ABN Amro Explores Blockchain Use Cases For Its Core Bank Processes
Apr 29, 2016 10:55 am UTC| Digital Currency
ABN Amro, the Dutch state-owned bank serving serves retail, private and corporate banking clients, has announced that it has formed a 30-strong team explore potential blockchain applications. ABN AMRO is one of the...
Russia’s Securities Depository Successfully Tests Blockchain-Based E-Proxy Voting System
Apr 29, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Digital Currency
National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russias central securities depository, has announced that it has successfully finished developing and testing an e-proxy voting system running on a distributed ledger (blockchain...
Credits, Skyscape Cloud Services Partner To Deliver Blockchain-As-A-Service To UK Public Sector
Apr 29, 2016 05:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Credits, a blockchain infrastructure provider, has announced its partnership with Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, to deliver Blockchain-as-a-Service to UK public sector organisations. Were seeing a growing number of...
Apr 29, 2016 04:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Emercoin, a leading digital currency and blockchain platform, has been making significant strides in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space lately. From partnership with Microsofts Azure Blockchain-As-A-Service, to recent...
Computershare, SETL Join Forces To Develop Blockchain Securities Ownership Registers
Apr 28, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Computershare, a leading provider of share registrar, and SETL, an institutional payment and settlement infrastructure based on blockchain technology, have today announced a joint initiative to establish securities...
Infosys Subisidiary EdgeVerve Launches Blockchain Framework For Financial Services
Apr 28, 2016 08:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
In order to foster blockchain adoption by the global financial services sector, EdgeVerve Systems, , a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys, has introduced its EdgeVerve Blockchain Framework at the Infosys Confluence global...
2016 Libertarian Party New York State Convention To Use BTC’s Blockchain-Based Voting System
Apr 27, 2016 09:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Technologies Corp. (BTC), the New York-based innovator in blockchain-based voting solutions, has announced that it has been chosen by the New York Libertarian Party (NYLP) to provide balloted-election services...
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