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IBM Introduces Cold Storage Solution for Digital Assets

IBM is announcing IBM Hyper Protect Offline Signing Orchestrator (OSO)—a new technology to help deploy cold storage solutions for digital assets, and the latest addition to its confidential computing portfolio. OSO is designed to “address limitations of current cold storage offerings for digital assets, including… Read More

NatWest and IBM to Support Generative AI Initiative to Enhance CX

NatWest and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced enhancements to the bank’s virtual assistant, Cora, that will use generative AI to provide customers with access to a wider range of information through conversational interactions. The bank will be among the first in the UK to deploy generative… Read More

IBM Survey Reveals Differences Between Bank and Customer Priorities

The IBM Institute for Business Value, in collaboration with the Banking Industry Architecture Network and Red Hat, this week released findings from a new global study that reveals significant gaps between the stated priorities of surveyed banking executives and the customers they serve. The research… Read More

IBM, Salesforce Join Forces to Accelerate Adoption of Trustworthy AI

IBM and Salesforce have recently formed a partnership designed to help businesses worldwide accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) for customer relationship management (CRM). This significant collaboration between two industry giants is expected to revolutionize experiences for customers, partners, and employees while also ensuring… Read More

Qatar: QNB Group Selects IBM to Enhance Digital Banking Experience

QNB Group, in collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its ecosystem partner, Mannai InfoTech, an ICT Division under Mannai Trading Company WLL have delivered an innovative, pioneering and engaging Digital Banking experience to its customers. IBM Consulting’s Business Transformation expertise, the IBM Garage methodology and… Read More

Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank Adopts Temenos Platform

Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank (SCSB), one of the listed banks in Taiwan, has selected Temenos and IBM in order “to replace its legacy core systems with Temenos open platform for composable banking.” Part of the IBM Ecosystem, Temenos and IBM have successfully “teamed for… Read More

First Quantum Computing Guidelines Introduced as Investment into Sector Increases, WEF Reports

National governments have reportedly invested more than $25 billion into quantum computing research and more than $1 billion in VC deals have closed in the past year – “more than the past three years combined,” according to an update shared by the World Economic Forum… Read More

Union Bank of the Philippines to Implement METACO’s Digital Asset Management Services

METACO, the provider of security-critical software and infrastructure to the digital asset ecosystem, has announced that Union Bank of the Philippines is implementing its digital asset management services. As noted in an update shared with CI, UnionBank is deploying services on IBM Cloud, in order to… Read More

Irish Bank AIB and IBM Announce €65M Agreement to Accelerate Banking Institution’s Digital Transformation Efforts

AIB, an Irish bank with key positions across various segments, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced a €65 million 3-year agreement designed to help “deliver the bank’s 2023 strategy by accelerating its ongoing digital transformation, meeting its customer-first commitment and providing a clear pathway to… Read More

Zafin Joins IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center to Assist Customers with Accelerating Transition to Hybrid Cloud

Zafin has reportedly joined the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center, which is a digital front door comprised of tools, training and ecosystem partners to “help IBM Z clients accelerate the modernization of their applications, data and processes in an open hybrid cloud architecture.” This… Read More

Use Cases for NFTs Growing: GlobalData Report

While at the beginning NFTs were predominantly used by artists to claim the ownership and novelty of their digital creative work, the uses for the digital tokens are growing, a new report from Global Data suggests. Companies are now filing NFT-related patents to secure their… Read More

Kurt Nielsen: President at Partisia Blockchain Explains Why they’re Developing Web 3.0 Privacy Infrastructure

Partisia Blockchain, the Web 3.0 public (or permissionless) blockchain developed for trust, transparency, and privacy, recently confirmed the appointment of experienced cryptographer Christian Cachin to their team. Dr. Christian Cachin, a former computer scientist working at IBM, has joined the team as a Consensus and… Read More

Nitin Gaur, Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs, Says NFTs are Natural Progression in “Explosion” of Asset Tokenization

Nitin Gaur, Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs, recently looked into how businesses may be able to absorb “disruptive” impact and start integrating new business models (NFTs) in existing and “new streams” of business opportunity. Gaur writes in a blog post that non-fungible… Read More

IBM Announces Acquisition of Cloud Implementation Application Transformation & Managed Services Provider Nordcloud

    U.S.-based tech giant IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) announced on Tuesday it has acquired Nordcloud, a European cloud implementation, application transformation, and managed services provider. The acquisition comes just days after IBM announced it acquired Expertus Technologies Inc., a Canadian Fintech company that assists… Read More

Canadian Fintech Expertus, Processor of $50B in Transactions Per Day, Acquired by Tech Giant IBM

New York-based tech giant IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has acquired Expertus Technologies Inc., a Canadian Fintech company that assists clients with processing over $50 billion in transactions per day. IBM bought the company so that it could enhance its electronic-payments capabilities. Expertus has now been added… Read More

Advanced Artificial Intelligence Adopters Attributed 12% Points of Revenue Gain Directly to AI Integrations: Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to businesses or companies adopting artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions. Firms operating in nearly every sector have integrated AI and automation software according to a new survey of professionals working in the financial services sector. Nearly 66% or two-thirds of… Read More

Quantum Resistant Ledger Partners with Insight’s Quantum Cryptography Research Unit, Hires Senior Marketing Professional

The Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) Foundation, which is an organization that has developed a quantum-secure blockchain network and digital asset platform, has teamed up with Insight’s quantum cryptography research division. Both organizations will be working on global standards for QRL’s “quantum-secure” Proof-of-Stake network, which is… Read More

Perspective: Institutional Adoption of STOs and Digital Assets in 2020

Back in December, I wrote a piece for Coindesk’s Year in Review 2019 entitled “Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set for Takeoff in 2020”.  This was before word of COVID-19 became widespread and before many of the cataclysmic events of 2020 were even imaginable.  Thus… Read More

Bank of Thailand Announces Launch of Government Savings Bond on IBM Blockchain-Based Platform

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced on Monday it teamed up with Bank of Thailand (BOT), the central bank, to launch a  blockchain-based platform for government savings bonds issuing a total of $1.6 billion within two weeks. According to IBM, the platform is using blockchain technology on the… Read More

Fintech Zenda.la Becomes First Mexican Company to Get Accepted to the IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator Program

Fintech firm Zenda.la has reportedly become the first Mexican company to get accepted to the IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator program, which is conducted through a partnership with Village Capital. Zenda’s management says that being accepted into the tech giant’s program is “especially relevant as we… Read More

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