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Boston Fed VP: Blockchain Will Wake Up Swift and Other Middlemen

The senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston believes blockchain will make financial middlemen wake up and innovate.

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Barclays Joins CLS Blockchain Consortium in Search of Swift Alternative

Barclays has become the latest major financial institution to join the foreign exchange-focused blockchain consortium CLS.

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Bernanke, Berners-Lee to Headline Ripple's 'Sibos-Killer' Conference

Distributed ledger startup Ripple is ramping up its competition with banking services provider Swift by launching a rival conference this fall.

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Swift's Cross-Border Blockchain Trial Is Moving Into Its Next Phase

Swift has completed development work on its first blockchain proof-of-concept, and six global banks are about to put it through its paces.

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22 Banks Join Swift's Cross-Border Blockchain Trial

Swift's months-long cross border blockchain trial is expanding with the entrance of more than twenty additional financial firms.

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Swift Completes Blockchain Smart Contracts Trial

Interbank messaging platform Swift has completed a blockchain proof-of-concept built using a data oracle from startup SmartContract.

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Swift Says Hackers Can Unite Banks and Blockchain Disruptors

Long a target of blockchain disruptors, the ultimate banking middleman, Swift, is looking to re-position itself as part of the fight against hackers.

Swift Business Forum, 2017

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Swift Selects Hyperledger Tech For Cross-Border Blockchain Test

Swift has revealed new details of its banking-focused blockchain proof-of-concept that already has a number of notable partners participating.

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Why Bitcoin Remittance Companies Are Still Shrugging Off Swift

Financial messaging giant Swift may have introduced new payments tech, but bitcoin startups still feel confident about their role in the industry.

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47 Banks Complete DLT Cloud Pilot With Ripple Tech

A consortium of 47 banks has completed a distributed ledger technology pilot spearheaded by SBI Ripple Asia.

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