In the formative years of blockchain, decentralization was seen as the ultimate goal that defined the ethos of the entire movement. Bitcoin embodies this principle well. However, in recent years, the ...

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Global fintech firm Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) revealed it has concluded a successful joint effort with blockchain payments company Fnality. The collaboration proved that Broadridge ...

The digital bank announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with Lightspark, a payments tech company that builds enterprise blockchain infrastructure for digital currencies, to offer account holders ...

Enterprises are still hesitant to adopt blockchain because most blockchain projects today require committing to a single chain — and single-chain strategies create costly risks. Interoperability is ...

For years, banks have tip-toed around blockchain. They’ve explored pilots, commissioned research, partnered with fintechs, and debated tokenization strategies—all while waiting for regulators to ...

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Some of Switzerland’s largest banks completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) that tested blockchain technology and smart contracts for interbank payments, marking what they said was the first legally ...

WASHINGTON, Sep. 29, 2025—The World Bank Group is transforming how it tracks development project funds, becoming the first multilateral development bank to use a blockchain-based tool for funds ...

AMINA Bank, a FINMA-regulated crypto bank based in Switzerland, has partnered with Tokeny, a blockchain platform owned by Apex Group, to create a regulated infrastructure for institutional ...

Swiss banking powerhouse UBS, crypto banking specialist Sygnum and PostFinance, a subsidiary company of the state-owned Swiss Post, successfully tested payments between institutions on Ethereum, ...