Banking

Banking

What Banks Should Be Doing With Blockchain in 2016

Virtual Capital Ventures general partner William Mougayar offers eight predictions for the bitcoin and blockchain industry in 2016.

Markets  ·  30 December 2015
Venture Capital

Report: Blythe Masters’ Blockchain Startup Struggles to Close Funding

Digital Asset Holdings, the startup led by ex-JP Morgan exec Blythe Masters, is apparently running into hurdles closing an investment round.

Business  ·  29 December 2015
Regulation

Why Blockchain’s Road to Mass Market is Beyond Payments

Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch discusses the upcoming trends in the payment space and how blockchain tech fits into these larger trends.

Business  ·  23 December 2015
Banking

2015 Was the Year of the Blockchain

Financial Services Club chairman Chris Skinner discusses why 2015 marked a turning point for global bitcoin and blockchain discussion.

Business  ·  22 December 2015
Visa

Why Big Banks Got Blockchains Wrong in 2015

Big banks fell in love with blockchain tech in 2015, but do they truly understand their latest obsession?

Markets  ·  21 December 2015
Cryptocurrency

10 New Bank of America Cryptocurrency Patents Published

The Bank of America has filed eleven patent applications since 2014, following the publication of 10 yesterday by the US patent office.

Business  ·  18 December 2015
Banking

12 More Banks Join Blockchain Consortium R3

Twelve more banks have joined the distributed ledger consortium led by startup R3CEV.

Business  ·  17 December 2015
JP Morgan

IBM Creates Open-Source Blockchain With Linux and Big Banks

IBM has launched an open-source blockchain project along with financial incumbents including JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.

Business  ·  17 December 2015
Banking

DBS, Standard Chartered Develop Distributed Ledger for Trade Finance

Singapore’s DBS Bank has reportedly partnered with Standard Chartered to create a distributed ledger for trade finance.

Business  ·  17 December 2015
Japan

Japan’s SBI Sumishin Building Blockchain Banking Proof-of-Concept

Japan’s SBI Sumishin Net Bank has announced it will develop a proof-of-concept to explore blockchain banking.

Business  ·  16 December 2015
Banking

Former Bank of England Director Joins Blockchain Startup Setl

Blockchain platform Setl has appointed the former executive director of the Bank of England as its chairman.

Business  ·  15 December 2015
Banking

ING Exec: ‘All Our Business Lines’ Involved in Blockchain Exploration

CoinDesk interviews ING's Mark Buitenhek to discuss the banking group's ongoing work on blockchain applications.

Business  ·  14 December 2015
Banking

Why Blockchain is Still a Decade from Mainstream

Financial Services Club chairman Chris Skinner discusses why he believes blockchain technology will take time but cause massive change.

Markets  ·  12 December 2015
Exchanges

ANX CTO: Bitcoin’s Scalability Issue is a ‘Red Herring’

During a talk at Finnovasia 2015, ANX CTO Hugh Madden said he believes concerns about the bitcoin blockchain’s ability to scale are a “red herring”.

Business  ·  11 December 2015
Banking

Deutsche Bank Research: Bitcoin Isn’t Eliminating Intermediaries

A new Deutsche Bank Research report suggests the bitcoin network is in some ways failing to live up to its original vision.

Business  ·  11 December 2015