
AI, ML and RPA Can Strengthen Reconciliation Systems For BFSI Sector
With open banking and instant payments increasingly becoming mainstream, back-office enterprise reconciliation systems need to keep pace. Conventionally, transactions...

Bank of Thailand Launches World’s First Government Savings Bond on IBM Blockchain Technology
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Bank of Thailand (BOT), the central bank, has successfully launched the world's first...

HUB Security Teams with Marsh to Offer Unique Insured Storage Solution for Digital Asset Custodians
HUB Security, a leading hardware cybersecurity solutions provider, announced today its collaboration with Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker...

Breaking the Financial Status Quo with Central Bank Digital Currencies
Blockchain technology is now over a decade old. As the technology approaches the 12th anniversary of the publication of...

Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Obtains Approval to Launch a US Bank
Kraken has won approval for the creation of a new US bank, bringing the traditional financial industry and cryptocurrency...

RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations
As if the coronavirus crisis wasn't enough of a challenge for organizations still printing, cutting and mailing paper checks,...

The Battle between DeFi, CeFi and the Old Guard
We are at the start of some big changes in the financial world, and by combining DeFi and CeFi...

Mastercard Launches Digital Currency Kit for Central Banks
In the 10 years since Bitcoin came on the financial scene, central banks have quietly been dabbling in digital...

Grant Thornton Moves Intercompany Transactions to EOSIO
Major U.S. accounting firm Grant Thornton has announced a new platform for its clients to handle their intercompany transactions...

Nasdaq Will Use Blockchain to Build Digital Asset Marketplaces, Partners with R3
Stock exchange operator Nasdaq has partnered with enterprise blockchain development firm R3 to work on solutions for digital asset...

World Bank Digs Deeper Into DLT and FinTech for Financial Inclusion
The world’s largest development bank, the World Bank Group, has issued a new report on payment aspects of financial...

Oracle, IBM Launch Blockchain to Integrate COVID-19 Data from World Health Organization, CDC
Enterprise blockchain startup HACERA initiated a new blockchain platform MiPasa to help with data aggregation and analytics for COVID-19....

Alontrus Group Joins Chainbelow and Sponsors the NJ Hyperledger Meetup to Introduce Alibaba Cloud, Blockchain and Cloud Computing Solutions NEW...

US Treasury to Complete PoC of Blockchain-Based Grants Payment System
The United States Treasury Department has almost completed tests of a blockchain-based grants payment capability as part of the...

Signature Bank Links Prime Trust Clients To Real-Time Payments
Signature Bank and Prime Trust, two financial institutions with an emphasis on technology, are joining forces to enable real-time...

Oracle and Microsoft Expand Cloud Partnership to Serve Customers in Canada
Oracle and Microsoft have expanded their Cloud partnership to now help customers in Canada run their mission-critical workloads across...

EY Releases New Version of Zero-Knowledge Proof Blockchain to Public Domain
British auditing giant EY has released a new iteration of its zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) blockchain, intending to cut transaction...

Accenture, TradeIX Partner On Blockchain Trade Finance
Accenture, a professional services firm, and TradeIX, a blockchain startup in global trade finance, have teamed up to become...

JPMorgan Blockchain Payments Network Eyes January Japan Launch
JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain payments platform looks to be expanding to Japan, and soon. The U.S. banking multinational is eyeing a...

UBS, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse Successfully Swap Securities
The UBS, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse Successfully executed a transaction on the Eurex Repo F7-trading system and recorded the swap...

HSBC Swaps Paper Records for Blockchain to Track $20 Billion Worth of Assets
HSBC aims to shift $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March, in one...

BNY Mellon Explores Marco Polo Network
The Bank of New York Mellon is conducting an evaluation program with the Marco Polo Network, furthering its aims...

Visa to Develop a Blockchain System for Processing Personal Data
The research unit of the financial giant Visa will develop the LucidiTEE blockchain system for the secure exchange of...

HSBC Chief Kroeker Expects Commercialization of Blockchain in 2020
BANKS and financial services institutions have trialed plenty of blockchain applications over the past 12 to 24 months —...

JP Morgan Using Blockchain for Automated Derivatives Margin Payments
Yesterday Baton Systems announced that together with J.P. Morgan it developed a distributed ledger-based solution for derivatives. It enables...

ING Develops Notary Service for Corda Blockchain
Financial services firm ING has announced a "blockchain breakthrough" that it says will improve the privacy and security of...

Why Enterprises Are Paying Attention As Ethereum 2.0 Unfolds
Enterprises that are building on Ethereum have a reason to celebrate, as the new-and-improved Ethereum 2.0 is moving forward.

