Tag: IBM
JPX to form Japanese blockchain consortium
Japan Exchange Group is to form a consortium of financial institutions to run trials of the use of blockchain technology in capital markets infrastructures. Read more: www.finextra.com
IBM eyes blockchain trade finance in India
The cloud-based tool will look to facilitate trade finance transactions between buyers and suppliers and could overhaul trade finance for SMEs in particular. Read more: www.pymnts.com
IBM and Nvidia team up to create deep learning hardware
The hardware-software solution provides more than two times the performance over comparable servers with four graphics processing units. Read more: www.venturebeat.com
Leading firms support Singapore FinTech school
Five major firms have come together to back a FinTech school at New York-based Byte Academy's first international venture, in Singapore. Read more: www.econotimes.com
Thai Kasikornbank, IBM join forces on blockchain network
Thailand's Kasikornbank Pcl has joined with the Thai unit of International Business Machines Corp to develop blockchain services. Read more: www.reuters.com
Blockchain Headed More Mainstream, IBM Says
Fifteen percent of banks say they'll implement blockchain solutions by the end of 2017. That's according to new research from IBM. Read more: www.pymnts.com
UBS reveals blockchain for streamlining global trade
UBS has revealed work on a blockchain prototype being developed with IBM on Hyperledger's Fabric. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Blockchain: be ready to ‘fail fast and fail cheap’
Correspondent bankers have been advised to “fail fast and fail cheap” when it comes to blockchain technology. Read more: www.bankingtech.com
Currency settlement service CLS reveals big blockchain ambitions
CLS hs announced at Sibos it is working with IBM to build a blockchain platform for payments netting. Read more: www.coindesk.com
IBM joins FinTech hub to focus on cognitive technologies
IBM will be joining the FinTech hub at Toronto’s MaRS discovery district, becoming the first technology tenant in a space currently occupied by financial services companies. Read more: www.thestar.com