Fintech

UK based ComplyAdvantage, which uses data analysis and machine learning, is at the forefront of 'RegTech'.

Regulators are 'acutely aware' of the need to monitor for financial innovation.

Srinivasan Sriram, CEO of Skuchain, begins a series of interviews about his vision for the future of supply chains.

Developers allow users to purchase titles and in-game items and earn money using cryptocurrency.

Tendermint founder Jae Kwon and CTO Ethan Buchman recently launched Cosmos, a hub to connect blockchains.

Before founding Bloq, Garzik was a Bitcoin core developer, and spent more than 10 years at Linux market leader, Red Hat.

A gang is selling forged season tickets on the Dark Web that cost half as much as real train tickets.

The deal promises data on intraday pricing for more that 50 digital currencie like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple's XRP.

Bitcoin evangelist Roger Ver points out that Ethereum's contentious hard fork was no disaster - far from it.

Volumes on the three major exchanges: Huobi, OKCoin and BTCC have reached about 7m BTC in a 24 hour period.

A person's finger veins are much harder to counterfeit than fingerprints and could aid the fintech revolution.

'Consumer preferences for financial products and services are changing rapidly,' says the OCC.

The Blockchain Insurance Summit will take place in Chicago, Illinois, on 8 November, 2016.

Security of the blockchain remains a major concern, Accenture reveals.

Synereo announced a grant project inviting developers to build decentralised applications for its platform.

Zeek allows Bitcoin users to shop with John Lewis, Debenhams, Sainsbury's and Morrisons.

Study by London-based artificial intelligence agency Artios notes that Google is acting as a 'regulator by proxy'.

The integration is scheduled to come into effect a few days after the Zcash genesis block is mined (28 October).

ConsenSys and BlockApps will gain access to Synechron's 6,000-person global team of specialised financial services consultants.

It is also partnered with healthcare API provider Pokitdok, invoicing app Viewpost and analytics provider ClearGraph.

Police 'don't have the resources' to combat cyber extortion attempts, expert claims.

Synchrony Financial is the first credit card company to join R3's consortium of more than 70 large financial institutions.

Many believe price is driven by Chinese speculators and investors returning to Bitcoin following the recent yuan devaluation.

'We are trying to show the market that blockchain can become real', says managing director Daniel Aranda.

R3 said liquidity efficiencies and nostro consolidations can save banks up to 60% in payment processing costs with Ripple.

CEO Mike Brusov offers hedge funds and traders monthly subscriptions to the decentralised prediction service.

The German Mobility Award is an exclusive, national recognition awarded to only ten projects out of 450 applications.

Japan's NTT Software has just adopted MIRACL's Zero-Factor Authentication platform.

Hackenergy 2016 was sponsored by ENGIE Nederland and Groningen's IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC).

McAfee has long been a supporter of virtual currency – if not always Bitcoin