Banks News

The Bank of Russia believes that CBDCs can reduce transaction costs in the economy and provide an asset that is less risky.

Finance publication Forbes has released a list of 50 $1 billion firms that are implementing blockchain technology.

Daniel Daianu, a member of the BNR’s Administration Council, has stated that cryptocurrency will not replace currency issued by central banks

ING bank introduced its new DLT privacy tool Bulletproofs as an extended technology for previous zero-knowledge proof developments.

Major Indian banks plan to focus on blockchain tech implementation to increase digital transaction quality.

Major Japanese bank Resona withdrew from Ripple-powered blockchain payment project MoneyTap without specifying the reasons.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has refuted that the bank ever had any plans to open a crypto trading desk.

IT services company TCS announced that it carried out what it defines as the world's first cross-border securities settlement between two central depositories.

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has said that blockchain innovators are having a clear impact on incumbent players.

CEOs of leading banks testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee about how the industry has transformed since the 2008 financial crisis.

MUFG, the fifth largest bank in the world, is set to put its digital currency MUFG Coin into practical use later this year.

The bank holding corporation adds to its existing blockchain efforts, which last year included a user authentication application.

UK startup Acre Software raised about $6.5 million to apply blockchain technology to the mortgage and insurance application process for advisers.

Veerathai Santiprabhob, the Central bank governor of Thailand, reportedly defined the Ethereum-based remittance system as an important step.

Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland joined around 40 entities testing a platform based on R3’s Corda.