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Company announcement/people

R3 appoints UK Finance chairman Bob Wigley to Board

R3, the enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services firm, has appointed Bob Wigley, to its board as a Non-Executive Director.

22 February 2024

Company announcement/people

R3 releases new DLT product suite and appoints Kate Karimson as chief commercial officer

R3, the enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services firm, has launched R3 Digital Markets.

24 January 2024

News/crypto

R3 joins Emirates NBD Digital Asset Lab

Distributed ledger technology firm R3 has joined PwC and Fireblocks as a council member of the Digital Asset Lab, a testing ground for new financial technologies and digital assets established by Emirates NBD.

15 December 2023

Company announcement/markets

R3 DLT underpins first live issuance of digital bond at Euroclear

R3’s enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform Corda underpinned the first live issuance of a digital bond with Euroclear’s International Central Securities Depository (ICSD).

24 October 2023

News/markets

R3 bids for DLT interoperability

Distributed ledger technology services firm R3 has rolled out a public beta of its flagship product Corda that is capable of interoperating with other blockchain networks.

14 June 2023

News/crypto

Temenos integrates with DLT-based CBDC tech stacks

Core banking vendor Temenos has been preparing for the digital currency future, integrating with two DLT-based CBDC technology stacks.

27 April 2023

Company announcement/wholesale

Qatar Financial Centre Authority signs MoU with R3

The Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA), the legal and tax arm of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with R3, a global leading provider of enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services, to accelerate the development of Qatar’s financial technology industry and collaborate on initiatives to promote common interests.

17 April 2023

News/payments

UAE central bank selects technology and legal partners for CBDC project

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has selected Clifford Chance, R3 and G42 Cloud to assist in implementing its CBDC Strategy.

04 April 2023

News/wholesale

Vanguard Australia deploys blockchain-based back office tech

Vanguard Australia has deployed Grow’s back office technology for fund administrators built on R3's Corda blockchain platform.

07 December 2022

News/markets

DTCC's DLT-based settlement platform goes into parallel production

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) says its distributed ledger technology-based alternative settlement platform has gone live in a parallel production environment.

22 August 2022

Company announcement/markets

Catalyst Blockchain Platform launches on Corda

Catalyst Blockchain Platform is now available on Corda, the leading distributed ledger technology platform from R3, created specifically for highly-regulated markets.

10 June 2022

Company announcement/markets

LedgerEdge corporate bond trading platform goes live

LedgerEdge, the next-generation ecosystem for trading, announced that it is live with the first regulated corporate bond trading platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology underpinning blockchain ecosystems and digital markets.

10 May 2022

Company announcement/crypto

Bonifii joins R3’s Digital Currencies Sandbox

R3 Sandbox for Digital Currencies is a learning and development platform for digital currencies and digital assets experimentation used by global financial institutions and regulatory bodies.

01 March 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

R3 establishes innovation lab at Hong Kong's Cyberport

Enterprise technology and services firm R3 has established an official presence in Hong Kong, opening its "Innovation Lab" at Cyberport.

01 March 2022

Company announcement/markets

ADB builds prototype for blockchain-based cross-border securities settlement

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a project to make cross-border securities transactions in Asia and the Pacific more efficient and secure through the use of blockchain technology.

09 February 2022

Company announcement/people

R3 names first chief economist

Global enterprise technology and services firm R3 has appointed Alisa DiCaprio as its first Chief Economist, emphasizing the need for financial institutions across the private and public sectors to work in close collaboration with technology providers as the digital and traditional ecosystems converge.

25 January 2022

News/crypto

French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and BIS Innovation Hub are hailing the completion of their cross-border wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) experiment.

09 December 2021

News/crypto

R3 acquires stablecoin issuance platform Invo

Enterprise blockchain outfit R3 has acquired the technology and team of financial asset tokenization specialist Ivno, expanding its capabilities in the digital assets and currency space.

12 October 2021

Company announcement/crypto

Coadjute to issue mortgage stablecoins to streamline property sales

Coadjute, the real-time network that connects the property market, has announced plans to enable retail banks in the UK to issue a mortgage stablecoin on their network, working in partnership with global technology firm R3.

28 September 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Payments innovation and the benefits cascading down the waterfall model

EBAday 2021 has flown by, and the sessions throughout day three of the event served to build on the momentum from day one and two. Another punchy strategic roundtable addressed the need for industry-wide collaboration to drive payments innovation, while two boisterous chatrooms tackled the weighty subjects of Open Banking, CBDCs and stablecoins.

30 June 2021