Goldmoney joins blockchain gold rush with Royal Canadian Mint
Goldmoney announcement follows the recent Royal Mint/CME tie-up.
Factom releases next version of its blockchain - the Factom Federation network
Factom Federation includes several protocol changes and a networking change allowing further upgrades.
Barclays gets into the nuts and bolts of Smart Contract Templates
IBTimes speaks to Dr Lee Braine from Barclays Investment Bank about its new smart contracts research paper.
How today's machine learning systems would spot another FX or Libor scandal
Tim Estes, CEO, Digital Reasoning, has been invited to talk at IBT's forthcoming data science in capital markets event.
Blockchain and big data worth watching in the coming year
Central bank settlement coins, blockchain governance and interoperability, plus the big data business.
Unlike blockchain, SWIFT's gpi actually has a banking system behind it
SWIFT's global payments innovation (gpi) will go live early next year.
Forex blockchain FXCH kicks off crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs
Back in July this year FXCH stated its intention by settling the first FX trade on a blockchain.
Mastercard: A third of Europe's financially excluded have full-time jobs
New research reiterates that financial exclusion is also a first world problem.
The 'fintech' approach to data science and machine learning
Dr Tristan Fletcher, research director, Thought Machine, will be talking at IBT's forthcoming AI and capital markets event.
IBM trumpets 'blockchain ecosystem' on Hyperledger
IBM names bunch of startups and announced the 1st Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 Connect-a-Thon on 17 December.
IoT and blockchain experts riddle&code join innogy's 'Genesis of Things' project
Complete ecosystem consists of global professional services and 3D printing companies, and will become a reality in 2017.
Stellar connects with ICICI Bank and offers cross-border payments in India, Africa and Philippines
Other partners are Coins.ph in the Philippines, Flutterwave which connects with M-Pesa, and Tempo Money Transfer.
Lisk's Max Kordek touts sidechain flexibility for 2017
Lisk uses delegated proof of stake and introduces a new sidechain for every app built on the platform.
Meet the people adding $3.7 trillion to the developing world with financial inclusion
IBTimesUK spoke to Kosta Peric of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wayne Hennessy-Barrett, CEO, 4G Capital.
Legendary cryptographer Dr Lisa Yin joins Symbiont
Dr Yin was one of three researchers who broke SHA-1, the US Government hash standard.
How can finance catch up with other intelligent real-time systems?
Thalesians founder Paul Bilokon will be speaking at the IBT data science and capital markets event.
Even secretive hedge funds can open source their software
Cuemacro CEO Saeed Amen is on a panel about open source infrastructure at forthcoming IBT Media data science event.
Chamber of Digital Commerce and Hyperledger Project join up for advocacy and education
The partnership will focus on public policy, intellectual property issues and technical interoperability.
Blockchain start-up Manifold Technology releases its platform at Wall Street conference
Manifold was founded in 2014 by former White House cybersecurity advisor Chris Finan.
Calypso partners with R3 to develop post trade solutions on Corda platform
Counterparties will be able to see all trade tickets on distributed ledger so they can be sure they are matching against the correct trade.
Royal Mint and CME to launch digital gold on blockchain
The blockchain-based Royal Mint Gold (RMG) will to be available in 2017.
Over half of real estate investors believe the sector will adopt blockchain
BrickVest study found 56% of investors think the real estate industry will adopt blockchain for property transactions.
India's Unocoin launches Bitcoin mobile app on iOS and Android
Bitcoin has surged in popularity with the government's decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin bets on the future of Futarchy
A number of interesting projects exploring crypto-economic governance models will soon come online.
Thinking of selling your data? Meet the data scouts for the hedge fund industry
Newsweek and IBT's Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event will connect hedge funds with data providers.
How financial firms can avoid drowning in a data deluge
ClearMacro CEO Mike Simcock started the company to help investment managers that were drowning in a deluge of data.
Deloitte becomes third gold sponsor of EtherCamp hackathon
Deloitte joins the German Energy company Innogy and WanXiang Blockchain Labs.
Chancellor Philip Hammond drives UK fintech boom
Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged of £2bn for R&D and innovation going forward.
Factom secures important paper documents on the blockchain with Smartrac
dLoc combines Smart Cosmos IoT platform, and its near-field communication (NFC) transponders with the blockchain.
IBT Media to host Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event
The Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Capital Markets event takes place on 1 and 2 March 2017 at the Barbican.
