Tag Archives: Blockchain

The government of the United Kingdom (UK) has unveiled its first FinTech sector strategy. A cryptoassets task force (consisting of Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial …

The American startup Airfox represents a new opportunity in banking, especially for those without bank accounts in emerging markets. The service allows users to make purchases and transfer money while …

FinNext 2018 will be held on February 15, 2018 at the Digital October conference center in Moscow. The event will bring together more than 600 participants and will feature 50 …

IBM has published more than 120 code templates in order to quickly launch projects related to artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud data and other areas. Each template contains a detailed description …

A panel discussion of experts on blockchain technology was held during the American Banker’s Digital Lending and Investing conference. During the discussion, the experts concluded that lenders need to start …

Sberbank and Alfa-Bank have made the first banking payment transaction in Russia using blockchain technology. On November 28, 2017, Megafon transferred RUB 1 million from an account with Alfa-Bank to …

London Blockchain Week 2018 will be held January 19-26, 2018. The event will feature multiple events focused on blockchain, including: Hackathon (January 19-21, 2018) — a challenge that requires participants …

Blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, was initially treated with skepticism by banks; however, blockchain has become the latest buzzword in the financial sector. Here are the five …

Created in 2009, Bitcoin is a virtual currency that uses Blockchain technology for secure payments and storing money electronically, without requiring a bank or a person’s name. Because there is …

Blockchain is a shared ledger for recording the history of transactions that cannot be altered. This revolutionary concept is helping reduce errors, frauds and inefficiencies. Check out the infographic below to learn …

The banking industry has traditionally been conservative in nature and extremely cautious with any kind of experimentation; this is especially true regarding blockchain. However, banks are starting to recognize that …

With cryptocurrencies increasing in popularity throughout the world, Kyrgyzstan has also started to think about how it will interact with them, both from an official (government-level) sense as well as …

Uport, a self-sovereign identity and user-centric data platform on the Ethereum blockchain, has made its platform available to the citizens of Zug, Switzerland. Registration on the blockchain, which requires verification …

Air New Zealand has partnered with Swiss startup Winding Tree to explore blockchain technology for a number of potential uses, including retail airfares, cargo and baggage tracking, securing information and …

Mastercard has tested and validated its own blockchain and will be opening access to it via a set of three APIs published on the Mastercard Developers website. The APIs include …

M.Video (Russia’s largest consumer electronic retailer), Sberbank Factoring and Alfa-Bank have launched an open consortium aimed at the commercial use of blockchain-based technologies in the financial sector. The new platform …

As blockchain technologies being to enter Kazakhstan in the financial sector, so do ideas for how to implement these tools in other spheres. In the future, it is likely that …

Kazakhstan may become the first of all Common Economic Space countries to introduce its own cryptocurrency, which will likely become a digital analogue of the Kazakhstani tenge (KZT). It is …

Financial operations are the most common application for blockchain technology; however, blockchain can also be used in other situations such as staff recruitment. Currently, relations between companies and employees lack …

Learn about the difference between bitcoin and blockchain by watching this short video: Open Banking & Digital Wallets: Transforming Fintech in the MENA Region BFC FinTech Monitor 23th – 30th …