In a recent blog post IMF Chief Christine Lagarde wrote, crypto-currencies ‘are typically built in a decentralized way and without the need for a central bank. This gives crypto-asset transactions an element of anonymity’. It’s bad as it opens ways for ‘money laundering and the financing of terrorism’. (more…)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK and ARMONK, NY – 16 Jan 2018: A.P. Moller – Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. (more…)
Dream Payments platform provides mobile and digital payment services via the IBM Cloud
TORONTO – 16 Oct 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is teaming up with Toronto-based FinTech company Dream Payments to bring new revenue generating mobile payment offerings to financial institutions and merchants in the United States via the IBM Cloud. (more…)
New platform designed to support trade finance transactions
4 October, 2017 – 04 Oct 2017: Bank of Montreal (BMO), CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Erste Group have joined an initiative launched by UBS and IBM (NYSE: IBM) in 2016 to build a new global trade platform based on blockchain technology. This new platform, called Batavia, is built to be openly accessed by organisations of all sizes anywhere in the world, and can support trade finance for transactions across all modes of trade, whether goods are being transported by air, land or sea. (more…)
New Blockchain Solution to Streamline Transaction Processing and Enhance Service Delivery and Customer Experience
HONG KONG – 20 Sep 2017: China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (“CCB (Asia)”) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the development of the first blockchain-enabled bancassurance project in Hong Kong. Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform, the solution is designed to streamline CCB (Asia)’s bancassurance process and greatly enhance customer experience and the quality of services delivered through faster transaction processing time and increased transparency. (more…)
Global retailer joins pilot project with academics and technology experts to showcase leadership in food traceability efforts
BEIJING – 19 Oct 2016: As Walmart opened its new Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing today, IBM, Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a collaboration to improve the way food is tracked, transported and sold to consumers across China. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology designed to generate transparency and efficiency in supply chain record-keeping, this work aims to help enhance the safety of food on the tables of Chinese consumers. (more…)
Die in Europa weit verbreitete Art Serendipita herbamans lebt in Symbiose mit Wurzeln zahlreicher Pflanzen und fördert ihr Wachstum auch unter Laborbedingungen
Forscher der Universität Tübingen haben eine bislang unbekannte, mikroskopisch kleine Pilzart entdeckt, die bei bestimmten Pflanzen das Wachstum fördert. „Diese in Europa heimische Pilzart hat das Potenzial, als Biodünger zur Ertragssteigerung von Nutzpflanzen wie zum Beispiel Weizen oder Mais in der Landwirtschaft beizutragen“, sagt Dr. Sigisfredo Garnica vom Institut für Evolution und Ökologie. (more…)
