Accenture & Digital Asset Holdings Launch New Blockchain Consulting Firm

Accenture has launched a specialized practice within its financial services group to help institutions implement blockchain technology in order to improve operational efficiency, security and client service, as well as to capture new revenue opportunities. Accenture will provide a range of consulting and technology services, from feasibility studies, business case assessments and operating model design, to advisory services on systems architecture, cybersecurity and cloud consulting, through to full-scale systems integration. Accenture, a Fortune Global 500 company, is the world's largest....

The main reason a partnership between Digital Asset Holdings and Accenture is so important is because consulting and system integration services will be provided to clients exploring the blockchain space. Digital Asset Holdings is one of those companies who keep making media headlines these days. The blockchain startup, led by Blythe Masters, has recently signed a strategic business deal with Accenture. As a result of this collaboration, Digital Asset Holdings will gain additional resources and expertise while partnering companies will get access to their distributed ledger technology....

Blockchain technology developer Digital Asset Holdings has revealed new ‘strategic business relationships’ with consulting and technology services firm Accenture, financial services firm Broadridge and one of the ‘Big Four’ in auditing and services network PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In a press release today, New York-based blockchain technology startup Digital Asset has announced the formation of three “non-exclusive business relationships” with Accenture, Broadridge and PwC. The Blythe Masters-led startup will help the three firms harness the potential and promise of blockchain, the....

A financial innovation lab operated by management consulting firm Accenture has added a blockchain startup to its latest class. Accenture's 2016 FinTech Innovation Lab London, the company announced yesterday, will include 15 startups. Crowdaura, which uses blockchain technology as a mechanism for issuing securities via crowdfunding, is the sole blockchain startup to be included in the class. The selected startups will spend 12 weeks working with Accenture staff and executives from a variety of major financial institutions including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Société Générale.....

Accenture, a $75 bln consulting and professional services firm, revealed in its report that the implementation of Blockchain technology could save investment banks up to $12 bln a year. The report entitled “Banking on Blockchain, a Value Analysis For Investment Banks” released by Accenture Consulting in collaboration with Aon, is based on a survey which the firm’s researchers conducted with eight major investment banks. According to the report, the utilization of Blockchain in supplementing manual processes and operations of banks can save organizations up to 30 percent in annual savings....