Enterprise software firm SAP is teaming up with professional services firm Accenture and blockchain company R3 to develop a distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution that aims to accelerate the settlement of payments between banks and customers. A press release issued on Thursday (Oct. 24) said...
Payments messaging company SWIFT said it will test gpi Link, “a gateway to interlink eCommerce and trading platforms with the SWIFT gpi payment service.” According to a statement, “gpi Link will seamlessly connect gpi members to multiple trade platforms, thereby enabling gpi payment initiation, end-to-end payment...
ING Bank announced Tuesday (Jan. 22) a five-year agreement with blockchain company R3 allowing the financial institution to access an unlimited number of licenses from the Corda Enterprise platform. According to the announcement, ING will be allowed to access Corda Enterprise and deploy Corda applications...
Blockchain company R3 is putting its Know Your Customer (KYC) solution to the test with dozens of French companies and corporate treasurers, according to BTC Manager reports Wednesday (Dec. 5). The French Association of Corporate Treasurers (AFTE) is supporting the pilot of R3’s KYC proof-of-concept...
July 27, 2020
A1 Payment, which offers digital payment services in Austria, will accept cryptocurrency payments, A1 Telekom Austria Group announced in a press release. The company made the change because “companies and consumers alike benefit from this modernization of payment transactions,” the release stated. The company will add that ability to the usual methods available via Maestro, […]
January 30, 2019
Payments messaging company SWIFT said it will test gpi Link, “a gateway to interlink eCommerce and trading platforms with the SWIFT gpi payment service.” According to a statement, “gpi Link will...
June 29, 2018
Through a four-day test of a know-your-customer (KYC) compliance system, a group of 39 participants were able to make 300 transactions in 19 countries with an app from Synechron built...
