Payments

IBM has announced a new blockchain banking solution designed to help financial institutions address the processes of universal cross-border payments. The solution will reduce the settlement time and lower the cost of completing global payments for…

Humaniq, a start-up providing services to the unbanked based on blockchain technology and biometric identification, has announced the next phase in its roadmap as it launches its Ghana Use Case with the goal of onboarding two thousand…

Cryptocurrency payments platform start-up UTRUST has stated that it believes that in the future, with an estimated current 2.5 billion unbanked people in emerging markets, blockchain technology has the potential to create nearly…

October of 2017 will see the launch of the Worldcore ICO as the EU-regulated payment institution plans its expansion to provide a fully digitalized ecosystem, blockchain asset trading, a P2P lending platform and…

Dash, a payments-focused digital currency, has received approval from the Dash community to employ the services of Bugcrowd, a prominent crowdsourced security testing company. The partnership means thousands of security…

The Bank of England recently released the blueprint for its next-generation real-time gross settlement system — or RTGS — which will form the core of the UK’s payment infrastructure. One element of the…

Monetha, a company leveraging blockchain technology to create a decentralised trust and reputation system working with payment processor, has announced an upcoming ICO, set to start on the 22nd August. The solution is aiming to…

Global financial settlement solution provider Ripple has announced today the addition of 10 new customers to its growing global network. These financial institutions include MUFG, BBVA, SEB, Akbank, Axis…

Following the successful completion of the first round of user tests, Synereo, the group creating a decentralized, next-gen social networking and content delivery platform, has announced Qrator. This platform will allow users to monetize original…

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ — BTMU — the banking arm of Japan’s MUFG bank, has announced that it is joining Ripple’s Global Payments Steering Group — GPSG. As the first Japanese bank in GPSG, MUFG will join Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Santander…