Blockchain

Noelle Acheson explains the significant differences between tokenized deposits and deposit tokens, and why it matters for the future of banking and payments.

As Standard Chartered boss Bill Winters says cash will soon fully give way to digital currency, Western Union, Worldline, Coinbase and Ripple entered separate collaborations to bring digital assets to wider audiences. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

Moving on-chain isn't just a technology lift; it's about rethinking culture, compliance and coordination across legacy systems,

BNY's Carolyn Weinberg believes blockchain technology could be the key to an always-on operating system for the New York-based custody bank.

American Banker's Holly Sraeel and Uphold's Simon McLoughlin unpack the issues banks face with on-chain finance and how they can leverage their strengths.

An internal error worth more than double the world's GDP highlights both the operational risks and the transparent, self-correcting nature of public blockchains.

Noelle Acheson looks at how zero-knowledge proofs are more than a new way of looking at financial compliance — they also change how we understand the ownership of knowledge.

The messaging service is building a network of banks to support the technology that underpins digital currencies. Technology experts say this "single location" concept encourages legacy institutions to adopt digital assets, but it's just one of many options.

Portugal's Feedzai will build the fraud detection system for Europe's planned digital currency, a deal worth up to $278 million.

St. Cloud Financial Credit Union will be issuing its own stablecoin at the end of this year, becoming one of the first U.S. credit unions to do so.

State regulator says blockchain tools are key to detecting money laundering and sanctions violations.

Noelle Acheson points out that crypto custody is about more than incorporating new assets into an established service; it's about reshaping how we see standard financial concepts and using the resulting innovations to rethink client relationships.

Noelle Acheson points out that central bank digital currencies are neither the threat nor the solution many seem to think. What matters is how the technology is applied.

The department is aiming to boost transparency and win Trump's trust after poor economic numbers last month led to a bureaucrat's firing.

As stablecoins gain broader adoption in the U.S., they will eat into banks' deposits. As a result, lending in the U.S. may be increasingly funded by the wholesale capital markets.

Noelle Acheson writes that new blockchains from Circle and Stripe are about more than customization and control over the features. They're about redistributing power across the payments landscape

The digital bank is working with blockchain technology provider Lightspark to use Bitcoin networks to power its upcoming cross-border payments launch.

Well-regulated stablecoins will open the door to a wide range of financial activities, including 24/7 global markets for any asset class imaginable. Traditional banks should take note.

Businesses accepting payments in stablecoins on a public blockchain are making vast amounts of data available to their competitors. For the technology to really take off, a privacy-preserving solution is needed.