Blockchain

Laplanche agrees to a three-year securities industry ban and a small fine to settle SEC fraud charges on loan sales; analysts are expecting a "tepid" quarter as some trading activity suffers.

With increased scalability, more and more consumer products can be verified and monitored every second, writes Vlad Trifa, chief product officer at Ambrosus.

Crypto reduces corruption by enabling nonprofits to control and see how money is spent throughout its organization, according to Connie Gallippi, founder and executive director of BitGive.

Online commerce is today dominated by a small handful of middlemen marketplaces that charge outsize commissions for access to a consolidated buyer pool. But new technology can change that model, writes KJ Erickson, CEO and co-founder of Public Market.

Australian credit unions can teach American CUs a thing or two about effective use of blockchain and know-your-customer strategies.

Blockchain and crypto will continue to have a revolutionary effect by presenting huge opportunities for how charities and beneficiaries interact, according to Nydia Zhang, co-founder and chairman of Social Alpha Foundation.

The Pittsburgh bank joins Bank of America and other large financial players in a distributed-ledger network that seeks to make global payments in real time.

Singapore-based money transfer platform TransferTo is working with Stellar.org to facilitate low-cost blockchain-based cross-border remittances for underbanked and unbanked consumers in emerging markets.

South Korean cellular carrier LG Uplus, a unit of LG, says early next year it will launch a test of a blockchain-based overseas payment system.

To bridge the skill gap in this area, universities all over the world are working with private companies to provide blockchain-related training programs, according to Donika Kraeva, strategic communications manager at Dentacoin.