Visa Seeks Developer for 'Secure, Scalable' Blockchain Project -
Visa has revealed it is seeking to hire a software engineer to help it create a "secure, scalable blockchain network". The news comes as Visa's interest in blockchain technologies escalates following its participation in Chain's $30m funding round last September.
Daniel Palmer / Mar 02, 2016 01:35 pm
5 Blockchain Startups Join Plug and Play FinTech Incubator -
Bitcoin remittance startup Abra is one of five blockchain startups to be accepted into the latest financial technology program operated by startup incubator Plug and Play. BlockNotary, BlockSeer, Skuchain and Token are also set to take part in the program.
Daniel Palmer / Mar 01, 2016 10:45 pm
ISITC: Majority of Securities Firms Plan to Explore Blockchain This Year -
A new survey by ISITC – the International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication – has revealed that the current buzz around blockchain technology is driving a focus on technological investment within the financial sector.
Daniel Palmer / Mar 01, 2016 05:23 pm
Japanese Legislator Calls for Bitcoin Tax Exemption -
A legislator in Japan’s ruling political party has called for bitcoin purchases to be exempt from an 8% consumption tax, a regional news source says. The issue was up for debate during a budgetary committee hearing in the lower house of the Japanese legislature, the Diet, on 5th February.
Stan Higgins / Mar 01, 2016 04:33 pm
Bank of America Latest to Conduct Blockchain Trade Finance Trial -
Bank of America has revealed it is working on a blockchain-based trial centered on trade finance. With the announcement, Bank of America joins Standard Chartered and Development Bank Singapore (DBS) as the major banks that are seeking to apply blockchain technology for the use case.
Pete Rizzo / Mar 01, 2016 03:50 pm
