Illinois’ financial regulator joins R3 blockchain consortium
Mar 17, 2017 03:54 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has joined the blockchain consortium initiative led by financial innovation firm R3 and has become the first state level regulator to join the group. R3...
Japanese Bankers Association to build platform for blockchain tests
Mar 16, 2017 11:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) said that it will build a platform for major and regional banks by the end of 2017, in order to conduct blockchain tests together, Nikkei reported. With the platform, small and...
Blockchain Labs launches PriorThings service to register intellectual property and creative works
Mar 16, 2017 09:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Labs, that explores opportunities for the commercialization and expansion of blockchain applications, has announced the launch of PriorThings, which is its first service that is built on blockchain...
Symbiont, Orebits partner to implement blockchain for digital gold ownership
Mar 16, 2017 06:49 am UTC| Digital Currency
Digitization services provider for unrefined commodities Orebits Corp has collaborated with distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm Symbiont in order to bring the opportunity for clients of Orebits to invest in unrefined...
Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds Banco Santander executive to Board of Directors
Mar 16, 2017 05:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit trade association at the forefront of blockchain adoption in financial markets, has announced that addition of Dr. Julio Faura, Head of RD for innovation initiatives...
Japan’s BCCC to launch financial services sub-committee to boost blockchain awareness
Mar 15, 2017 10:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japan-based Blockchain Collaborative Consortium (BCCC) announced that leading companies that are promoting the use of blockchain technology have joined the consortium, expanding membership to the current 109 companies and...
Mar 15, 2017 07:27 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
According to a new survey report from EY, majority of banks (60%) are investing in new customer facing technologies. The EY Global Banking Outlook 2017 includes a survey of senior executives at almost 300 banks...
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