Hyperledger Challenges Quorum for Enterprise Ethereum Crown
There’s a seismic shift taking place in the enterprise blockchain space. It’s called Besu. A software client designed from scratch...

SAP, R3 Back Blockchain For Real-Time Gross Settlement
Enterprise software firm SAP is teaming up with professional services firm Accenture and blockchain company R3 to develop a...

HSBC Enacts First Letter of Credit on a Blockchain in Malaysia
Major bank HSBC has announced the successful enactment of a letter of credit (LC) on a blockchain in Malaysia.

Blockchain-Shy Bank of America Quietly Pilots Ripple Technology
Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the U.S., has quietly tested out Ripple’s distributed ledger technology – and...

EY Unveils Public Finance Blockchain to Track Gov’t Spending
Big Four auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) has launched a blockchain platform for public funds meant to enhance...

Alfa-Bank, Commerzbank Pilot Cross-Border Payments on R3’s Marco Polo
Alfa-Bank and Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK), in cooperation with Commerzbank and Vesuvius GmbH, are piloting Russia-Germany cross-border payments on...

Swiss Financial Giant UBS Officially Launches On We.Trade; Providing Blockchain Banking For SME’s
Banking giant operating in Switzerland, UBS has announced it has gone live on its We.Trade blockchain platform for trade...

IKEA Accepts Supply Chain Transaction via the Ethereum Blockchain
Nordic retailer IKEA has accepted payment in digital currency using the Ethereum blockchain to settle a transaction with Nordic...

Visa, Mastercard Seek out Blockchain’s Role in Cross-border Payments
The card networks are taking blockchain seriously as a means of streamlining cross-border B2B payments. But while they share...

Bank of America Joins R3’s Marco Polo Blockchain Global Trade Network
Bank of America has joined R3’s Corda-powered Marco Polo Network “to tackle trade finance challenges.”

Alontrus Group partners with TransSys Solutions to bring Blockchain Solutions to MEA & ASEAN Regions
TransSys Solutions & Alontrus Group enter into a partnership to increase adoption of end-to-end Enterprise-Grade Blockchain solutions in MEA...

Oracle OpenWorld 2019, Breakthrough Starts Here
Oracle welcomes our customers and partners to Oracle OpenWorld 2019 in San Francisco, the world's largest and most prominent...

Mastercard, R3 to Build New Blockchain-based Solution for Overseas Payments
Payments giant Mastercard has partnered with enterprise blockchain firm R3 to develop and pilot a new blockchain-based solution for...

Moody’s: Blockchain Standards “Credit Positive” for Securitization
On the 5th September, financial services and ratings agency Moody’s announced its latest research: blockchain standards. The report concluded...

Oracle Lets Blockchain Tech Firm Hydrogen Into Its Cloud Marketplace
Software giant Oracle has admitted Hydrogen, a developer of ethereum-based enterprise blockchains, into its Cloud Marketplace.

Sberbank Trials Trade Finance Blockchain for Siberian Oil
Last week Russia’s Sberbank announced it completed a pilot blockchain transaction with Singapore commodities company Trafigura. The distributed ledger...

US Banking Giant PNC Starts Using RippleNet for Cross-Border Payments
PNC — the United States’ eighth-largest bank, with almost $400 billion in assets — has become the country’s first...

HSBC Is First Bank to Finance Transaction via Hyperledger on we.trade
Multinational banking giant HSBC has reportedly become the first bank to complete financing transaction on European blockchain trade platform...

Africa’s Largest Bank Joins Marco Polo Trade Finance Network
Standard Bank has joined the Marco Polo Network, a blockchain-based trade finance platform. Standard, which is Africa’s largest bank,...

Oracle’s IaaS, Cloud Database in the Spotlight at OpenWorld
Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference is one of the world's largest enterprise technology events, and the company has an equally...

Oracle and Microsoft Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Adoption
This cloud interoperability partnership combines Oracle and Microsoft technologies to support both line of business and mission-critical applications. Customers...

Deloitte’s Blockchain in a Box Demonstrator Launched
Deloitte launched a mobile, self-contained computing platform this week that could be used to get hand-on experience in blockchain...

Oracle Teams with CargoSmart on Ocean Cargo Blockchain Initiative
When supply chain managers convene in San Francisco for Oracle OpenWorld next month much of the talk will be...

World Bank Raises $33M Via Blockchain for Its Kangaroo Bond
The World Bank announced on Aug. 16 that it raised an additional A$50 million (over $33 million) for its...

