Tagged: david rutter

February 22, 2024 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Bob Wigley, the Chairman of UK Finance, has joined the Board of Directors of R3. UK Finance is a group that advocates on behalf of the UK financial services industry, representing over 300 individual firms. The group aims to drive innovation and help to shape… Read More

January 24, 2024 @ 6:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Enterprise blockchain firm R3 has hired Kate Karimson as its new Chief Commercial Officer. According to R3, Karimson joins after executive positions at the CME Group, BrokerTec, ICAP, and LedgerEdge. R3 CEO and founder David Rutter said they are focused on progressing in the capital… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

R3, an enterprise-focused permissed blockchain provider, is reporting that its Corda technology has enabled the first digital bond issuance on Euroclear’s International Central Securities Depository (ICSD). The SSA, or “supranational, sovereign and agency bond,” was issued by the World Bank, with Citi (an investor in… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

LedgerEdge has announced a regulated bond trading platform that utilizes distributed ledger technology (DLT or blockchain). LedgerEdge has selected Corda’s R3 permissioned blockchain to power the trading platform. LedgerEdge shares that it is targeting the $41 trillion global corporate bond market, much of which is… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Emma Channing  |  

Back in December, I wrote a piece for Coindesk’s Year in Review 2019 entitled “Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set for Takeoff in 2020”.  This was before word of COVID-19 became widespread and before many of the cataclysmic events of 2020 were even imaginable.  Thus… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech TrustLayer has exited stealth mode, according to a company release. TrustLayer provides an automated insurance verification platform using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The enterprise blockchain app will provide real-time updates on the R3 Corda distributed ledger ecosystem Simultaneously, TrustLayer announced a partnership with residential… Read More

September 12, 2019 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has announced a new partnership with R3 to use their Corda platform to power blockchain-based cross border payments. Corda is a permissioned blockchain that has the support of multiple financial services firms and has been experiencing additional traction. The partnership is said… Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

A note today from HM Land Registry indicates the government agency is investigating the use of blockchain for managing lan registration and the overall buying and selling process of property. More specifically, the agency is working with “Methods” a company that utilizes R3’s blockchain Corda…. Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAX have signed a Letter of Intent to partner on the creation of a securities lending platrorm using the R3 Corda Blockchain platform. R3 is Blockchain platform working with a network of more than 200 banks, financial institutions, and more to develop… Read More

October 31, 2017 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Enterprise software firm R3 announced on Tuesday it and 22 of its member banks have developed a solution that leverages distributed ledger technology (DLT) to enable fast, efficient and cost-effective cross-border payments. R3 revealed that the Corda platform was built to facilitate the full payments… Read More

May 19, 2017 @ 3:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, has joined R3 as a new member of its international consortium. ADGM is the first regulatory body in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to be part of the R3 consortium, comprising over… Read More

November 22, 2016 @ 9:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Goldman Sachs is no longer part of the R3 CEV blockchain group, according to the WSJ. Founded in 2014 by CEO David Rutter to explore the use of the distributed database technology, especially for tech utilizing bitcoin, R3 CEV explores way banks can save billions of dollars through streamlining outdated… Read More

November 8, 2016 @ 4:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, financial innovation firm R3 announced it is teaming up with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to launch its dedicated distributed ledge technology (DLT) Center of Excellence in Asia. This is part of the company’s region expansion plans. The new R3 Asia Lab… Read More