Visa (V) launches stablecoin cards in 100+ countries via Bridge partnership, piloting blockchain settlements with Lead Bank ...

The Bank of Japan will launch sandbox experiments to settle bank reserves using blockchain technology. The initiative aims to enable 24/7 instant interbank and securities ...

The Bank of Japan is moving to place central bank reserve money onto blockchain infrastructure, a step that marks the first G7 central bank validation of distributed ledger technology at the reserve ...

Distributed ledger technology (which includes blockchain) is transformative in its own right. That said, one of the unique aspects of distributed ledger technology is its ability to benefit numerous, ...

Barclays PLC BCS is assessing the launch of a blockchain-based platform to strengthen its payments and deposits infrastructure. The London-based lender has circulated requests for information to ...

Commonly associated with the financial sector, particularly cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies have expanded into a ...

The 336-year-old bank was among the early traditional financial institutions to experiment with distributed ledger technology. In 2016, it joined the R3 banking consortium to explore blockchain-based ...

The BOJ joins Project Agorá to develop tokenized central bank deposits, enhancing cross-border settlements with blockchain ...

Just weeks after announcing plans to shut down its Azure Blockchain as a Service offering, Microsoft is back with another Blockchain-powered take on the idea with its Azure Confidential Ledger service ...

Some people think that permissioned distributed ledger technology can perform better than open blockchain because it is tweaked to address the issues of the latter. Such systems are also called ...