October 31, 2017

Top banks and R3 build blockchain-based payments system

  LONDON (Reuters) – Fintech firm R3 and 22 of the world’s biggest banks have together developed an international payments system that would allow existing central bank currencies and any new digital ones to be transacted via the blockchain, R3 said on Tuesday. The blockchain, which first emerged as the architecture underpinning cryptocurrency bitcoin, is […]

October 17, 2017

IBM Announces Major Blockchain Solution to Speed Global Payments

  Solution Powered by IBM Blockchain in Partnership with Stellar.org and KlickEx Group Collaboration with Banking Leaders to Accelerate Financial Exchange and Settlement Across Currency Corridors   TORONTO – 16 Oct 2017: SIBOS: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new blockchain banking solution that will help financial institutions address the processes of universal cross-border payments, designed to […]

Oracle ventures into API Banking, FinTech

With regulation and competition challenging banks in unprecedented ways, Oracle offers one of the most comprehensive open API banking solutions REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 16, 2017- In today’s economy, banks seek to adapt a more customer-centric business model by delivering new services with greater transparency. Traditional banks understand that they must equip themselves with digital […]

September 14, 2017

ZF, UBS and IBM bring blockchain to in-vehicle payments

The announcements are coming thick and fast at Frankfurt’s Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA) this week. Today, IBM revealed an exciting project in collaboration with ZF Friedrichshafen AG and UBS: to develop the first blockchain-based automotive transaction platform for mobility services. This shared ledger technology will enable secure and transparent in-vehicle payments, so that motorists can pay for tolls, parking, […]

August 15, 2017

Jetty Announces $11.5 Million Series A Financing Led by Valar

  Round features renewed participation from previous Jetty seed investors: Ribbit Capital, SV Angel, BoxGroup, and Red Swan Digitally-native novel suite of finance and insurance products redefines the process of renting a home Helps renters easily meet expensive or complex landlord requirements, such as posting an expensive security deposit, finding a lease guarantor, and obtaining renters […]

August 9, 2017

Thomson Reuters Launches Startup Incubator for FinTech & AI

  ZURICH, July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of Thomson Reuters Labs™ – The Incubator.  Located in Switzerland, the Incubator will host early-stage entrepreneurs building next-generation products in big data, advanced analytics, distributed ledgers, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other transformational technologies.  As part of the official program, startups will receive access to Thomson […]