ING and Société Générale successfully use blockchain prototype for live oil trade
Feb 23, 2017 05:57 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
ING and Société Générale Corporate Investment Banking have successfully used blockchain technology to carry out a live oil trade between parties with Mercuria, a global commodity trading...
Financial messaging firm Swift to recruit banks for blockchain project
Feb 22, 2017 11:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial messaging service provider Swift is recruiting banks and other financial institutions to join its ongoing blockchain project on research and development, CoinDesk reported. The announcement was made by Stephen...
Blockchain for Finance Conference to be held on 20-21 June in Singapore
Feb 22, 2017 10:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
FinTech Network, an independent provider of business intelligence for the financial services community, has announced The Blockchain for Finance Conference Asia Pacific that will take place on 20-21 June2017, in...
Northern Trust, IBM team up to launch blockchain solution for private equity market
Feb 22, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Northern Trust Corporation that provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking, has announced the launch of first commercial deployment of blockchain technology for private equity market, in...
Blockchain tech could lower costs, says San Francisco Fed President
Feb 22, 2017 06:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain or distributed ledger technology [DLT] could help lower costs while making record keeping easier and more efficient, San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams said recently. Speaking at Boise...
Feb 22, 2017 05:56 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Parliamentary Research service has released a report on an in-depth analysis of how blockchain technology could change our lives. Although blockchains are not the solution for every problem and even if they...
BNY Mellon sets up Emerging Business & Technology team to focus on blockchain technology
Feb 22, 2017 05:06 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
BNY Mellon, a leading investment management and investment services company, has set up a new team to explore emerging technologies including blockchain. Called Emerging Business Technology (EBT) team, its current...
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