Deloitte opens Americas blockchain lab in New York
The new lab in the Wall Street district will be staffed by more than 20 developers and designers.
Guardtime's KSI blockchain in UAE healthcare pilot
NMC Health and telecom firm Du partner under UAE government's Global Blockchain Council.
Equibit targets $7m coin offering
Blockchain builder Equibit Development Corporation sets crowdsale for February 1.
Tokio Marine tests blockchain insurance certificates for the shipping trade
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and NTT Data Corporation testing blockchain-based 'data insurance policy'.
Bitstamp begins trading of Ripple's XRP tokens
The cryptocurrency exchange will focus on XRP/EUR and XRP/USD trading pairs, beginning January 17, 2017.
DTCC creating credit derivatives blockchain with Axoni, IBM and R3
Firms collaborate on distributed ledger technology to build the next generation Trade Information Warehouse.
India's Yes Bank announces blockchain implementations with IBM and Hyperledger
The bank is also working with IBM Watson-enabled Cognitive Interface and fintech start-up Cateina Technologies.
UBS, innogy and ZF collaborate on blockchain wallets for cars
The Car eWallet has been developed for charging electric cars, micropayments and car-sharing.
Lisk makes ICO funds 100% transparent with non-profit foundation
The delegated proof of stake blockchain platform opens its books to public inspection.
Goldmoney joins blockchain gold rush with Royal Canadian Mint
Goldmoney announcement follows the recent Royal Mint/CME tie-up.
Factom releases next version of its blockchain - the Factom Federation network
Factom Federation includes several protocol changes and a networking change allowing further upgrades.
Barclays gets into the nuts and bolts of Smart Contract Templates
IBTimes speaks to Dr Lee Braine from Barclays Investment Bank about its new smart contracts research paper.
How today's machine learning systems would spot another FX or Libor scandal
Tim Estes, CEO, Digital Reasoning, has been invited to talk at IBT's forthcoming data science in capital markets event.
Blockchain and big data worth watching in the coming year
Central bank settlement coins, blockchain governance and interoperability, plus the big data business.
Unlike blockchain, SWIFT's gpi actually has a banking system behind it
SWIFT's global payments innovation (gpi) will go live early next year.
Forex blockchain FXCH kicks off crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs
Back in July this year FXCH stated its intention by settling the first FX trade on a blockchain.
Mastercard: A third of Europe's financially excluded have full-time jobs
New research reiterates that financial exclusion is also a first world problem.
The 'fintech' approach to data science and machine learning
Dr Tristan Fletcher, research director, Thought Machine, will be talking at IBT's forthcoming AI and capital markets event.
IBM trumpets 'blockchain ecosystem' on Hyperledger
IBM names bunch of startups and announced the 1st Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 Connect-a-Thon on 17 December.
IoT and blockchain experts riddle&code join innogy's 'Genesis of Things' project
Complete ecosystem consists of global professional services and 3D printing companies, and will become a reality in 2017.
Stellar connects with ICICI Bank and offers cross-border payments in India, Africa and Philippines
Other partners are Coins.ph in the Philippines, Flutterwave which connects with M-Pesa, and Tempo Money Transfer.
Lisk's Max Kordek touts sidechain flexibility for 2017
Lisk uses delegated proof of stake and introduces a new sidechain for every app built on the platform.
Meet the people adding $3.7 trillion to the developing world with financial inclusion
IBTimesUK spoke to Kosta Peric of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wayne Hennessy-Barrett, CEO, 4G Capital.
Legendary cryptographer Dr Lisa Yin joins Symbiont
Dr Yin was one of three researchers who broke SHA-1, the US Government hash standard.
How can finance catch up with other intelligent real-time systems?
Thalesians founder Paul Bilokon will be speaking at the IBT data science and capital markets event.
Even secretive hedge funds can open source their software
Cuemacro CEO Saeed Amen is on a panel about open source infrastructure at forthcoming IBT Media data science event.
Chamber of Digital Commerce and Hyperledger Project join up for advocacy and education
The partnership will focus on public policy, intellectual property issues and technical interoperability.
Blockchain start-up Manifold Technology releases its platform at Wall Street conference
Manifold was founded in 2014 by former White House cybersecurity advisor Chris Finan.
Calypso partners with R3 to develop post trade solutions on Corda platform
Counterparties will be able to see all trade tickets on distributed ledger so they can be sure they are matching against the correct trade.
Royal Mint and CME to launch digital gold on blockchain
The blockchain-based Royal Mint Gold (RMG) will to be available in 2017.
