Tagged: blockchain

July 19, 2018 @ 10:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayStand, the blockchain-based, B2B payments company reinventing commercial finance, today announced that it is partnering with Silicon Valley Bank and First Data in Class 8 of Commerce.Innovated., an accelerator program focused on growth and innovation in finance. According to PayStand, Commerce. Innovated is designed to help… Read More

July 19, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard has reportedly been granted a patent to link cryptocurrency with Fiat accounts. According to its filing, the patent was created to manage fractional reserves of blockchain currency comprising: storing, in a first central account, at least a fiat amount associated with a fiat currency.  The company reported:… Read More

July 18, 2018 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Shyft, a global blockchain-based network that facilitates secure sharing of attested and compliant data has announced the signing of a Letter of Understanding with security token creation platform Polymath. Shyft reported that as part of the partnership, Polymath will become an active ecosystem participant and data provider for the… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Large Credit Union Coalition (LCUC), a group comprising the CIOs of the 16 largest credit unions in Canada, announced on Tuesday it has joined enterprise software firm R3’s global blockchain ecosystem. The LCUC reported that it will join R3’s network of more than 200 financial… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 9:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after securing $20 million through its sold-out initial coin offering (ICO), FCA authorized payment institution Bank Account Based Blockchain (BABB) is now seeking £1.5 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. As previously reported, BABB stated it is currently developing… Read More

July 11, 2018 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TokenPay, a blockchain project that incorporates Bitcoin cryptographic technology with advanced security and privacy features, announced this week it partnered with the Litecoin Foundation to purchase a 9.9% stake in WEG Bank, which is based in Germany. According to TokenPay, the 9.9% stake was transacted… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CapLinked, a secure information sharing company founded by PayPal’s first US head of marketing Eric M. Jackson, announced on Tuesday it has secured $2.5 million in seed funding for a new blockchain product, TransitNet, which will be used to serve Security Token Offerings (STOs). CapLinked’s financing was… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Humaniq, a next-generation Blockchain-for-good platform, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new app feature, Humaniq Stories, which was designed to increase its fast-growing community’s Blockchain and crypto knowledge. According to Humaniq, the feature represents an essential in-messenger content channel, where Humaniq users can easily… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 7:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Venture capital firm Hack VC is in the midst of its bi-annual event, hack.summit(), a gathering and hackathon of some of the world’s key technical leaders in blockchain. Now live and held virtually until 11 July 2018, this year’s hack.summit() theme is blockchain, with headline speakers… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fineqia International Inc. (CSE: FNQ) (OTCPink: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) announced on Monday it is taking an equity allocation in Black Insurance, a digital insurance blockchain startup. According to Fineqia, Black intends to become a licensed insurer and enable the underwriting of new insurance policies through insurance syndicates… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 8:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Canadian fintech startup Citrusxchange Inc. announced it has launched its blockchain based supply chain and invoice financing platform, Kwikxchange.  The company reported its platform caters to small and medium enterprises seeking supply chain financing and invoice financing. The platform was also developed under… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, blockchain trade platform we.trade announced it has completed seven real-time customer transactions by 10 companies on its platform across five countries. Founded earlier this year, we.trade was established by Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Nordea, Rabobank, Santander, Societe Generale and UniCredit to address the… Read More

June 30, 2018 @ 8:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

trade.io, a next-generation financial institution based on blockchain technology, announced on Friday it will officially launch its self-titled crypto exchange on July 17th. The company reported that this announcement comes after months of anticipation across the crypto world where they have eagerly prepared for the… Read More

June 28, 2018 @ 4:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Swarm, the blockchain for private equity, has launched the DMN Token representing fractional ownership of a Dash masternode, extending block rewards and voting rights to all token holders. Additionally, investors may now use Dash to participate in all investment opportunities on Swarm’s marketplace. “Dash is… Read More

June 26, 2018 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Archax, an institutional standard digital assets firm, announced on Tuesday the launch of its institutional-grade digital asset exchange, which is geared towards professional investing. The company reported that by providing the next evolutionary step for handling cryptocurrencies and all other digital assets, this new platform is… Read More

June 26, 2018 @ 11:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Venture capital firm Hack VC is prepping for its bi-annual event, hack.summit(), a gathering and hackathon of some of the world’s key technical leaders in blockchain. To be held virtually on 9-11July 2018, this year’s hack.summit() theme is blockchain, with headline speakers including technical founders of… Read More

June 26, 2018 @ 11:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

A few days since its airdrop distribution of football tokens (or soccer tokens in the US),  during which Waves Platform said that it would distribute 150,000 cryptocurrency tokens to the wallets of its users free of charge (users must first create a wallet on their platform… Read More

June 26, 2018 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE: LXFT), a global IT service provider, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with blockchain software firm, R3. The company also reported it will leading the integration of identity management applications on Corda, which is R3’s open source blockchain platform…. Read More

June 25, 2018 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlipayHK and GCash today announced on Monday the launch of a cross-border remittance service through their e-wallet platforms. The new service is reportedly powered by cutting-edge blockchain technology developed by Alipay, an online payment platform that’s operated by Ant Financial Services Group. Both companies claimed that… Read More

June 22, 2018 @ 8:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The DCU FinTech Innovation Center, a program focused exclusively on fostering pre-seed and seed-stage financial technology companies in New England, announced on Thursday the ten new start-up ventures in its Summer 2018 cohort. As previously reported, the Center is fully funded by Digital Federal Credit Union and… Read More