Fintech

Daniel Hegarty, CEO of Habito, says it will be a "pretty big deal" for the mortgage industry.

The lab is funded as a three year partnership with the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering (IC3RE) at Imperial.

Study says eight of the world's 10 largest investment banks could save $8 billion to $12 billion annually.

LaborX will include a decentralised reputation system to reward workers in line with their talent and experience.

KBC, Natixis, Rabobank, Société Générale and UniCredit also signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Brussels.

The new lab in the Wall Street district will be staffed by more than 20 developers and designers.

NMC Health and telecom firm Du partner under UAE government's Global Blockchain Council.

WikiLeaks' founder read out a bitcoin blockchain hash, responding to supporters' calls for proof of his safety.

Blockchain builder Equibit Development Corporation sets crowdsale for February 1.

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and NTT Data Corporation testing blockchain-based 'data insurance policy'.

Ransomware locked down computer networks, email systems and voicemail lines.

The cryptocurrency exchange will focus on XRP/EUR and XRP/USD trading pairs, beginning January 17, 2017.

The hacker demanded 30 Bitcoin in ransom, but the firm's CEO went public.

Digital money may be the future, but experts say it remains highly unpredictable.

The bank is also working with IBM Watson-enabled Cognitive Interface and fintech start-up Cateina Technologies.

The Car eWallet has been developed for charging electric cars, micropayments and car-sharing.

In 2016, the cryptocurrency appreciated by more than 100%.

The delegated proof of stake blockchain platform opens its books to public inspection.

Goldmoney announcement follows the recent Royal Mint/CME tie-up.

Factom Federation includes several protocol changes and a networking change allowing further upgrades.

Thomas Birr and Carsten Stöcker of innogy SE look at how transportation will meet blockchain transactions.

Coder and blogger Ben Dickson examines the irrepressible world of initial coin offerings.

IBTimes speaks to Dr Lee Braine from Barclays Investment Bank about its new smart contracts research paper.

Tim Estes, CEO, Digital Reasoning, has been invited to talk at IBT's forthcoming data science in capital markets event.

Central bank settlement coins, blockchain governance and interoperability, plus the big data business.

SWIFT's global payments innovation (gpi) will go live early next year.

Back in July this year FXCH stated its intention by settling the first FX trade on a blockchain.

New research reiterates that financial exclusion is also a first world problem.

Dr Tristan Fletcher, research director, Thought Machine, will be talking at IBT's forthcoming AI and capital markets event.

IBM names bunch of startups and announced the 1st Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 Connect-a-Thon on 17 December.