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 […]