Consulting giant EY has announced the beta launch of a smart contract testing and security service for the public Ethereum blockchain. Called EY Smart Contract Analyzer, the service has been designed to test and monitor...

Blue Cross, a Hong Kong-based insurance firm and a member of The Bank of East Asia Group, has launched a blockchain-based solution with the objective of speeding up medical insurance claims, preventing fraud, and saving...

South Korean telecom giant KT has launched its fifth-generation (5G) network-based blockchain technology brand GiGA Chain, The Korea Times reported. The GiGA Chain Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) platform will allow...

French finance minister Bruno Le Maire has revealed the governments plan to invest 4.5 billion euros in blockchain and other cutting-edge technologies over the next five years. According to a translated transcript of...

Accenture and Generali Employee Benefits (GEB) have launched a blockchain solution for the employee benefits (EB) industry. The GEB Network is a Global Business Line of the Generali Group focused on providing employee...

Financial services giant Northern Trust has announced that it has enhanced its blockchain solution for private equity fund administration and deployed legal clauses as smart contracts. The company launched its first...

Nestlé, Carrefour and IBM the founding members of the IBM Food Trust platform are working together on a project to use blockchain technology to track Mousline instant mashed potato. The project aims to give...

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) is teaming up with blockchain startup R3 to join the latters global network to share best practices regarding blockchain technology and develop...

The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India, is considering developing a highly scalable blockchain solution to reinforce...

Two international financial institutions the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are the latest to jump on crypto and blockchain bandwagon. In a report dated April 13, the Financial Times said that...