UBS has donated the code for a blockchain-based trading platform to a nonprofit group funding research into a cure for HIV/AIDS.
The European Securities and Markets Authority recently held an event that focused, in part, on the use of blockchains in mainstream finance.
Financial Services Club chairman Chris Skinner discusses why 2015 marked a turning point for global bitcoin and blockchain discussion.
A blockchain panel at Finnovasia drew so many interested FinTech professionals extra chairs needed to be brought into the auditorium.
A group of banks, exchanges and clearing houses has formed a working body to discuss how blockchain tech might be used in settlement.
Investment bank UBS and Spanish megabank Santander discussed blockchain technology at the Bank of England's Open Forum event held in London today.
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The Nomura Research Institute will study blockchain technology to assess its use in the securities sector.
A number of the world's largest investment banks are teaming up to develop standards for blockchain technology.
Researchers at the London innovation lab of Swiss banking giant UBS are developing a new blockchain implementation for transaction settlement.
When it announced its blockchain innovation lab earlier this year, UBS caused a ripple of excitement and trepidation. It was a watershed moment: one of the world’s wealthiest investment banks was putting its money, and public image, behind blockchain technology. Not only that, but it would be experimenting deep in the financial heart of London. The […]
Despite an initial skepticism, major financial institutions are beginning to become more public with their interest in bitcoin and the blockchain.
A financial services research group backed by SWIFT has announced a new blockchain technology grant.
Swiss investment bank UBS will open a London-based research lab to explore the application of blockchain technology in the fintech industry.