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Spanish Banking Giant BBVA Now a Member of Hyperledger Blockchain Project & Linux Foundation
March 30th, 2017
Spanish multinational banking group BBVA becomes the latest financial institution to join the Hyperledger Project, a cross-industry blockchain collaborative with open-source principles led by the Linux Foundation. Announced by the banking giant this week, BBVA also notably becomes a ...
Thomson Reuters Collaborates with Finatext
March 30th, 2017
Thomson Reuters Collaborates with Finatext in the Development of New Investment Information Service Thomson Reuters delivers data service from FinTech firm Finatext using social media analysis of listed stocks in Japan Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of a ...
Virtual currency as a payment method in Japan officialy from April 1
March 29th, 2017
Virtual money poses accounting dilemma for Japan’s early adopters Asset or expense? The bottom line depends on the answer A new law defining virtual currency as a payment method goes into effect in Japan this Saturday, but in the ...
BBVA became member of the open-source blockchain community Hyperledger
March 28th, 2017
BBVA became an official member of Hyperledger today. Hyperledger is an open-source collaborative effort to advance the use of blockchain in different economic and corporate sectors. Hosted by The Linux Foundation, this international initiative unites a large group of ...
International law firm is opening a new tech innovation space
March 28th, 2017
Allen & Overy is opening Fuse, a new tech innovation space where tech companies, Allen & Overy lawyers, technologists and their clients will collaborate to explore, develop and test legal, regulatory and deal-related solutions. The legal market is embracing ...
People can pay for things using anything they wear via the CCP
March 27th, 2017
Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the launch of the “Contactless Companion Platform (CCP)” together with its ecosystem partners, Smartlink and Ingenico, built with its industry leading dual interface smart card chip for multiple ...
ayondo is scheduled to list at a valuation of $158 million in Singapore
March 24th, 2017
ayondo ( www.ayondo.com ) is a FinTech company within social trading with CFD and Spread Betting as a part of its offering. Stefan Willebrand was the original founder of the company in Sweden during 2005 who then sold most ...
International Blockchain Hackathon hosted by Intel, The Floor & The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
March 22nd, 2017
Hosted by Intel®, The Floor & TASE and supported by- HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, Deutsche Bank, CTBC, Accenture and KPMG- the International Blockchain Hackathon at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is a two day event held on March 29-30, 2017. ...
ASIC: Evaluating distributed ledger technology
March 20th, 2017
ASIC has today released an information sheet on distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain technology. Read Information Sheet 219 Evaluating distributed ledger technology (INFO 219). In the last few years, there has been intense interest in DLT ...
Bank of England responds following Deputy Governon resignation
March 14th, 2017
Following the voluntarily resignation of the Deputy Governor Markets & Banking and Chief Operating Officer Charlotte Hogg, yesterday, due to conflict of interest and the acceptance of her resignation, the Bank of England has just published an announcement. According the ...
