ECB-led experiment with digital euro illustrates capabilities for blockchain
Alongside the European Central Bank (ECB) and seven other euro area central banks, Eesti Pank carried out a research project into the technical possibilities for a digital euro. The experiment established...
Tech Trailblazers Awards opens for entries
Tech Trailblazers announced that its 2020 awards are open for submissions. This is the start of a process that will complete in November when the winners are announced. Businesses have until...
SAP Ariba Spot Buy adds GRMS to enhance vetting
With its announcement of a link with GRMS (Global Risk Management Solutions), SAP Ariba seeks to move trust to new levels.
GRMS enhances the vetting capabilities within SAP Ariba Spot Buy. It...
SNS + blockchain = FunkeyPay
FunkeyPay uses blockchain technology and applies it to Social Network Services (SNS). FunkeyPay aims to link SNS and direct commerce with a blockchain model that incorporates payment and P2P marketing. It...
Huobi and Nervos partner for decentralised financial services blockchain
Huobi Group, a blockchain services provider, is partnering with layered blockchain network Nervos to develop a new public blockchain focused on decentralized financial (DeFi) services. The project, provisionally named Huobi Finance...
Indian banks go with BankChain on Azure Blockchain
BankChain is an Indian bank platform for exploring, building and implementing blockchain solutions. BankChain has selected Microsoft Azure as its exclusive cloud partner. Twenty BankChain members - including State Bank of...
Yet another trade finance/blockchain initiative!
Yet another trade finance/blockchain initiative has emerged. Commerzbank and Fraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund have begun a joint research project on digitisation of trade finance. International trade...
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...
Cryptocurrencies, Bank of England and the Iceland computer mining heist
Cryptocurrencies, and the variety of impressions they make are back in the news.
On Friday, at the inaugural Scottish Economics Conference which brings together students from six universities, Mark Carney, the governor...
Blockchain Catch-up Week 28 (w/e July 24th)
This is a start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ for Week 28. The catch-up is not intended to be comprehensive; it seeks to highlight developments covered by Enterprise Times. Then, in the...