payments

Russian Payments Firm QIWI Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium

Russian payments firm QIWI has joined the R3 blockchain consortium.

Par Stan Higgins14 oct. 2016

ACI's new central bank blockchain prototype demonstrates the potential for distributed ledgers to change global banking infrastructures.

More than 50 credit unions are now laying the groundwork for what they believe could become the financial industry's first live blockchain project.

Par Bailey Reutzel3 sept. 2016

Distributed ledger tech will form the “foundation” of financial services infrastructure, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum.

Par Pete Rizzo12 août 2016

Russian payments firm Qiwi now estimates it could upgrade its core database to a distributed ledger-based system by 2021.

Par Pete Rizzo8 août 2016

Research from financial services giant Credit Suisse examines how the stock performance of incumbent financial firms could be impacted by blockchain.

Par Pete Rizzo3 août 2016

A new research report by banking giant Citi asserts that it does not view bitcoin and other digital currencies as a disruptive threat.

Par Pete Rizzo30 juin 2016

IBM's Martin Hagelstrom looks at how bitcoin can achieve growth in a market full of digital payments systems run by tech and finance giants.

Russian payments firm Qiwi is currently designing its own proprietary blockchain system in an effort to replace its central payments database.

Par Pete Rizzo20 mai 2016

Distributed ledgers are often referred to as a new database technology, but could they come to replace existing payments rails?

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