AB InBev, Accenture, APL and Kuehne + Nagel successfully test blockchain
A consortium - comprising AB InBev, Accenture, APL and Kuehne + Nagel plus a European customs organisation - has successfully tested a blockchain solution. This demonstrated it is possible to eliminate...
TrustedHealth extends medical blockchain use
TrustedHealth is a blockchain-based, patient-led and doctor-guided cooperative focused on life-threatening diseases. It is launching a blockchain-based patient and doctor-centric health ecosystem dedicated to specialized medicine. The objective is to source...
DHL and Accenture apply blockchains to logistics
DHL has released a trend report in cooperation with Accenture on applying blockchains for logistics. The report argues the technology has the potential to transform the logistics industry.
It includes initial findings...
EU Commission to extend EU blockchain and crowdfunding activity
The European Commission has unveiled an 'Action Plan' on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial services (FinTech). Its wishes Europe to become a global hub for...
Fujitsu tools to assess risks associated with smart contracts
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd and Fujitsu Research and Development Center Co, Ltd (Fujitsu) have announced the development of technology that can verify, in advance, risks associated with smart contracts. The announcement occurred...
Iryo healthcare blockchain startup to disrupt medical data ownership
Healthcare blockchain startup Iryo hopes to disrupt medical data ownership by giving full control to patients.
Iryo proposes to create a participatory healthcare network with a modern electronic health record system. Refugee camps in...
Ambrosus + the SCA bring blockchain to the coffee value chain
Ambrosus, a blockchain-powered IoT network for food and pharmaceutical enterprises and the and the Swiss Coffee Alliance (SCA), a trade group, have announced a partnership to address the coffee value chain.
By...
Oracle calls for 2nd cohort of start-ups in UK accelerator
Oracle has announced its new search for up to six startups eager to take advantage of the Oracle startup accelerator program based in Bristol. This is the second cohort of startups that...
Evident Proof blockchain for compliance, provenance and data verification
Evident Proof has launched an Ethereum-based blockchain and token-based service (to use Evident Proof Tokens or EPTs) to 'make' evidence immutable, thus providing proof chains. It envisages a platform which will enable...
Blockchain is reshaping payment processing – Part II
This is the second part considering how blockchain is reshaping payment processing.
Part I summarised the relevance of blockchain and then examined Global Payout.
This continues with Mastercard, Glance Technologies, LogFin and Discover...