IBM Reveals Cloud Services for Blockchain Networks
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain, Cloud, Infrastructure
IBM reports a cloud service for organizations requiring a secure environment for blockchain networks. Ideal for organizations in regulated industries, this environment allows clients to test and run blockchain projects that handle private data.
ATB Financial to Use Blockchain Technology Powered by SAP
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
ATB Financial, the largest Alberta-based financial institution, has collaborated with SAP SE, financial technology start-up Ripple Labs Inc. and ReiseBank AG in Germany to send the first real international blockchain payment from Canada to Germany.
SolidX Introduces Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Identity Software
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
SolidX Partners Inc., an innovative blockchain technology company, announced the launch of Vida, the world's first full-stack identity solution using blockchain technology. Vida provides enterprises with robust identity management capabilities without the need to hold personal identifying information. Vida is the first service of its kind to provide one identity across numerous applications, streamlining permissioned access to data and services... more
IBM and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa complete first blockchain project
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
IBM and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa announced today the completion of their first blockchain project to improve the bank's ability to verify customer identity. The result of this successful pilot is an operational permissioned blockchain network that provides a view of customer identity to enable compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements. This demonstrates the disruptive capabilities of blockchain technology beyond common transaction-... more
IBM to Establish Blockchain Innovation Center in Singapore
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
IBM plans to establish the first IBM Center for Blockchain Innovation in Singapore.
MGT Unveils Bitcoin and Blockchain Project
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain, Security
MGT Capital Investments, Inc disclosed the details of the initial phase of a large scale Bitcoin mining operation designed to position the Company as a leader in Blockchain technologies.
Tech Bureau and Infoteria Announce Successful Experiment of Private Blockchain
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
Infoteria Corporation and Tech Bureau Corporation have successfully transferred loan and deposit account data in the main system of BC Finance, one of the largest microfinance institutions in Myanmar, to mijin (*1), the private blockchain (*2) placed on Microsoft Azure (*3) using ASTERIA WARP (*4) and mijin adapters (*5).
Mizuho Financial Group and IBM to Pilot Blockchain Technology into Settlements with Virtual Currency
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain, Infrastructure
Mizuho Financial Group and IBM reported a test of the potential of blockchain for use in settlements with virtual currency. By incorporating blockchain technology into settlements with virtual currency, Mizuho will explore how payments can be instantaneously swapped, potentially leading to new financial services based on this rapidly evolving technology. The pilot project uses the open source code IBM contributed to the Hyperledger Project.
Euroclear and itBit Partner to Develop Blockchain Solution
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain, Infrastructure
Euroclear and itBit, a financial services company delivering blockchain services for capital markets, today announced their collaboration to explore opportunities in creating a next generation settlement service for the London gold market.
ASX Chooses Digital Asset to Expand Distributed Ledger Technology in Australia
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Blockchain
ASX Limited (ASX) today announced that it has selected US-based firm Digital Asset Holdings, LLC (Digital Asset) to develop solutions for the Australian market utilising Distributed Ledger Technology.
PwC and Z/Yen to Investigate the Potential of Blockchain Technology in Wholesale Insurance
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Insurance
PwC today announced it is launching a Long Finance research project into the potential of blockchain tech
Synechron Examines Potential of Blockchain and AI in Financial Services
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Infrastructure
Synechron, Inc., a global consulting and technology innovator in the financial services industry, today released the results of a survey conducted by the TABB Group for Synechron on the potential of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services. The survey was conducted with 92 banking and capital markets institutions, with executives that are directly involved with technology decisions at their firm. The major findings are... more
Expertus and Ripple Reveal Blockchain Pilot Program for Financial Institutions
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Banking, IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Expertus and Ripple, today announced that they have launched a Pilot Program for Financial Institutions that want to test the capabilities of blockchain and Ripple distributed financial technology. The Pilot Program offers financial institutions a lean way to test blockchain technology with minimal business process disruption and integration effort. The solution can be integrated into the bank’s existing payments infrastructure without the need... more
SETL Releases Blockchain-Powered OpenCSD Platform
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain
SETL, the institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, has today announced the launch of its blockchain-powered OpenCSD platform. The OpenCSD platform, SETL’s first commercial offering, enables any market participant to commission and run a permissioned registry service for payments, settlement and clearing of cash and other financial instruments. The platform is available today and powered by the SETL... more
Santander Pilots Blockchain Technology to Transfer Live International Payments
- 8 years 2 months ago
- Blockchain, Payments, Banking
Santander is pleased to be the first UK bank to introduce Blockchain technology which facilitates international payments, through a new app. It is currently being rolled out as a staff pilot, with the intention to expand the technology at a later date.
