BNP Paribas collaborates with clients to co-develop blockchain-based applications
Sep 26, 2016 06:04 am UTC| Digital Currency
French multinational bank BNP Paribas has announced that it is currently working with a number of clients to co-develop new products and services based on blockchain technology, in order to optimise the Trade Finance and...
Bitwage launches payment-verification platform
Sep 26, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bitwage, a bitcoin payments service, has announced the release of a payment-verified professional profile My Employment (M.E.) solution a platform that enables workers to port reputation from freelance marketplaces and...
RBS tests Ethereum blockchain for domestic payments system
Sep 26, 2016 05:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that it has built a Clearing and Settlement Mechanism (CSM) based on the Ethereum distributed ledger and smart contract platform. Built by the Innovation Engineering team...
Global banks join forces to establish blockchain-based payments network
Sep 26, 2016 04:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading global banks have teamed up to establish the first interbank group for global payments based on distributed financial technology, called as the Global Payments Steering Group (GPSG). Founding member banks of the...
Sep 23, 2016 13:08 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Leondrino Exchange, a private virtual currency wallet, announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with BigchainDB, a scalable blockchain database, and a software and consulting firm Tymlez, in order to build...
UK Government calls for distributed ledger project proposals
Sep 23, 2016 11:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
The UK governments competition has invited applications from projects that showhigh-growth potential innovations including distributed ledger technologies. According to the competition website, Emerging and Enabling...
IBM and UnionPay create blockchain-based system for loyalty points
Sep 23, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Tech giant IBM and Chinese payment settlement network UnionPay has announced a partnership to develop a blockchain-based system for trading loyalty points. According to the reports by Financial Times, the collaboration...
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