Banking


Ринки

Credit Rating Firm Backs $8 Million Fundraise for Crypto Alternative

A blockchain startup has raised $8 million in a seed funding round with a mission to develop a protocol to serve the unbanked.

sarah zhang

Ринки

Barclays Seeks Twin Blockchain Patents for Banking Services

Barclays Bank proposed using blockchain to make various banking processes more efficient in a pair of patent applications.

shutterstock_1062402209

Ринки

GMO's New Internet Bank Will Settle Payments With Blockchain

Japanese digital services firm GMO Internet has just launched a new web bank that it says will soon use blockchain to facilitate payments.

GMO

Ринки

Why Litecoin's Creator Is Buying Into a Bank (And How It Could Go Wrong)

If all goes according to plan, TokenPay and Charlie Lee's Litecoin Foundation will transform a tiny German bank into crypto's smoothest on-ramp.

Screen Shot 2018-07-13 at 8.29.32 AM

Ринки

Binance Exchange Backs First-Ever Decentralized Bank in Malta

Binance is reportedly among a number of investors backing a decentralized, blockchain-based bank to be launched in Malta.

Malta flag

Ринки

100 Tokens By 2020: Ledger Pledges Big Expansion for Crypto Custody

Wallet and custody startup Ledger is ramping up the number of cryptocurrencies it supports to meet demand from institutional investors.  

Ledger

Ринки

Bank of Queensland Rules Out Crypto Purchases With Mortgage Funds

The Australian retail bank has revised its loan agreements to prohibit borrowers from using mortgages to purchase cryptocurrency.

Contract terms

Ринки

Litecoin Foundation Acquires 9.9% of Bank in Payments Partnership

Litecoin Foundation, the non-profit behind the popular cryptocurrency, says it now owns part of a German bank thanks to a new deal with TokenPay.

Litecoins

Ринки

R3 Launches Corda Enterprise With First-Ever 'Blockchain Firewall'

Not a traditional firewall, the term denotes how Corda is able to limit communication between blockchain nodes operating in different environments.

hell, fire

Ринки

World's Largest Bank Eyes Faster Asset Exchange With Blockchain

ICBC, one of China's "Big Four" state-owned commercial banks, is seeking to patent a blockchain system to better execute financial asset transactions.

ICBC