Russian banking giant Alfa-Bank has joined Marco Polo, a trade finance initiative run by enterprise software firm R3 and trade finance technology specialist TradeIX. Launched in September 2017, Marco Polo is a platform...

Enterprise software firm R3 has announced that Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group has selected Corda Enterprise for its upcoming SIX Digital Exchange (SDX). In July 2018, SIX announced SDX a full end-to-end and...

The government of Argentina is going to invest in local early-stage blockchain projects that receive funding from Binance Labs, the venture arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, and Founders Lab, the Argentine blockchain...

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has signed a contract with blockchain startup Bitt for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot. The pilot will involve a securely minted and issued digital version of the...

The International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) has been legally established in Brussels on March 06. In a tweet, Pēteris Zilgalvis, head of start-ups and innovation, at the European Commission...

Interbank payments network SWIFT has announced that it will commence a proof-of-concept (PoC) on e-Voting, using distributed ledger technology (DLT), in the Asia Pacific region. The PoC, which will run during the first...

German banking giant Commerzbank and stock exchange operator Deutsche Brse have successfully executed legally binding settlement of a repo transaction using distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to the official...

Japanese banks and IT companies have teamed up to launch blockchain-based financial services platform, Cointelegraph reported referring to a press release dated March 01. Banking institutions including Bank of Iwate,...

Property transaction platform blockimmo has announced that it has completed the first Swiss property transaction using blockchain technology with two other companies. In an online post dated March 01, blockimmo said...

French retail giant Carrefour has announced that it has applied its blockchain-based food traceability system for a new product. A founding member of the IBM Food Trust platform, Carrefour has implemented blockchain...