UK Government Actuary’s Department sees potential in blockchain technology
Oct 14, 2016 05:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
The UK Government Actuarys Department, in its monthly bulletin for the month of October, has said that blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the current administrative systems used in financial...
Sberbank and FAS Russia launch blockchain-based pilot project for exchange of documents
Oct 14, 2016 04:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sberbank of Russia, along with Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS Russia), launched a pilot project in order to exchange documents using blockchain technology. According to the official release,...
ISITC Europe and Oasis to help financial services industry adopt blockchain technology
Oct 13, 2016 12:40 pm UTC| Digital Currency
The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC) Europe is working with Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (Oasis) in order to assist financial...
BlockCypher and ShoCard join to offer identity management solutions for blockchain
Oct 13, 2016 11:05 am UTC| Digital Currency
BlockCypher, ablockchain web services company, has announced its partnership with digital identity card ShoCard to provide the first identity management solution in the market that scales across public and permissioned...
Blockchain-based marketplace Funderbeam raises $2.6M
Oct 13, 2016 09:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
Funderbeam, a blockchain-based global marketplace for startup investments, announced that it has raised $2.6 million in afunding round from Draper Associates, Thomson Reuters, and IQ Capital. According to the official...
Plug and Play Fintech picks blockchain startup Netki for accelerator program
Oct 13, 2016 07:25 am UTC| Digital Currency
Plug and Play Fintech has selected blockchain wallet and identity startup Netki to be one of the twenty four startups to join the fourth batch of its accelerator program. Netki, and the founding team behind it, bring an...
Russian payment processor QIWI joins R3 blockchain consortium
Oct 13, 2016 07:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
QIWI, a leading provider of next generation payment services in Russia and the CIS, has joined the R3 blockchain consortium to collaborate on thedesign and potential application of distributed and shared-ledger inspired...
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