Ripple’s blockchain interbank group for global payments welcomes MUFG
Mar 31, 2017 06:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese financial services company Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) announced that its banking arm Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ has joined the Global Payments Steering Group (GPSG), which is the Ripples interbank...
Chain collaborates with Thales to enhance blockchain security
Mar 31, 2017 06:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
France-based cyber-defense giant Thales has teamed up with Chain, a U.S.-based provider of enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure that enables organizations to build breakthrough financial products and...
Blockchain Foundry announces launch of three Syscoin blockchain offerings on Microsoft Azure
Mar 31, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Foundry Inc. has announced a major milestone in the form of Microsoft Azure product certification for three products powered by the Syscoin blockchain. Syscoin, a blockchain protocol facilitating secure...
Mar 31, 2017 05:18 am UTC| Digital Currency
Major financial institutions have participated in the successful demonstration of the first working blockchain solution for syndicated loan servicing that was exclusively developed by Synaps Loans, a joint venture of Ipreo...
HKMA, Deloitte and other banks develop blockchain PoC for trade finance
Mar 31, 2017 05:02 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), consulting firm Deloitte, and leading trade finance banks in Hong Kong have developed a distributed ledger technology (DLT) proof of concept for Trade Finance. Industry...
Filament raises $15M to bring industrial application of IoT and blockchain for production
Mar 31, 2017 04:46 am UTC| Digital Currency
Filament that provides wireless industrial network announced that it has received $15 million in new venture financing that was led by Verizon Ventures and Bullpen Capital. The startup is seeking to bring the industrial...
Bitcoin hardware wallet provider Ledger raises $7M in Series A round
Mar 31, 2017 04:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ledger, a leading bitcoin hardware wallet provider, has announced that it has raised $7 million in series A funding led by MAIF Avenir. The funding round also saw the participation of Xange, Wicklow Capital, GDTRE,...
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