IBM and China UnionPay E-payment Research Institute previewed the demo of a collaborative project on loyalty bonus points exchange among multiple banks using blockchain technology. With a few simple and quick steps, consumers will be able to exchange bonus points from among any of the banks they do business with to select the rewards they…
WISeKey has unveiled WISeID 6 app, an enhanced edition of the famous WISeID app integrating BlockChain technology. The Personal data and Identity protection platform sits on the top of a BlockChain that stores, protects and verifies the user’s identity using WISeKey military grade Root of Trust and public/private key encryption with multiple keys, face recognition, finger print biometrics…
A new study has found that the total value of Venture Capital (VC) investment into blockchain technologies and Bitcoin companies totaled $290 million in the first 6 months of the year, with more than 30 startups receiving funding in that time. More than a third of all investment was accounted for by 3 companies: 1…
Bitcoin and Ethereum have teamed for blockchain technology. For any currency to be both viable and usable, the people using it have to trust it. When making transactions online, this trust can be difficult. The whole point of inventing cryptocurrencies, which started with Bitcoin, was to make a new model for this trust by effectively…
The new Smart Contract Settlement Exchange connects diverse banking and other payments systems worldwide without requiring each institution to integrate to hundreds of upcoming proprietary blockchain payment systems. Smart Token Chain gives financial institutions the ability to create fully proprietary ledger systems and smart contract tools, yet easily exchange transaction and settlement messages with other…
The Bancorp has released its next Finetics Studio interview series: “Innovation in B2B and Blockchain.” The latest video features Rene Lacerte, CEO and Founder, Bill.com; Chris Byrd, Executive Vice President–Healthcare Operations Officer, Evolution1; and Steve Kirsch, CEO, Token. Filmed from the Money20/20 show floor, the exclusive interviews cover innovations in business-to-business (B2B) payments and the…
Next year will be full of complex challenges for pay-now product experts, as the last decade has been. Indicators suggest that less effort will be wasted on legal entanglements and arbitrary requirements and more thought and effort will be focused on improving the user experience, improving payment security, and solving real payments problems.
Innovecs opened the first Blockchain competence center based on outsourcing technology company. Thus, Innovecs will develop new and integrate existing financial and technological solutions and services on the basis on Blockchain for global clients.
BitPay and Ingenico are teaming to enable brick and mortar stores to accept payment in bitcoin through a traditional point of sale (POS) device. The project is an industry first, allowing a POS terminal device to receive a digital currency payment.
Vancouver-based Bit-X Financial’s Digital Asset Exchange, DIGATRADE, has enabled instant Bitcoin buying with US Dollars (USD), British Pounds (GBP), Euros (EUR) and Canadian Dollars (CAD).
Tech Bureau announces Mijin, a low-cost solution for creating permission blockchains.xThe goal of Mijin, is to allow financial institutions to reduce infrastructure costs by up to 1000% by 2018.
CardWeb.com’s CardConferences today features the
DIGITAL CURRENCIES + THE BLOCKCHAIN conference, July 28, in New York City.