FCA’s regulatory sandbox expands
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expanding its regulatory sandbox. This enables businesses to test innovative products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms in a live environment which also protects...
Blockchain integration: projects, platforms and exchanges
Integrating blockchain projects, platforms and exchanges matter if digital currencies are to generate and keep broad appeal. The announcement by Decentral of its Jaxx product introduces a user-controlled, multi-asset, multi-platform digital currency...
PoC completed for Gaine Healthcare and Symblock blockchain integration
Gaine Healthcare's Coperor platform for master data management in both the healthcare and the life sciences/biotech space has proven capable of seamless integration with blockchain technology. This conclusion follows completion of...
IOHK offers secure smart contracts technology
IOHK, a blockchain research and development company, has developed two tools for writing smart contracts for the Cardano blockchain. Plutus and Marlowe launched - in test format - at the first...
Vodafone and Energy Web bring IoT and blockchain to renewable energy
Energy Web (EW) and Vodafone Business are partnering to improve the integration of renewable and distributed energy assets within power grids. It will use blockchain technology and secure IoT connectivity (where...
IBM nurtures its blockchain ecosystem
IBM is nurturing its blockchain ecosystem with the IBM Blockchain Founder Accelerator (BFA). This aims to help enterprises, and their developers, bring blockchain solutions into production faster. IBM will select eight...
Ternio introduces cryptocurrency BlockCard
BlockCard is a debit card which enables the card holder to spend the value of their cryptocurrency with the same ease as traditional credit cards. Ternio claims that BlockCard is usable...
Apttus Omni adds IBM Cloud to its stack
Apttus, the Quote-to-Cash company, has announced a deal with IBM Cloud. This deal sees IBM create a new practice around Apttus Omni, the company's Middle Office solution. It will also see...
TCS teams with SAP to transform surgical kit ecosystem
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is partnering with SAP to launch an Intelligent Field Inventory Management (iFIM) solution. Powered by SAP Leonardo, this leverages IoT and blockchain to assist medical device manufacturers...
MedChain and Cognition Foundry to use blockchain and IBM technology
MedChain, a start-up building globally compliant healthcare blockchain and decentralized applications (dApps) for electronic medical records (EMRs), has announced it is teaming up with Cognition Foundry to capitalise on the data...