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R3 updates blockchain software with new security feature

07/10/18

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

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The reasons U.S. blockchain adoption has stalled

03/23/18

JPMorgan Chase is said to be dropping its Quorum blockchain technology, and little is happening with other blockchain projects that have been in the works for years. What gives?

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R3 to take on Ripple with cross-border payments blockchain

10/31/17

The bank consortium is going directly after the business of its former partner Ripple in the middle of their legal battle over an option for digital currency worth $1 billion.

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Banks pour $107M into blockchain consortium R3

05/23/17

The money will be used to hire more people. It is also a morale boost for the group, which has suffered some high-profile recent defections.

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JPMorgan defection underscores tough blockchain choices

04/28/17

The bank has quit the R3 consortium, whose tech decisions were at odds with its own.

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Awash in liquidity, banks seek tech solution

04/06/17

Five banks and tech firms R3 and HQLAX are using distributed ledger technology to make it easier to transfer liquid securities and collateral.

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Bank consortium demos leveraged loan trade via blockchain

04/03/17

Coordinators of a financial-industry backed blockchain project say they have successfully demonstrated that the distributed ledger technology can be used to syndication, trade and make payments on leveraged loans.

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Cheat sheet: The trade-offs of blockchain privacy tools

03/08/17

A previously unreleased paper lays out the pros and cons for banks of technologies designed to restore confidentiality on shared ledgers.

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New law, insolvency regulation and the rescue culture

01/31/12

The UK insolvency regime began preparing for the 21st century with the Cork Report in 1982. That led directly to the Insolvency Act 1986, introducing the rescue mechanisms of administration and voluntary arrangements. Major refinements followed with the Enterprise Act 2002, enhancing the new mechanisms and facilitating the constructive use of insolvency procedures.

Since then, however, it has not been entirely plain sailing:

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Business risk from public spending cuts

09/12/10

Connaught PLC's administration illustrated the risk to private sector business of public spending cuts (Connaught collapse blamed on government spending cuts). That risk is further highlighted in research, statistics and commentary from such diverse sources as R3 (The Association of...

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