Opinion

Blockchain is emerging as a potentially disruptive force capable of transforming the financial services industry. Today, all major banks and financial institutions are involved in blockchain technology one way or another: some are partnering...

Singapore-based Dragonfly Fintech has announced its deal to power Metro Money Exchange, a Malaysian licensed wholesale and money remittance company using thhttp://www.dragonflyfintech.com/e NEM's blockchain technology. The payment and settlement solution will be implemented in...

Another participant in our recent Chain-Finance interview and workshop series is Peter Jensens from Finclusion Systems. We talked with Peter about the HEAL Alliance and its Smart Impact Bond. What is your project and why...

Earlier in April, seven firms announced the successful test of blockchain technology and smart contracts to manage post-trade lifecycle events for standard North American single name credit default swaps (CDS). The first of its kind...

Professional services firm Ernst and Young, in conjunction with Innovate Finance, has released a report entitled ‘Capital Markets: innovation and the FinTech landscape’, describing how investment banking could benefit from collaboration with FinTech. It...

Q&A with George Samman, co-author of KPMG’s report: “Consensus: Immutable agreement for the Internet of value” This interview is posted on both www.sammantics.com and www.bitsonblocks.net Interviewer is Antony Lewis (AL) and interviewee is George Samman (GS). AL George,...

Following last months news, blockchain-based social media platform Steemit, where posters are rewarded financially for popular content, has formally announced plans to add the most requested new features to its site, including private messaging,...

The FBI's attempt to force Apple to bypass the encryption of a dead San Bernadino terrorist's iPhone may set an ominous precedent for encryption technologies including the blockchain. Apple CEO Tim Cook has opposed the US Government's attempt to order the...

After a weekend of collaboration at the Hackenergy 2016, a jury of industry experts judged a project called EcoCoin as the best idea. The hackathon was sponsored by ENGIE Nederland, Energy Academy Europe, the...

In the wake of yet another cryptocurrency exchange debacle even more people are struggling to assign blame to parties involved and the technology behind it; however, as in all other cases to date, the...