Visa Collab blockchain guru Jon Downing joins BTL advisory board
In 2016, BTL announced it was working on cross-border remittances with Visa Europe's Innovation Hub, Visa Collab.
San Francisco's AI Labs trumps Robo-Advice with neural networks
Robo-Advice may struggle long-term and perform poorly in times of downturn or market shocks like Brexit.
Blockchain: MultiChain's Gideon Greenspan talks about the future of peer-to-peer databases
MultiChain announces Wolfram deal to offer zero-configuration private blockchain accessible in the Wolfram Cloud.
Qtum blockchain releases new white paper for mobile apps and ties up with PwC in Asia
Qtum has released: 'Smart-Contract Value-Transfer Protocols on a Distributed Mobile Application Platform'.
Parity pushes new Ethereum testnet 'Kovan' after spam attacks
Ten Ethereum companies launch Proof of Authority testnet after Ropsten suffered a DoS attack on Feb 24.
Maersk and IBM want 10 million shipping containers on the global supply blockchain by year-end
A pilot involved the shipping of Schneider Electric goods from the Port of Rotterdam to the Port of Newark.
How blockchain is simplifying the US mortgage market
Factom's Harmony data layer enables storing hashes of paper documents on private and public blockchains.
Self-sovereign identity: Cornerstone of the blockchain internet
IBTimes spoke to Rouven Heck, project lead of uPort, the award-winning Ethereum blockchain identity system.
Finance and artificial intelligence are going 'fintech' and open source
Day 2: Data science event looked at open source software and the fintech approach.
How hedge funds can trade on heaven-sent data
Day 1: IBT Media's data science and finance event looked at alternative data sets and natural language processing.
UBS, PwC and Thomson Reuters join Switzerland's Crypto Valley Association
UBS, PwC, ConsenSys, Thomson Reuters, Luxoft among first members; Former UBS Group CIO Oliver Bussmann named as president.
Bank of England and China Merchants Bank join Hyperledger Project
Project welcomed 11 new members, bringing the current tally to 122.
Banking giants JP Morgan, Santander and BNY Mellon join Ethereum blockchain group
EEA will build and support Ethereum-based technology best practices, standards, and a reference architecture, EntEth 1.0.
Chamber of Digital Commerce and Structured Finance Industry Group partner for blockchain securitisation
The Chamber of Digital Commerce will unveil Blockchain in Securitization White Paper at SFIG 2017 in Las Vegas.
Jeff Garzik's Bloq acquires Skry for machine learning and AI blockchain data analytics
Skry can detect anomalies like a DDoS attack or a spike in transactions fees on both public and private chains.
Monax brings Ethereum technology to the Hyperledger Project
Monax is re-licensing its blockchain client to Apache 2.0 and proposing it to Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee for incubation.
IBT Media's prestigious financial data science event launches in City of London
IBTimes UK and Newsweek host their first Data Science in Capital Markets event in the London.
How to avoid getting caught for money laundering in the UK – stick to transactions under £3m
Citi Tech for Integrity Challenge (T4I) gathered AML experts discuss how regtech can fight financial crime.
RavenPack helps hedge funds deal with their big data 'hoarding disorder'
RavenPack will be at the Newsweek conference on AI and Data Science in Capital Markets in London.
ING and Societe Generale do oil trades on a blockchain
The blockchain prototype, done together with trading house Mercuria, coincided with IP Week in London.
Ethereum's William Mougayar: 'A successful ICO is not indicative of the success of the ICO'
Author, investor and Ethereum advisor William Mougayar is a long-time champion of decentralisation.
Ethereum and the paradox of decentralised governance
Academic researcher Primavera De Filippi suggests possible solutions to the problem of decentralised governance.
Machine learning 'RegTech' being driven by post-Paris attacks AML rules
Sarah Clark, general manager, Identity at Mitek Systems, discussed the state of the art at Finovate 2017 in London.
Omise using Ethereum to create decentralised 'inter-Asia M-Pesa'
Thomas Greco and Wendell Davis talked about the project at EDCON in Paris.
Introducing Trustlines – the original Ripple idea on Ethereum
Raiden Network CEO Heiko Hees showcases Trustlines project at Edcon in Paris.
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin examines the rewards and punishments of crypto-economics
Vitalik Buterin kicked off EDCON in Paris with a discussion of economic incentives within blockchains.
ConsenSys explains self-sovereign identity on Ethereum at the United Nations
Joseph Lubin and Samuel Cassatt were presenting at the Fifty-Fifth Session of the Commission for Social Development.
Ethereum: Melonport fills its CHF2.5m token issuance in under three minutes
The Ethereum hedge fund platform Melonport is breaking records in the world of initial coin offerings.
Machine learning fraud specialists Feedzai listed for second year running in Tech Tour Growth 50
Feedzai CEO Nuno Sebastiao said: 'Being selected for the Tech Tour Growth 50 means that we are global-ready.'
Quandl integrates US Treasury-evaluated ICE Data Services
CEO Tammer Kamel will be speaking at Newsweek's forthcoming Data Science and Capital Markets event next month.
