Blockchains should do for the global value chain what shipping containers did for transport of goods, says HSBC trade finance expert Vinay Mendonca.
SWIFT, the interbank communications firm, has announced the results of a proof-of-concept program using DLT for bank transactions.
This detailed analysis of enterprise blockchain reveals a number of reason why enterprise blockchain may be on the verge of its mainstream moment.
Swift formalizes another major blockchain project by signing a memorandum of understanding with seven Central Securities Depositories.
The CEO of Microsoft believes blockchain can have "massive implications," a comment that helped close Swift's annual Sibos conference this year.
No one won the game of trolls, but competition between Swift, Ripple and Stellar is still fierce, even though it might be too early for fists.
An upstart financial conference yesterday saw discussion of digital assets – though so-called "unregulated" cryptocurrencies were the butt of barbs.
Day one of Swift's annual Sibos conference found the interbank messaging platform under pressure from the rising tide of cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain startup SmartContract has today unveiled a new a proof-of-concept built with assistance from five major financial institutions.
Swift declares its blockchain proof-of-concept a success, but in the build up to its biggest annual event, implementation is far from certain.
The senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston believes blockchain will make financial middlemen wake up and innovate.
Barclays has become the latest major financial institution to join the foreign exchange-focused blockchain consortium CLS.
Distributed ledger startup Ripple is ramping up its competition with banking services provider Swift by launching a rival conference this fall.
Swift has completed development work on its first blockchain proof-of-concept, and six global banks are about to put it through its paces.
Swift's months-long cross border blockchain trial is expanding with the entrance of more than twenty additional financial firms.