The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has set up an Office of Financial Innovation that will serve as a central point of coordination for issues related to significant financial innovations by member...

Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) will roll out blockchain-based trade finance services in the latter half of 2019, CoinDesk reported. Speaking at a recent fintech seminar in Tokyo, SMBCs...

The State of Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), Chinas foreign exchange reserve regulator, has developed a blockchain-based cross-border trade finance platform, local news outlet CNStock reported. Per the...

NTT Communications Thailand, the Thai subsidiary of telecoms giant NTT, is going to launch an innovation lab to facilitate the development and testing of advanced technologies including blockchain, internet of things...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the agenda for the upcoming distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets-focused forum. The 2019 FinTech Forum will be hosted by the...

Thailand-based Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), a national petroleum exploration and production company, have successfully made pilot payments on blockchain, SCB announced earlier this...

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is working on its own blockchain network and could issue its own token, CoinDesk reported. A source familiar with the matter told CoinDesk that Samsungs blockchain task force,...

Samsung SDS, an IT subsidiary of South Korean tech giant Samsung Group, has announced the launch of Nexledger Universal, the next version of its enterprise blockchain platform Nexledger. First announced in 2017,...

Blockchain-based medical data marketplace Longenesis has signed an agreement with the leading South Korea hospital Gil Medical Center to design and integrate a custom blockchain-based health data management...

The University of Nevada, Renos Center for Applied Research (NCAR) has partnered with blockchain IoT startup Filament to collaborate on a smart city mobility initiative. The entities will work together to develop a new...