Tagged: r3

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

July 15, 2020 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

David Rutter, founder at LedgerEdge, a trading venue for the US Treasuries market, and R3, a blockchain and DLT infrastructure company, is reportedly planning to address some of the major challenges in the corporate bond market with the launch of LedgerEdge, a new trading platform…. Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Quant Network, an enterprise blockchain tech firm, and SIA, European payment services business and a subsidiary of CDP Equity, have successfully tested cross-blockchain interoperability between multiple Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) protocols, according to a company release. The test integrated the Quant Network’s Overledger technology into… Read More

May 15, 2020 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hedera Hashgraph, a decentralized public network where “anyone can carve out a piece of cyberspace to transact, play, and socialize in a secure, trusted environment,” may offer “Consensus-as-a-Service” for blockchains or distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks. Hedera is a leading provider of enterprise-grade DLT solutions…. Read More

April 5, 2020 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hex Trust has reportedly become the very first licensed crypto-asset custodian in Hong Kong to integrate its services with R3’s Corda platform. The integration will allow the blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform to be used by Hex Trust’s virtual asset custody solution. R3… Read More

March 14, 2020 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

R3 an enterprise blockchain platform that has developed “Corda” and was founded with the support of multiple financial services firms, has hired Dorothy Copeland, as Global Head of Partner Ecosystem & Alliances. Copeland previously worked at both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM. While at… Read More

February 5, 2020 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain-enabled supply chain and trade finance firm Envoy Group is reportedly planning to expand its operations beyond Latin America. This, after recently acquiring $13 million in funding from Alcedo Digital Ventures. Developed on R3’s Corda platform, Envoy aims to enhance the existing $17 trillion annual… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oman Oil and Orpic Group and HSBC Bank Oman SAOG have reportedly performed the first blockchain-based trade finance transaction in the Middle Eastern nation using R3’s Corda technology. According to a November 23 report from Oman Observer, Oman Oil and Orpic Group, the country’s largest… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Wethaq Capital has announced that it has issued the first pilot Sukuk on its securities market platform for the Islamic capital markets under the supervision of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Wethaq is operating under an innovation testing license issued by the DFSA. Mohammed… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 1:22 am By Cali Haan  |  

Accenture (NYSE:ACN), SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) and R3 are working to build a real-time gross-settlement system to handle large payments between banks and other parties. In standard real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, electronic fund transfers are immediate. RTGS is often used for high-value transactions that must… Read More

October 19, 2019 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Archax, an institutional digital securities exchange, announced on October 18 that it had teamed up with enterprise blockchain developer R3. The partnership between the two companies involves using R3’s Corda Enterprise software to manage post-trade activities on Archax’s platform. Archax provides a globally accessible… Read More

October 13, 2019 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco Polo, a trade finance blockchain that has partnered over 20 banks, is testing its first trade deal between Germany and Russia. The company’s pilot was announced on October 11.  Russian’s Alfa-Bank and Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK) will take part in the pilot. Germany’s Commerzbank… Read More

October 10, 2019 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Vanguard Group, a registered investment advisor headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania with more than $5.3 trillion in assets under management, has teamed up with Symbiont, a crypto startup backed by Nasdaq Ventures. The partnership between Vanguard and Symbiont involves developing a trading platform for the… 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 23, 2019 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NYSE: INFY), announced on Monday it has completed its global blockchain trial in partnership with blockchain software company, R3. According to Infosys Finacle, a total of eighteen banking groups joined the test network of… 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

September 11, 2019 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with enterprise blockchain software provider R3 to develop and pilot a new blockchain-enabled cross-border payment solution. According to Mastercard, the solution will initially focus on connecting global faster payments infrastructures, as well as schemes and banks supported… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Enterprise blockchain software firm R3 announced last week it has formed a new partnership with fintech Wethaq to build the “next generation” of financial market infrastructure to enable issuers, investors, central banks, and regulations to transact in Islamic capital markets. According to the duo, Wethaq’s… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

HSBC has processed a Yuan-denominated letter of credit using the Voltron platform. According to a report in Reuters, this is the first transaction of its type to use Yuan and the first to utilize the Voltron platform. Voltron explains their application as follows: “[Voltron] will… Read More

August 23, 2019 @ 6:45 am By Cali Haan  |  

A dozen engineers who work or have worked for “blockchain” consortium R3 are contributing to a group chat critical of the company, The Block reports: “(T)he aforementioned group chat documents complaints ranging from R3’s so-called ‘poor’ company culture and concerns over its core, pay-to-use DLT… Read More