FINTECH

New open source code to build payment platforms that connect poor customers to merchants, banks, mobile money providers and governments.

BNP Paribas ALM Treasury and EY have successfully completed a pilot using blockchain to optimise the global internal treasury operations of the bank.

Latest funding takes total to over $110m and positions Digital Asset for further expansion as the company expands its global presence.

The corporate actions announcements blockchain platform from BNP and TCS is called Corporate Event Connect.

Trent McConaghy asserts the need for a global data commons – data that ought to be out in the open, free for anyone to use.

A number of banks including BBVA, Bank Danamon Indonesia,and Mizuho Financial Group, are included in the development stage.

The blockchain venture studio has hired a large amount of talented individuals that come from a range of backgrounds

NYU professor Gordon Ritter constructed an artificial system which he knew would admit a profitable strategy, to see if a machine would find it.

New paper highlights initial findings from proof of concept to improve real-time Nostro reconciliation, part of SWIFT's gpi initiative

Developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore, the blockchain platform has upgraded its internal testnet.

Wall Street lawyer Jonathan Streeter believes a legal case involving the purchase of data for trading purposes could be brought soon.

New RippleNet members include AirWallex, Bexs Banco, Credit Agricole, Cuallix, Currencies Direct, dLocal, IFX, Krungsri, RAKBANK and TransferGo.

ChromaWay's solution brings trust, security and immutability to land registration in Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam.

Pilots will combine the benefits of R3's distributed ledger technology with Bolero's international network, eBL processing and legal rulebook.

BNP Paribas Securities Services is implementing Smart Chaser, a trade matching tool using AI and predictive analysis.

Will Bailey, EVP for Europe and Innovation at InvestCloud, looks at how the HNWI sector is dealing with GAFA, PSD2 and robo-advisors.

Overstock CEO inundated with requests says tZERO token sale coming in six weeks.

Fusion LenderComm initiative also backed by Loan Syndications & Trading Association and TenDelta LLC

Wala Secures Investment from Llew Claasen & Vinny Lingham's Venture Capital firm Ahead of a Planned Token Sale In October.

Mougayar is joined by Arnold Sternberg, and Kenny Hearn. About a year ago ICONOMI raised over $10.5m in an initial coin offering.

Dataiku's Jennifer Roubaud looks at how the analyst industry is set to change and what it means for data driven organisations.

As well as holding top marketing roles at Sony Music and Universal, Richards also worked at Napster.

UBS and IBM have partnered with Commerzbank, Bank of Montreal (BMO), CaixaBank, and Erste Group on a blockchain-based trade finance platform started in 2016, called Batavia.

Codebase developed in collaboration with 50 financial services and technology institutions

This autumn Bitnation intends to reset society with the Pangea Arbitration Token.

Board includes Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio, John Lee, VP, Enterprise, Toronto Stock Exchange, and Salim Ismail, former VP, Yahoo.

New Ada cryptocurrency token will tradable on one of the largest digital currency exchanges

South Korea ICO ban focuses Switzerland's Financial Market Authority.

Ram spent more than 22 years at Deutsche, including spell as head of transaction banking for the UK and Ireland.