Blockchain Solution Provides Humanitarian Aid for Refugees

Two-factor authentication technology and payments network, Boloro Global Limited and BanQu, developer of an ‘Economic Identity’ platform, have announced that they have won the 'Innovate for Refugees' global competition held by MIT Enterprise Forum...

Singapore, HSBC, BofA ML Trial Blockchain for Trade Finance

HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) have teamed up to trial a new blockchain prototype to execute import-export deals automatically using smart contract technology. The prototype, which utilizes the...

Ripple Introduces New, Unified API for Consensus Ledger with Improved Source Code

Ripple recently announced an improved, unified interface to the Ripple Consensus Ledger. The new RippleAPI merges two original APIs, ripple-lib and Ripple-REST, into a single high-level interface for JavaScript that, according to Ripple is "fully documented, tested, schema-validated,...

DARPA Solicits Proposals for Blockchain-Based Messaging & Transaction Platform

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a Pentagon agency responsible for developing emerging technologies for the military and elsewhere, has issued a solicitation for the creation of a secure messaging and transaction platform that...

Emercoin’s Tailor-Made Solutions for Financial Industry- SSL & Proof-of-Ownership

We covered Emercoin recently, reporting on the its participation in Microsoft's BaaS platform on Azure. We had a chance to ask Jason Cassidy of Emercoin about these developments and more. ACN: What does it mean...

World Economic Forum Names Blockchain Technology Pioneer

Blockchain has been named as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, joining other big names in being recognized as having the potential to significantly impact business and society through new technologies and advance the Fourth...

Abra Goes Live in United States

Digital wallet Abra has announced that its app is now available on iPhone and Android for consumers in the US. Customers can now use the Abra app in the US or the Philippines to...

How Can Blockchain Technology Impact the Gambling Industry?

At today's GamCrowd London Technology Week event on gambling technology, conference attendees will have the opportunity to learn from a panel of blockchain experts on the topic "How is Block Chain technology impacting the...

Global Risk Technologies CIO Appraises Blockchain Technology for Consumers and Merchants

Recently, the World Economic Forum predicted blockchain technology will “fundamentally alter the way financial institutions do business around the world” and will soon become “the beating heart” of the finance industry. Monica Eaton-Cardone, an...

Deloitte, Stellar Partnership Provides Global Payments Application

Deloitte has revealed that it has integrated with Stellar, financial platform developers, to build a cross-border payments application. Designed to serve two customer segments, consumers and businesses, the Deloitte Digital Bank launched at the...