The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have successfully completed a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based trial on cross-border and cross-currency payments using central bank digital...

A blockchain-based digital identity and attribute sharing network has gone live with five Canadian financial institutions CIBC, Desjardins, RBC, Scotiabank and TD. Developed by SecureKey, Verified.Me will make it easy...

Consulting giant KPMG has announced that it is joining the Trusted IoT Alliance organization to catalyze the development of a blockchain-enabled, trusted Internet of Things (IoT). Launched in September 2017, the...

Regtech company Fenergo has teamed up with Bahrains Electronic Network for Financial Transactions (BENEFIT) to develop and implement the worlds first blockchain-based national Know Your Customer (KYC) utility. BENEFIT...

Amazon Web Services, a comprehensive cloud computing platform provided by Amazon, has announced the general availability of its Amazon Managed Blockchain service. First announced in November 2018, Amazon Managed...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the names of the firms that have been selected for the fifth cohort of its fintech regulatory sandbox. According to the announcement, the regulator received 99...

The Italian Banking Association (ABI) has provided an update on the progress made so far by Spunta Project, a blockchain-based application for interbank reconciliations. In December 2017, ABI Lab, in collaboration with...

The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), a global fintech sandbox formed last August, is considering a number of blockchain-based tests for cross-border testing pilot. In August 2018, the UK Financial Conduct...

Blockchain startup Paxos is teaming up with Ontology to issue up to 100 million of its stablecoin, PAX token, on the Ontology blockchain, CoinDesk reported. Last September, the New York State Department of Financial...

Saudi British Bank (SABB) has announced the launch of a Ripple-powered Instant Cross-Border Transfer Service. SABB is a Saudi joint stock company that aims to provide a complete range of integrated banking products and...