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R3 members trial Intel’s distributed ledger prototype
26 September 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Financial innovation company R3 and eight of its largest consortium member banks, including HSBC, Societe Generale and State Street, have successfully tested Intel’s distributed ledger prototype for bond transactions...

Brazilian exchange joins R3
07 September 2016 São Paulo
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Brazil’s BM&FBovespa has become the first exchange to join the R3 network to pursue market uses of distributed ledger technology.

R3: Blockchain could boost trade finance
11 August 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Using blockchain technology for trade financing could help grow revenue by 15 percent, according to tests by financial innovator R3 and a handful of its consortium banks...

R3 blockchain consortium gains first Chinese member
25 May 2016 Shanghai
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Ping An Financial Services Group has become the first Chinese financial institution to join R3’s distributed ledger, or blockchain, consortium...

R3 and Microsoft in blockchain collaboration
05 April 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Microsoft and R3 have entered a strategic partnership in order to encourage faster adoption of distributed ledger, or blockchain, technologies in global banks...

Collaborative blockchain trial a success
03 March 2016 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

R3 has completed trials of five new cloud-based blockchain technologies, with 40 financial institutions taking part...

Distribution ledger consortium gains traction
28 October 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

UniCredit, Mizuho and Nordea have signed up to R3’s distributed ledger project, bringing the total number of participating banks to 25...

SGSS Luxembourg wins alternative funds mandate
30 June 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Athena Capital has chosen SGSS in Luxembourg to provide custody, administration, valuation and registrar services for its range of alternative investment funds...