Coinbase acquires Earn, appoints first CTO
The deal is valued at $100 million.
Blockchain
IBM finds firm blockchain ground with Marsh proof of insurance pilot
Applying blockchain technology for first commercial proof of insurance.
The relegated bank – a positive scenario?
Bank executives should actively consider the “relegated bank” scenario as a potential option.
Santander and Ripple unveil blockchain-based consumer payments
Santander One Pay FX is now available.
Infographic: the world of alternative payments
Money Guru has analysed the trends and how tech leads in finance.
Fintech funding round-up: 11 April 2018
Features Ant Financial, Ripple, Blockchain Capital and Liberis.
HSBC spends $2.3bn on AI and digital innovation
Hey big spender, spend a little time with me.
Coinbase Ventures launched to support crypto start-ups
Coinbase Ventures will be providing financing to promising early stage crypto-focused companies.
Blockchain: does it live up to the hype?
It’s important to separate fact from hype before jumping on the blockchain bandwagon.
Infographic: 16 blockchain disruptions
How blockchain can and will improve 16 different industries.
Symbiont brings the blockchain to mortgagetech
Teams with technology investment firm Ranieri Solutions for exploration plans.
Fintech funding round-up: 4 April 2018
Stars DriveWealth, Starta Ventures and BitPay.
IBM joins Sovrin Network for decentralised digital identity desires
Another chapter in IBM’s blockchain plans.
Interview: Red Hat – fuelling open innovation in banking
Discussing cloud titans, blockchain and why the company is at the heart of the open source community.
Ripple joins Hyperledger Project
Ripple CTO says “developers will be able to access Interledger Protocol in Java for enterprise use”.
One out of three ICOs fail
DigRate doesn’t dig ICO fail rate
Fintech funding round-up: 28 March 2018
Stars Canopy, Spring Labs, Equitise and Xinja.
Fintech funding round-up: 27 March 2018
Features Candex, MarketInvoice and Konsentus.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to pilot blockchain tech with Bitt
A fintech pilot using blockchain tech to be carried out in the ECCB eight member countries.
Managing the risks of blockchain
Before you jump into implementing blockchain, know the risks.
Ink Protocol and Kleros to tackle P2P marketplace transaction disputes
They seek justice. It is written onto the Ethereum blockchain.
Fleetcor unveils pilot payments programme with Ripple
New pilot will explore use of digital asset XRP.
R3 powers Credit Suisse and ING live securities lending transaction debut
First live transaction using HQLAx’s securities lending app on R3’s Corda blockchain platform.
Fintech funding round-up: 28 February 2018
Features Babb, Payslip and a global reminder.
BNP Paribas fires up new investment fund for start-ups
More help is on the way for the young guns of fintech and insurtech.
Zonafide blockchain brings bona fide touch to Atos
UK firm will help Atos combat identity theft and cybercrime.
Big guns team up for Marco Polo blockchain trade finance initiative
BNP, Commerzbank and ING joined by Standard Chartered, DNB, and OP Financial Group.
Disruptive technology: the post-trade world wakes up
Looking at three pivotal technologies: distributed ledger type (DLT), common platforms, and cyber defences.
Fintech funding round-up: 20 February 2018
Features SETL, AND Global, LendMN and Augmentum Fintech.
Blockchain centre launched by R3 for law firms
R3 has launched the Legal Centre of Excellence (LCoE) as a platform for the legal community.
Algorand nabs $4m for blockchain aiming to avoid Bitcoin’s flaws
Straight out of MIT – and reckons it can solve the problems dogging Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Glossary: what’s what in fintech
What’s what in fintech? Here is a glossary of the most commonly used terms.
Global fintech funding goes over $31bn mark
Brings the total over the past three years to $122 billion.
Podcast: [the SME sector is] so hot right now
11:FS Fintech Insider show featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 8 February 2018
Features Binance down, a “Crypto Rich List”, and VMS Software and Swirlds.
The ups and downs of cryptocurrencies
Predicting what will happen to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has become a cottage industry.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 6 February 2018
Features Virgin Money, Tech Bureau, Japan Net Bank, Waves Platform and Tokenomy.
Where top US banks are betting on fintech – CB Insights
Research company CB Insights has mapped out where the top ten US banks are investing in fintech.
Cambridge Blockchain and IHS Markit target KYC market
Will offer integrated reference data, operations and software.
