European insurance giant partners with Microsoft for digital business transformation
Nov 28, 2016 08:25 am UTC| Fintech
The Generali Group, a leading insurance company, and tech giant Microsoft have announced a Business Digital Transformation partnership in order to enhance the efficiency of Generali employees, agents and partners, improve...
More member banks to leave R3 blockchain consortium?
Nov 28, 2016 06:09 am UTC| Digital Currency
Following the departure of Goldman Sachs and Santander from the much-hyped R3 blockchain consortium, reports have emerged about several other banks considering whether or not to join R3s ongoing funding round. Reuters...
Blockchain startup Lisk launches series of campaigns to energize community
Nov 28, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, a decentralized blockchain application development platform,has launched a series of campaigns aiming to supercharge the democratic and decentralized nature of its blockchain while providing a foundation for...
Lisk announces decentralized funding vehicle for blockchain applications ‘Community Fund’
Nov 25, 2016 05:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Lisk, a decentralized blockchain application development platform, has recently announced Community Fund, which will act as a decentralised funding vehicle for new blockchain applications, third party tools and core...
Blockchain to fundamentally change the society in which we live – Gartner
Nov 25, 2016 05:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Gartner, a leading research and advisory firm, sees significant potential in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies and consider it to be one of the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017. Speaking at...
Blockchain-based trading platform BlockCDN to tail crowdsourced computing power with Youku
Nov 25, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
BlockCDN, blockchain-powered CDN trading platform, announced that it will be trailing crowdsourced computing power with Chinas top online content provider Youku. The company is in talks with the executives of Youku, who...
European Commission launches new initiative to boost blockchain and fintech startups
Nov 25, 2016 04:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Commission (EC) announced a new initiative earlier this week, with the objective of helping startups deliver their full innovation and job creation potential. Called Start-up and Scale-up Initiative, the...
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