# HSBC News

Shareholder voting is getting the blockchain treatment as SWIFT announced on March 6, 2019, that they will be testing out a new blockchain-based platform for that purpose with Deutsche Bank, DBS, HSBC. Put to a Vote All publicly traded companies rely on shareholder decisions before certain moves can be made,...

Vakt, a blockchain-powered oil trading platform based out of London has enrolled onshore companies responsible for two-thirds of all deals in the economically important waters of the North Sea, Financial Times reported on February 25, 2019. Vakt to Take the Sea by Storm Blockchain technology is making giant waves across...

Herve Falciani, a former systems engineer and whistleblower at HSBC, is collaborating with fintech experts in and academicians in Spain in order to develop a new cryptocurrency he thinks regulators could embrace, Reuters reported on February 8, 2019. "Ethical Token" Herve Falciani (Source: Reuters) Famous French whistleblower Hervé Falciani, whose...

Ripple has announced in a press release that Stuart Alderoty, a former HSBC General Counsel will be taking over the role of General Legal Counsel at Ripple, January 30, 2019. Welcome to Ripple Since September 2018, Ripple, a blockchain-based payment processor found itself without any general counsel for legal services and...

One of Spain's leading banks, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), has successfully signed off the terms of a $150 million syndicated loan with the help of blockchain technology, reports Finextra, November 7, 2018. Multi-million Loan carried over a Private Blockchain Notably, the syndicated loan transaction was carried out over a...