News Topic: 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. ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

At first glance, New York regulator's first license to cryptocurrencies appears to be a good sign for other digital currencies. But there's a catch. ... Read full article

Two financial technology companies — including Gemini Trust, the digital-asset exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss — won New York state approval to issue cryptocurrencies pegged to the U.S. dollar. ... Read full article

Former Goldman employee and an NFL player charged in insider trading scheme; Sewing says the bank’s “global ambitions are not up for debate.” ... Read full article

Anand Selva, a long-time Asia hand, will head up U.S. consumer banking; several startups are backed by traditional card issuer veterans. ... Read full article

The cryptocurrency-focused merchant bank Galaxy Digital, led by a former Goldman Sachs partner, will start trading on a Toronto exchange this week. Its journey is a cautionary tale in regulatory risk. ... Read full article

Banks that have decided to use Hyperledger Fabric now have a place to find apps that run on it — apps that someone else has tested. The store, LedgerConnect, is also meant to give vendors a way to distribute their wares to banks. ... Read full article

High-powered portfolio simulations, security and client communication are among the most promising possibilities, say tech leaders at Morgan Stanley, D-Wave and Clovyr. ... Read full article

Perimeter security is broken, says Amber Baldet, former head of blockchain at JPMorgan Chase and founder of fintech startup Clovyr. ... Read full article

Panelists: Amber Baldet, Co-founder, CEO, Clovyr; Vern Brownell, CEO, D-Wave; Salvatore Cucchiara, Head of Wealth Management Technology, Morgan Stanley; Aaron Spradlin, Co-Founder & CEO, cleverDome, Inc. ... Read full article

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

A Chicago bank isn't afraid of taking on competitors that spend billions on technology. A state regulator is afraid of giving fintech startups too much latitude. Yet another one of our Most Powerful Women retires. Plus, blockchain's leading ... Read full article

Eight states want the credit bureau to show what it’s doing to improve data security; Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo will be the focus of this set. ... Read full article

Nyca Partners is now an investor in enterprise blockchain, but in 2014 it had doubts about the technology. ... Read full article

It’s possible for a cryptocurrency to begin as a security and then transform into another type of asset, said William Hinman, who heads the regulator's division of corporation finance. ... Read full article

Guest hosts Jason Henrichs and JP Nicols interview Perianne Boring, founder and CEO of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, about blockchain trends and challenges. ... Read full article

Talking with Shari Van Cleave, head of Wells Fargo Digital Labs; Citizens Financial makes a big move in mortgages in purchasing Franklin American; a rewards blockchain could give Amex access to a wealth of customer data; and more from this week's ... Read full article