Telecoms Giant Wants to Move Mobile Data Top-Ups to a Blockchain China Mobile, one of China’s three state-owned telecoms giants, is exploring moving part of its mobile data business to a distributed ledger.… Read More
Money Transfer Firms Join Ripple’s Payment Network Two money transfer firms are to open a new payments corridor using RippleNet, while a Kuwaiti bank has also signed up to use the service.… Read More
Bitwage Launches ICO Advisory Firm and New Payment Solutions Bitcoin payroll and invoicing platform Bitwage, with operations in the U.S and the U.K., has launched two new products: Inwage, an advisory firm that creates and deploys solutions for launching initial coin offer…… Read More
British FX Firm Currencies Direct Pilots Ripple Tech Foreign exchange brokerage Currencies Direct successfully completed several international transfers using Ripple’s xRapid product.… Read More
Payments Platform Uphold Completes XRP Ledger Integration Digital payments startup Uphold has completed its integration with the XRP ledger, it announced Thursday.… Read More
Commerzbank Conducts €500k FX Transaction Using R3’s Corda Thyssenkrupp successfully conducted a foreign exchange transaction using R3’s Corda blockchain in partnership with Germany’s Commerzebank.… Read More
Argentinian Bank Allows Cross-Border Payments with Bitcoin Banco Masventas in Argentina announced via its Facebook page that it is introducing a new program that will allow customers to make cross-border payments using bitcoin. The institution has partnered with the Lati…… Read More
AmEx Upgrades Rewards Program with Hyperledger Blockchain American Express announced a blockchain-based loyalty rewards program using Hyperledger’s technology.… Read More
Thai Bank Pilots Cross-Border Transaction Using Blockchain Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya successfully piloted a cross-border transaction using its own blockchain interledger, it announced Tuesday.… Read More
Rural Banks Tap Kaleido Blockchain for Faster Transactions in the Philippines Rural banks in the Philippines are looking to adopt ConsenSys’ Kaleido blockchain platform in bid to boost financial inclusion.… Read More