HSBC Holdings Plc backs Hong Kong-based tech startup Serai

Serai aims to be the LinkedIn for global trade which links manufacturers to component suppliers. In a significant development, HSBC Holdings Plc is backing the launch of Serai, a Hong Kong-based technology startup that aims to “connect small-and-medium-sized manufacturers with component suppliers in different parts of the world as part of its trade banking push”.…

22 of the world’s biggest banks have collaborated on this blockchain project

The R3 project is likely to be a significant milestone in the history for blockchain technology. On Tuesday, in a significant development, twenty two of the world’s biggest banks have come together to collaborate on developing an international payments system that would allow existing central bank currencies and any new digital ones to be transacted…