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Iress invests in blockchain

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Financial services software company Iress has acquired a blockchain communication platform to improve accountability and efficiency in data collection and storage. BC Gateways' platform allows for the secure exchange of data and documents for the financial ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... increased its market cap by $55 billion after Chinese President Xi Jinping said China must "seize the opportunity" for blockchain technology. "We must take blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies, clarify ...

GROW Super unveils admin platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... super funds gain greater control of how they deliver member outcomes, according to GROW co-founder Mathew Keeley. The blockchain-enabled technology was launched following the completion of a $17 million Series C funding round. Citi, R3 and Greenstone ...

Beware tech firms in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... services firms due to their large customer bases. The warning comes after Facebook launched its own digital wallet and blockchain powered cryptocurrency as part of a new financial services subsidiary for the company called Calibra. Risks identified by ...

Facebook to launch own currency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... to launch its own digital wallet in 2020, to allow people to access and participate in the Libra network, Facebook's blockchain powered cryptocurrency designed to empower the developing world. Facebook said the digital wallet - the first product of its ...

Calastone blockchain goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
The global funds network that has transacted for over 1100 funds in its Australian network has gone live with blockchain-powered infrastructure. Calastone has migrated 1800 customers from 41 markets to the new distributed market infrastructure (DMI). ...

What will super funds get from the ASX CHESS replacement?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
As the ASX ticks along in switching from its legacy settlement service to a blockchain based solution, how will Australia's $2.8 trillion pool of superannuation assets benefit? That's a question ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens addressed ...

ATO demands crypto data

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... drivers for adoption will be working with regulatory bodies as the cryptocurrency market matures. The newly strengthened Blockchain Australia can help to drive the technology's adoption and to represent Australian business seeking to participate in this ...

Aussie blockchain investor goes global

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... director of Asia Pacific commodities trading, Jon Deane. The firm has acquired a controlling stake, alongside high profile blockchain investor Frank Amato, in Cleveland-based Grasshopper Capital. Grasshopper Capital's first fund, launched in 2017 and ...

Bravura circles competitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... E-volve program to bring Composer to modern standards and the changes required as part of the ASX CHESS transition to blockchain technology." Bravura is also offering GBST investors an alternative - to take 35 cents in cash minus the special dividends ...