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UBS, innogy and ZF collaborate on blockchain wallets for cars
The Car eWallet has been developed for charging electric cars, micropayments and car-sharing.
Bitcoin price reaches three-year high, soaring above $1000
In 2016, the cryptocurrency appreciated by more than 100%.
Lisk makes ICO funds 100% transparent with non-profit foundation
The delegated proof of stake blockchain platform opens its books to public inspection.
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.
Goodbye car ownership, hello clean air: Welcome to the future of transport
Thomas Birr and Carsten Stöcker of innogy SE look at how transportation will meet blockchain transactions.
Initial Coin Offerings - the newest form of blockchain start-up fundraising
Coder and blogger Ben Dickson examines the irrepressible world of initial coin offerings.
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.
US Federal Reserve: Industry understanding of fintech and blockchain 'still in its infancy'
The central bank analysed challenges to the 'development and adoption' of blockchain.
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.
R3 blockchain consortium releases open-source Corda platform into the wild
The release comes after a number of major institutions left the R3 consortium.
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.
San Francisco rail hacker gets hacked: Emails reveal clues about identity and tactics
A security expert contacted Brian Krebs claiming to have hacked the hacker.
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.
UK banks looking into 'next generation' of digital cards to help combat online fraud
The digital bank cards have a security code that changes every 20 minutes.