R3

Payments

IBM Scores Deal With US Credit Union Group to Use Hyperledger Blockchain

Credit union consortium CULedger will use IBM's Hyperledger Fabric, in addition to several other blockchains it's been working with.

Markets  ·  11 March 2019
SIX

Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Will Tokenize Equity on R3’s Corda Blockchain

Swiss stock exchange operator Six Group has selected R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform for the security token market it is building.

Business  ·  7 March 2019
Banking

SWIFT Chief Announces Trial DLT Integration With R3

Global banking payments network SWIFT says it plans a trial integration with DLT provider R3.

Business  ·  30 January 2019
R3 Corda

SBI, R3 Team Up to Promote Adoption of Corda Blockchain in Japan

Financial services giant SBI and R3 are investing millions to boost uptake of the Corda blockchain platform in Japan and beyond.

Markets  ·  29 January 2019
Banking

2 Executives Are Leaving Blockchain Startup R3 in Management Shake-Up

R3 is carrying out an internal reorganization, resulting in the departures of head of global services Brian McNulty and chief administrative officer Lauren Carroll, CoinDesk has learned.

Business  ·  26 January 2019
Investments

Nasdaq Leads $20 Million Funding Round for Blockchain Startup Symbiont

Enterprise blockchain startup Symbiont has closed a $20 million Series-B funding round led by Nasdaq Ventures.

Business  ·  23 January 2019
AlphaPoint

R3’s Former Chief Sales Officer Joins Blockchain Startup AlphaPoint

Scott Grayson, former chief sales officer at R3, has joined blockchain services provider AlphaPoint as SVP for institutional sales.

Business  ·  22 January 2019
Banking

ING Bank, R3 Ink Deal for ‘Unlimited’ Corda Blockchain Deployment

Dutch banking group ING has inked a five-year licensing deal with blockchain consortium startup R3 to use its Corda Enterprise platform.

Business  ·  22 January 2019
Europe

4 Banks Complete €100K Commercial Paper Transaction on R3’s Corda

Four European banks, including Commerzbank and ING, have settled a live commercial paper transaction worth €100,000 on R3's Corda blockchain.

Business  ·  6 December 2018
XRP

R3’s New Corda App Supports Payments in XRP Cryptocurrency

R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an app aimed to facilitate global crypto payments within enterprise blockchains – and it's starting with XRP.

Business  ·  5 December 2018
Ethereum

Amber Baldet: Don’t Force Public Blockchains ‘Down Enterprises’ Throats’

Until there are well-designed privacy features for enterprise applications on public chains, it's premature for firms to use them, says Amber Baldet.

Business  ·  25 November 2018
Banking

15 Banks Join DTCC Post-Trade Blockchain as Project Enters Testing

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is now testing its main blockchain project with 15 global banks, before taking the tech live in 2019. 

Business  ·  6 November 2018
India

Firm Owned by India’s Richest Man Turns to Blockchain for Trade Finance

Reliance Industries – owned by India's richest person, Mukesh Ambani – has used blockchain to conduct its first trade finance transaction.

Business  ·  5 November 2018
Bitcoin

19 Words Prove Just How Audacious Bitcoin Really Was

Getting back to basics means capturing the spirit also.

Tech  ·  31 October 2018
Quorum

Accenture Tech Now Connects Corda, Fabric, DA and Quorum Blockchains

Accenture says its new "interoperability node" can connect the four big enterprise platforms: Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, Quorum and Digital Asset.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 October 2018