Dutch banking and financial services giant ING Bank has signed a five-year deal with enterprise software firm R3. Under the agreement, the bank would be entitled to an unlimited number of licenses for Corda Enterprise,...

The joint cryptocurrency project between the UAE and Saudi Arabian authorities has been officially announced. At its first meeting in Abu Dhabi, the Executive Committee of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council...

KEB Hana Bank, the banking subsidiary of South Koreas Hana Financial Group, has joined has joined Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), The Korea Times reported. Launched in 2017, EEA is focused on developing a set of...

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) has signed an agreement with IBM to collaborate on TradeLens a blockchain solution jointly developed by Maersk and IBM, Europa Press reported. Officially announced in...

Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the first Islamic bank established in 1977 in the State of Kuwait, has launched an instant cross-border remittance service powered by Ripples blockchain technology. In May 2018, KFH joined...

Securitize, a compliance platform for digitizing securities on the blockchain, has joined the IBM Blockchain Accelerator program, Forbes reported. Founded in 2017, Securitize is a compliance platform and protocol for...

The Regulatory Sandbox in Japan, managed by the countrys Cabinet Secretariat, has announced the names of the companies that have been selected to test their projects. Announced last year, the regulatory sandbox aims to...

Dubai-based telecom giant du has joined the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) as part of its efforts to foster blockchain innovations, Emirates News Agency reported. Part of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications...

Cybersecurity firm WISeKey has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a Don and Alex Tapscott-led blockchain initiative, with the goal of creating interconnected...