IBM enlists Walmart, Nestlé, Unilever, Dole for food safety blockchain 10 hours ago By Ian Allison The IBM Blockchain Platform solution also includes Golden State Foods, Kroger, McCormick and Company and more. Blockchain, big data and the value of global trade HSBC and IBM develop cognitive intelligence solution to digitise global trade
'Big Tech', not fintech, causing greatest disruption to traditional finance The competitive landscape in banking and insurance is being shaped increasingly by large technology firms. 9 hours ago By Gaurav Sharma IG Group launches trading on cryptocurrency Ethereum Boutique UK fintech firm Prodigy Finance raises $240m in funding
R3 and Synechron collaborate on phase 2 of corporate KYC The LEIA 2 project includes 12 banks and follows on from the KYC work already carried out by R3 with its members. By Ian Allison R3's Richard Brown: IBM should adopt Corda R3's Mike Hearn: Don't toss out existing enterprise software because of blockchain 'fashion'
Boutique UK fintech firm Prodigy Finance raises $240m in funding Company provides loans to international students from emerging markets with no alternative sources of finance. By Gaurav Sharma China's Great Wall sizing up bid for Fiat Chrysler Jeep unit Total seals $7.45bn deal for Moller-Maersk's oil business
IG Group launches trading on cryptocurrency Ethereum Global online trader says move down to rising "popularity of cryptocurrencies." By Gaurav Sharma China's Great Wall sizing up bid for Fiat Chrysler Jeep unit UK house prices record largest monthly fall of 2017 despite Midlands 'mini-boom'
Deep learning can read the tea leaves in market data Former professor of nuclear science Henri Waelbroeck discusses the inner workings of the Portware Brain. By Ian Allison Former nuclear physicist Henri Waelbroeck explains how machine learning mitigates high frequency trading Newsweek hosts second AI and Data Science in Capital Markets event in New York City
'Hello World': Blockstream Satellite to broadcast Bitcoin to the entire planet Blockstream Satellite offers a low-cost way for anyone, anywhere to operate and maintain Bitcoin nodes. By Ian Allison Blockstream's Adam Back: Confidential Transactions started a blockchain privacy trend Mimblewimble, Scriptless Scripts and 'magicking' blockchain signatures
SWIFT provides instant payments in the US US banks will have the option to connect to new TCH real-time payments system via SWIFT gateway. By Ian Allison SWIFT adds 22 global banks to its cross-border blockchain project Cornell's blockchain experts tackle off-chain transactions with Intel SGX
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance launches Legal Industry Working Group Some 14 law firms and institutions have joined EEA's group to establish the legal status of smart contracts. By Ian Allison Enterprise Ethereum Alliance adds 86 new companies Quorum: J.P. Morgan's Ethereum fork could eat your lunch
US-North Korea nuclear standoff sees bitcoin surge past $4,000 Cryptocurrency saw record inflows from safe-haven seekers taking it to fresh record highs. By Gaurav Sharma What have Manchester United, HFT and deep learning got in common? London Stock Exchange and IBM to pilot blockchain for European SMEs
At least 500 Android apps with 100 million total downloads found hosting malware 8 hours ago By Jason Murdock
Day in the life of a modern spam kingpin: Why hackers work similar hours to everyone else 9 hours ago By Jason Murdock