10 Global Enterprises Looking to Issue Their Own Cryptos
The growing popularity of cryptocurrency has led to a revolution in the digital currency industry. Enterprises that were of...

Truffle Supports Three New Blockchains to Promote Utilization for Businesses
Truffle has worked with Ethereum’s development framework so far, but it will provide a variety of blockchain development frameworks...

Oracle Cloud Blockchain Technology for the Enterprise
Blockchain Technology for the Enterprise. Securely and reliably extend your business processes and accelerate B2B transactions.

R3’s Marco Polo Trade Blockchain Takes Another Step Toward Production
Marco Polo, the trade finance blockchain network launched in 2017 by R3 and TradeIX, is moving slowly but surely...

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to Partner with Prysm Group on Blockchain Supervisory Nodes
Digital assets and blockchain technology continue to infiltrate the financial services sector at a growing rate. Blockchain or distributed...

Blockchain Insurance Group B3i Launches First Product on R3’s Corda
B3i, a consortium startup working to use blockchain tech in the insurance industry, has launched its first product on...

Oracle Building A ‘Virtuous Cycle Of Innovation’ With Start-ups Through ChainLink and Blockchain
It was not too long ago that start-ups had a massive, exclusive, weapon in their innovation arsenal - Blockchain....

Ripple Expands Presence In South America, Cracks First Partnership In Chile With Currency Bird
Ripple has a special focus on emerging markets, especially in South America. It has taken major steps to expand its...

How Blockchains Are Disrupting the Payments Industry (In a Good Way)
Investors love the companies in the payments industry, and for good reason. Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have long been investor favorites. They've...

Bank of America To Utilize Ripple Blockchain For Interbank Communication Application
Bank of America has been among the leading holders of blockchain patents in the United States and has just...

OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd. (OneConnect), an associate company of China's insurance giant and Fortune Top 29 Company Ping...

Salesforce Introduces Low-Code Blockchain Platform
Salesforce announced Salesforce Blockchain, a low-code platform that enables organizations to share verified, distributed data sets across a trusted...

Announcing the Corda Token SDK 1.0
This week we’re launching the developer preview of Token SDK—a developer toolkit and set of standards that will do for...

PayPal-backed Alliance for Blockchain-based Digital IDs Begins Beta Testing
LuxTrust S.A., a leading Digital Trust Services Provider in Luxembourg, and Cambridge Blockchain Inc., a pioneer in digital identity...

Brazilian Real Estate Transaction Recorded Using Blockchain Technology
The first-ever real estate transaction using blockchain technology was completed in Brazil on July 16. This continues a worldwide...

Italy Plans to Create Blockchain-based Smart Parametric Insurance Policies
Italy is considering starting smart parametric policies with automatic reimbursement based on blockchain, smart contract and distributed technology (DLT)....

Samsung Teams With Banks, Telcos for Mobile ID Network Based on Blockchain
Tech giant Samsung Electronics is joining six other major South Korean firms to develop a blockchain-based certificate and ID...

Beyond Correspondent Banking – Time For Cryptos And Blockchain?
B2B payments are in the crosshairs for a number of firms. Might blockchain and cryptos aid in cutting paper from...

Ex-R3 Exec’s New Mission: Run $100 Trillion Fund Trade on Private Blockchains
Brian McNulty, a former R3 managing director who left the company in January, has emerged from the bushes with...

Super-Fast M2M Payments Are Finally a Blockchain Reality
MXC Foundation released the M2M Payment Mechanism for machine-to-machine payments, creating the first autonomous blockchain connected payment system for...

HSBC Blockchain Connection Reduces Transaction Time by 40%
Global banking giant HSBC has tested out its blockchain-based trade finance platform Voltron and reduced transaction time by 40%, the Chartered Institute of...

MetLife’s LumenLab Pioneers Blockchain Initiative to Automate Life Insurance Claims
Metlife subsidiary Lumenlab, together with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and NTUC Income, is utilizing blockchain technology to automate the...

Fujitsu Develops Digital Identity Technology to Evaluate Trustworthiness in Online Transactions
Fujitsu Laboratories have created a blockchain-powered system which checks the identity of online payment participants, the company announced in...

Australian Banks, IBM to Test Retail Financing by Blockchain
SYDNEY/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Australia's three biggest banks said they will test a new bank-guarantee platform for shopkeepers that uses...

Latin America’s Biggest Investment Bank to Sell $1 Billion in STOs Using Tezos
Latin America’s biggest investment bank, BTG Pactual, plans to shift its security token offerings (STOs), a pipeline of over...