Blockchain Startup Everledger Wins €30,000 at BBVA Competition
London blockchain startup Everledger is the joint winner of BBVA's European Open Talent competition. The startup, which uses blockchain technology to tackle diamond fraud and theft, will be awarded a €30,000 prize ($33,939) as well as an invitation to develop a project with the multinational bank. Rounding off the competition series, with previous finals taking place in New York and Mexico DF, Everledger competed against fellow bitcoin and blockchain companies Safello and Vaultoro. Everledger's win alongside Origin – a marketplace that connects issues and investors in the corporate bond....
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On September 22nd, the winners of the European division of the BBVA Open Talent Competition were announced in Barcelona, Spain. This year, three of the 15 finalists come from the Bitcoin and blockchain sector: Everledger, Safello and Vaultoro . The purpose of the competition is to discover and support up-and-coming innovators in financial technology who are poised to "disrupt [the banking] industry in e-commerce, security, mobile payments, data and others." The two winners are selected from each of three territories: Europe, Latin America and the United States and the rest of the world.....
Nine crypto startups have made it through to the finals of this year's BBVA Open Talent competition. The Spanish multinational banking group's global fintech startup competition is split into three regional finals. The European final will be held in Barcelona - where Everledger, Safello and Vaultoro will compete. The South American final will include Bitnexo and Bitso among its other finalists. Bitwage, Coinalytics, SnapCard and Voatz will compete in New York, alongside startups from the US and other parts of the world. Each of the six winners will receive a €30,000 prize and the....
Several Bitcoin and blockchain firms have excelled at the global fintech competition BBVA Open Talent 2015 organized by BBVA. Among the leading names are Bitnexo, Bitso, Volabit, Bitwage, Snapcard and Safello. Safello recently also entered into a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) agreement with Barclays to co-create a Bitcoin platform. Frank Schuil, CEO of Safello said, "We are delighted to see mainstream banks embrace Bitcoin and look forward to getting a chance to work with BBVA to explore how our platform can benefit them. Our selection for Open Talent 2015 shows that his innovative technology is....
Bitnexo co-founder and CEO Darren Camas receiving his prize. Bitcoin-based platform Bitnexo has been announced as the joint winner in the Latin American final of BBVA's Open Talent competition. The startup, which intends to facilitate international money transfers between Asia and Latin America, will receive a €30,000 prize ($33,939) as well as the chance to join a two-week networking programme in Mexico and London. The other winning company was Destacame, a Chilean startup that helps people gain access to credit. Hugo Nájera, head of digital banking at BBVA Bancomer, commented on the....
Everledger became the first blockchain startup to scoop a 'Meffy' at an award ceremony held in London on Monday night. The firm, which is creating a tamper-proof digital ledger for the world's diamonds, took home the award for innovation in FinTech. The event, which has been run by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) for 11 years, recognises those "disrupting the status quo" and is touted as a benchmark for the mobile industry. Everledger beat four others in the category, including social payments app PayFriendz and SmartBank, a banking tool developed by Monitise Create and Spanish bank....