Rabobank ventures to fintech frontier with $60m fund
Welcome to Rabo Frontier Ventures – and its focus on early-stage fintech firms.
Blockchain
What cryptocurrency trends can we expect in 2018?
Let’s take a look at some of the key talking points of the cryptocurrency economy in 2018.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 25 January 2018
Starring Coinsilium Group, GMEX Technologies and Vaultbank.
Tradeshift explores new Frontiers with innovation lab launch
To boldly go where many other fintech firms have been before.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 23 January 2018
Featuring Kleros taking a chance, BitFlyer landing in Europe, and Nordea in the mood for banning.
How are traditional market players responding to cryptocurrencies?
2017 will probably be noted for two things – Donald Trump took office and the world took notice of cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain – not for payments?
Blockchain still has the subject of heated discussion and massive investments of time and money.
Blockchain security firm Ledger raises $75m funding
Investment takes the company’s total capital to more than $85 million.
Top six trends in payments
What trends will be impacting the payments industry this year?
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 18 January 2018
Features Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Jibrel Network, Yes Bank and HashCash.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 16 January 2018
Post-trade scenarios, a cryptocurrency app and a trading platform. Stars Swift, DeVere Group and Horizon Software.
Payments round-up: 11 January 2018
Featuring lots of partnerships – with Ripple, MoneyGram, Worldpay, Iyzico, MSTS and Apruve.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 11 January 2018
Stars Saifu, Thales, Babb, Iznes, SETL and Sberbank’s new lab.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 10 January 2018
Features BNP Paribas Asset Management, Falcon Private Bank and the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange.
IBM proudly poses at patent peak
Its inventors received a record number of patents in 2017 – marking its 25th consecutive year of US leadership.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 9 January 2018
Features Cardano Foundation, IOHK, Emurgo, Bitcoin mining, Microsoft and John McAfee.
Fintech funding round-up: 8 January 2018
Features IBM, Comcast, MState, Early Salary, Previse and Dinghy.
Infographic: history of Ripple coin
Buyripple explains “how banks fell in love with Ripple” in this infographic.
Microsoft is a “deeply open source company”, says Azure CTO Mark Russinovich
Get used to the idea of Microsoft embracing open source.
Fintech journalist shares pointless predictions for 2018
The catastrophic catalogue of conjectures.
Top ten fintech infographics in 2017
From cashless countries to Bitcoin crashes.
Top ten fintech opinion pieces in 2017
They thought for you.
Top ten payments projects in 2017
Enjoy some of the major payments projects in 2017.
Top ten fintech features in 2017
What a merry time it was for fintech features in 2017.
Top ten Bitcoin stories in 2017
Bitcoin was buzzing all year along.
Top ten blockchain stories in 2017
Welcome to a world of blockchain. A compilation of the bigger stories with Banking Technology’s top ten.
A look back at 2017 and ringing in a new year for the payments industry
2017 has been another eventful year for the payments industry. From celebrities like 50 Cent getting involved (more on this later) to businesses neglecting the needs of pretty much every generation bar millennials, there hasn’t been a dull moment.
Blockchain and bitcoin round-up: 20 December 2017
More bite-size Bitcoin and blockchain news.
Ripple to launch Infrastructure Innovation Initiative
Ripple is taking “the next logical step to help build the internet of value”.
eToro and CoinDash team for blockchain-based social trading products
eToro and CoinDash will develop a suite of blockchain-based products for social trading.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 19 December 2017
Features ABI Lab, R3, the government of Estonia, Chronobank and Bitcoin.com.
Bitcoin is useless
The recent surge in its price is good news for investors, but perhaps a death sentence for its functional value.
Fintech trends 2017: blockchain, big data… what’s next?
2017 ends with the Bitcoin having surpassed the $19,000 mark. Could this perhaps be a taste of our future?
Symbiont smart contracts to simplify index data sharing for Vanguard
Smart contracts platform Symbiont has teamed up with Centre for Research in Security Prices (CRSP).
Banking Technology December 2017/January 2018 issue out now
In the eye of the storm we provide clarity.
IBM hot for bots with asset exchange launch
IBM has unveiled its Bot Asset Exchange – a place for chatbot development.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 11 December 2017
Featuring the Gibraltar Parliament; Cboe Global Markets; and Waves Platform, Ethereum and Deloitte teaming up.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 8 December 2017
The latest features IOTA, Microsoft, Indonesia’s central bank and Australian Securities Exchange.
What is the future of digital cash?
The recent World Economic Forum (WED) report “Sweden could stop using cash by 2023”, says that the country is moving towards favouring cards and mobile payment apps. Yet retailers are expected to accept cash for at least a couple of years afterwards.
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up: 7 December 2017
Blockchain and Bitcoin round-up – features a nasty hack on NiceHash; Pundi X in Indonesia; a Deluge Network for ICOs; and Blockchain Centre Vilnius in Lithuania.
