutions including Deutsche Bank, Metzler, Northern Trust and State Street, successfully completed its blockchain proof of concept for regulatory reporting, “RegChain”.

FinTech Australia Advantages of Blockchain Technology

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

Australian fintech companies were in the box seat to take advantage of blockchain technology, following the release of an important standards roadmap, the peak body for Australia’s fintech industry said today.

Maersk and IBM Unveil First Industry-Wide Cross-Border Supply Chain Solution on Blockchain

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

IBM and Maersk have announced a new partnership to use blockchain technology to transform the global, cross-border supply chain.

PwC Brings Blockchain Prototype for London Market Target Operating Model

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain, Audit and Reporting

PwC has created a working blockchain prototype for the London Market Target Operating Model (TOM) Innovation Exchange. The project demonstrates that exploiting blockchain technology can reduce costs and speed up the payment process in the specialist insurance market. The proof of concept was developed by PwC’s blockchain team in Belfast, which comprises 25 blockchain engineers.

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference in Tallinn

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

Tallinn will host the first Estonian large-scale conference dedicated to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference. It will bring together representatives of IBM, e-Residency, Bitcoin Foundation, Funderbeam, and other projects well-known in Estonia and abroad. According to Smile-Expo, an event organizer, the major issue will include blockchain implementation in the Government Technology and banking... more

Conference on the Blockchain for Finance in Singapore

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

FinTech Network will host The Blockchain for Finance Conference, Asia Pacific - http://bit.ly/BlockchainPR - on June 20-21 in Singapore which will help companies to evaluate the latest use cases and POC’s to help assess the viability of adopting distributed ledger technology.

Microsoft Azure Partners with the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

We are proud to announce our participation as a launch partner with the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance in addition to making the first reference implementations of Ethereum available in a public cloud.

SETL establishes Paris office to support its Eurozone operations

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain, Payments, Infrastructure

SETL is the London based financial blockchain specialist. Today it has announced the opening of their Paris branch to develop its Eurozone activities. Pierre Davoust, formerly Deputy Head of the Financial Markets Unit at the French Treasury, who is appointed CEO France at SETL, will lead the new office.

Blockchain Technology Market grows to almost USD 8 Billion By 2024

8 years 1 month ago
Blockchain

The global blockchain technology market is expected to reach USD 7.74 billion by 2024, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Blockchain is the underlying technology that originated in the form of a public ledger to keep a track of all cryptocurrency transactions. The technology serves for transaction-processing and record-keeping.