Blockchain payment platform Veem announces integration with QuickBooks
Jul 06, 2017 04:12 am UTC| Digital Currency
Veem, a global payment service provider, has announced a new integration with QuickBooks Online which will help QuickBooks users and accounting professionals streamline the process of making international payments. With...
Barclays’ Rise to host variety of fintech events during London Fintech Week
Jul 05, 2017 10:31 am UTC| Fintech
Rise, an open innovation programme created by Barclays, is going to host a number of events during the London FinTech Week from 10-14 July at 41 Luke Street, London. The events include discussions on the current hot...
Russia to get blockchain competence center in September
Jul 05, 2017 06:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
Vnesheconombank, a Russian state corporation, along with Ethereum and Bitfury, are going to set up the first Russian competence center focusing on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), CoinFox...
JPMorgan's Ethereum blockchain platform ‘Quorum’ adopts AMIS new consensus algorithm
Jul 05, 2017 05:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain developer AMIS, announced the release of Istanbul Byzantine fault tolerant consensus protocol (Istanbul BFT), the new tool that reduces the complexity and energy consumption of verifying transactions made on the...
Commerzbank and Fraunhofer IML team up on blockchain-based trade finance research project
Jul 05, 2017 05:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Commerzbank and Fraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) have joined forces on a research project focusing on the digitization of trade finance using blockchain and distributed ledger technology...
Coinsilium exits investment in blockchain-based nanopayments company SatoshiPay
Jul 05, 2017 04:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Coinsilium Group Limited, a London-based accelerator financing and managing the development of early-stage blockchain companies, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Seedcoin Limited has entered into a...
Deloitte, Waves Platform enter strategic partnership to offer customized blockchain solutions
Jul 04, 2017 12:16 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Deloitte CIS has signed a memorandum of strategic partnership with Waves Platform, leading developer of blockchain solutions. The collaboration will provide clients with initial coin offering (ICO) services as well as...
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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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