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KPMG hiring people with experience of implementing blockchains such as Ripple
October 13th, 2015
Big Four professional services firm KPMG is hiring people with experience of working with distributed ledger offerings such as Ripple, in order to help clients select and implement the right technology. David Montes, a managing director in the Financial ...
Blockchain expert Tim Swanson talks about R3 partnership of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, UBS, Barclays et al
September 16th, 2015
Nine of the world’s biggest banks from both sides of the Atlantic and Asia Pacific have agreed to join a partnership to divine a set of common standards and practices towards constructing a shared digital ledger system for financial ...
Bitcoin 2.0: What do banks want from blockchains?
August 25th, 2015
Most financial institutions are currently in stealth mode, trying to wrap their heads around some version or other of a blockchain, the shared ledger system made famous by Bitcoin. But banks don’t want decentralisation or anonymity or open access. ...
Deloitte, Libra, Accenture: The work of auditors in the age of Bitcoin 2.0 technology
August 20th, 2015
Back in the late 1990s the cryptographer Nick Szabo predicted the paper-era techniques of auditing and accounting would be dramatically augmented by, and eventually integrated into, smart contracts. The last year or two has seen lots of opinion about ...
Bitcoin’s Dark Side Could Get Darker
August 13th, 2015
Investors see riches in a cryptography-enabled technology called smart contracts–but it could also offer much to criminals. Some of the earliest adopters of the digital currency Bitcoin were criminals, who have found it invaluable in online marketplaces for contraband ...
Deloitte Trials Blockchain Tech for Client Auditing
July 16th, 2015
Professional services firm Deloitte has revealed it is trialling blockchain technology to automate client auditing and crowdsource its consulting efforts, among other applications. With the announcement, Deloitte – one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ audit firms – becomes the ...
Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo Will Feature Over 40 Virtual Currency Experts and 21 Sessions
September 5th, 2014
Inside Bitcoins , the leading international conference and expo exploring the business opportunities and threats posed by the growth of cryptocurrencies, debuts in London, 15-16 September, 2014. Taking place at the Grange St. Pauls Hotel, on the doorstep of ...
