Banking
BBVA Issues $91 Million Loan Using Two Blockchains
Spanish banking giant BBVA has completed a pilot that issued a $91 million corporate loan using two different blockchain technologies.
Barclays, Goldman Champion ISDA Standard for Blockchain Derivatives
U.K.-based bank Barclays is pushing hard for a data standard for derivatives, as a foundation for that market to adopt distributed ledger technology.
1 in 5 Financial Institutions Exploring Crypto Trading, Survey Finds
A survey conducted by Thomson Reuters found that around 20 percent of its financial services clients are mulling trading cryptocurrencies in 2018.
'WordPress of Blockchain' Startup Seeks to Solve Enterprise Pain Points
Elemential, which is based in Mumbai, India, seeks to remove the pain of “blockchain administration."
JPMorgan Trial Puts Debt Issuance on a Blockchain
JPMorgan Chase has partnered with National Bank of Canada and others to trial a blockchain platform aimed to improve the debt issuance process.
Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped
Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely.
Blockchain Taps Former Goldman Exec for Institutional Investor Push
Blockchain's new hire oversaw Goldman Sachs' relationships with institutional clients managing $1.49 trillion in assets.
Barclays Is Talking to Clients About Opening a Crypto Trading Desk
A person with knowledge of the situation said all major banks are likely to be weighing the same decision.
Bank of America Envisions Blockchain As Internal Ledger
A newly released Bank of America patent application proposes securing health records on a permissioned blockchain.
Moody's: Blockchain Could Save US Mortgage Industry $1 Billion
Blockchain could boost efficiency and cut costs in a housing sector that's due for a digital overhaul, says Moody's.
