29 Jan 16 @ 11:27

Following the announcement by more than 20 of the world’s largest banks that they are collaborating to develop common standards for Blockchain technology, PCM examines the implications of a decentralised,... read more

21 Jan 16 @ 12:18

R3 CEV is set to trial its first Blockchain experiment using Ethereum and Microsoft Azure’s Blockchain as a Service, and involving 11 of its member banks. The R3-managed private peer-to-peer distributed ledger... read more

30 Sep 15 @ 15:23

Just week after Nine of the largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, thirteen more top banks, including HSBC and Deutsche Bank, havebacked the consortium led by financial... read more

17 Sep 15 @ 16:08

Over the past two decades, the Internet, cloud computing and related technologies have revolutionized many aspects of business and society. These advances have made individuals and organizations more productive, and... read more

16 Sep 15 @ 08:38

Nine of the largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, are planning to develop common standards for blockchain technology in an effort to broaden its use across... read more

11 Sep 15 @ 12:48

In further evidence (as if it were needed) of the value payments companies are placing in the concept of blockchain technology, Innovate Finance has establish a blockchain lab in partnership with... read more

10 Sep 15 @ 10:37

Wall Street is putting more money behind a blockchain technology which  it once dismissed as a fad. Some of the biggest companies in the financial sector have invested $30 million... read more

10 Sep 15 @ 10:26

The implications of putting central bank-backed fiat currency on a distributed ledger such as Blockchain are profound. A report sets out the implications for management of an economy, the potential to... read more

23 Jun 15 @ 16:32

Barclays has entered a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trial with bitcoin exchange Safello, in an attempt to see if blockchain technology can improve its performance financial services sector. In an interview with CoinDesk, Safello... read more

16 Mar 15 @ 12:28

IBM is rumoured to be considering adopting the underlying technology behind bitcoin, known as the blockchain, to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, according to a person... read more

30 Oct 14 @ 16:43

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is to explore the potential benefits of blockchain technology, which underpins bitcoin, for use in the wider financial services industry, according to the regulator’s chief executive. At the... read more

13 Oct 26 @ 20:13

The next phase of stablecoin competition may be decided less by who issues digital money and more by who controls access to customers. Recent moves from SAP and Samsung point... read more

08 Oct 26 @ 20:02

ANZ has completed a live cross-border corporate treasury transaction using tokenised deposits and Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, in a test aimed at showing how digital money could move between banks without... read more

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launching Pontes to allow wholesale tokenised asset transactions to settle in... read more

10 Sep 26 @ 15:44

US Bank has completed a live cross-border transaction using its own dollar-backed stablecoin, becoming one of the latest major lenders to test whether blockchain technology can improve the movement of... read more

10 Sep 26 @ 15:43

Stablecoins are moving trillions of dollars across public blockchains, but the numbers risk giving a misleading impression of their penetration into mainstream payments. Visa’s Onchain Analytics platform recently recorded $4.6tn... read more

02 Sep 26 @ 20:54

Twenty-one of the world’s largest financial institutions are preparing to establish a new stablecoin company, marking one of the banking industry’s most significant attempts yet to compete for a role... read more

14 Jun 26 @ 15:00

Visa has unveiled an ambitious strategy to position itself at the centre of the emerging programmable money ecosystem, announcing plans to build the technology infrastructure that will enable banks to... read more

18 May 26 @ 17:07

The Bank of England has found that distributed ledger technology could improve aspects of wholesale payments and settlement, but only at the cost of significant trade-offs in governance, resilience and... read more

15 Mar 26 @ 21:02

The European Central Bank has taken an important step in the evolution of Europe’s wholesale financial architecture with the publication of a roadmap for Appia, a long-term initiative designed to... read more