Distributed ledger technology

The credit union consortium will now be part of a global network comprised of more than 200 financial services firms, tech companies and more.

To convince skeptical bankers about the benefits of distributed ledger technology, some suggest it needs to be separated from the volatile digital currency it underlies.

Ron Quaranta and Steve Ehrlich with the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance talk about what’s working and what’s not with financial services blockchain projects.

Andrew Keys, co-founder of the venture capital firm ConsenSys Capital, has a vision of the future bankers might find chilling, in which banks and other middlemen are cut out of financial services.

BBVA, BNP Paribas and MUFG recently used BBVA's blockchain to reach an agreement within 24 hours — instead of two weeks — to lend a Spanish power company $150 million.

The credit card company's filings mirror patents Bank of America, Barclays and TD Bank have submitted in the past two years that focus on how funds transfers and data security would augment blockchain technology.

With Cybersecurity Awareness Month drawing to a close, CU Journal asked experts a simple question with no easy answers.

Self-sovereign identity solutions are becoming increasingly common as credit unions move away from less secure authentication methods.

Brian Behlendorf, the executive director of Hyperledger, explains why Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance have joined each other’s organizations. 

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

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.

Banks should continually try out new technologies, even after failed experiments.

Banks should continually try out new technologies, even after failed experiments.

The consortium's Corda Enterprise is designed to let blockchain applications exist behind a company’s firewall but still interact with outside partners.

The credit card issuer has built a distributed ledger through which merchants create their own membership rewards and get access to detailed information on purchases and the success of promotions.

Caroline Redmann was once flummoxed to hear herself called an "IT nerd," but today she wears it as a badge of honor.

Banks are at the forefront of blockchain innovation, disrupting cross-border payments, trade finance and product development worldwide.

Banks are at the forefront of blockchain innovation, disrupting cross-border payments, trade finance and product development worldwide.

The distributed ledger technologies CUSO has partnered with Hedera Hashgraph as part of its effort to reach 1 million users by the end of 2018.

The Florida-based CUSO is the latest to sign on with the distributed ledger technology scheme for credit unions.