R3

Banking

Banking Giants Send $30 Million in Securities Over DLT

Credit Suisse and ING say they have successful sent securities worth €25 million ($30 million) over a system built with R3's Corda.

Business  ·  1 March 2018
Banking

R3 Pilots Blockchain Trade Finance Platform with Global Banks

Blockchain startup R3, trade finance tech provider TradeIX and major banks have moved their Marco Polo trade finance platform to the pilot stage.

Business  ·  21 February 2018
Legal

R3 Center to Train Next Generation of DLT Lawyers

Distributed ledger software provider R3 has formed a blockchain education group designed to prepare lawyers for large-scale enterprise adoption.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 February 2018
Regulation

CFTC Tech Advisors to Talk Crypto, Blockchain This Week

The first two panels in Wednesday's CFTC Technology Advisory Committee meeting will discuss blockchain and crypto-related matters, respectively.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 February 2018
JP Morgan

Enterprise Blockchain May Be Ready for Its Breakout

This detailed analysis of enterprise blockchain reveals a number of reason why enterprise blockchain may be on the verge of its mainstream moment.

Business  ·  5 February 2018
Startups

Blockchain’s Boom Year: Job Market Grows 200%

The number of blockchain jobs posted this year increased by 207 percent, according to data provided to CoinDesk from Indeed.com.

Business  ·  12 December 2017
South Korea

South Korean NH Bank Joins R3 Distributed Ledger Consortium

South Korea's NongHyup Bank has joined the R3 distributed ledger consortium, saying it will launch a pilot blockchain project.

Markets  ·  11 December 2017
Amazon

R3’s Corda Platform Launches on Amazon Web Services

Consortium startup R3 has launched its Corda distributed ledger platform on the Amazon Web Services marketplace.

Markets  ·  5 December 2017
Austria

Austrian Bank Raiffeisen Enlists in R3 Blockchain Consortium

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) has become the first Austrian banking group to join the R3 distributed ledger consortium.

Business  ·  23 November 2017
Startups

R3, Microsoft Expand Partnership to Boost Corda DLT Adoption

Distributed ledger startup R3 is moving to more deeply integrate its Corda platform with Microsoft's Azure cloud service.

Business  ·  21 November 2017
Ethereum

Brazil’s Central Bank Is Ramping Up Blockchain R&D

Brazil's central bank is now moving to increase the quantity of its blockchain work – months after abandoning the effort.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 November 2017
Regulation

Colombian Financial Watchdog Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium

Latin American financial regulator, the Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, has become the latest member of the R3 blockchain consortium.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 November 2017
Banking

R3 Unveils Cross-Border Payments Platform Built on Corda DLT Tech

R3 and 22 of its member banks have announced a cross-border payments platform built on top of the company's Corda distributed ledger.

Business  ·  31 October 2017
Banking

R3 Files Patents for ‘Dynamic’ DLT Recordkeeping

Consortium startup R3 has filed two patent applications detailing ways to apply distributed ledger tech to agreements between financial institutions.

Business  ·  23 October 2017
Ethereum

DTCC Milestone: $11 Trillion in Derivatives Gets Closer to the Blockchain

Working through the issues of using ethereum's smart contract language, DTCC and Axoni move $11 trillion worth of derivatives closer to blockchain.

Business  ·  20 October 2017