Banxa is a global financial technology company specializing in payment processing. Its services provide interconnectivity between the traditional financial (TradFi) system and the digital asset economy. It currently processes more than $10 billion in payments annually for a wide range of clients including Visa, MasterCard, Kraken, and dozens more.
The company’s core service suite offers solutions for the facilitation of fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat conversions allowing businesses to accept and process cryptocurrency payments while enabling users to purchase digital assets. This allows for the seamless integration of cryptocurrency payments, trading, and compliance solutions enabling one-stop global expansion into more than 150 countries serviced and unlocking new revenue streams for businesses.
Banxa also provides robust compliance tools, including know your customer (KYC) and anti money-laundering (AML) solutions with more than 45 licenses. It also offers trading and wallet infrastructure through APIs and SDKs, enabling businesses to integrate cryptocurrency buying, selling, and holding functionalities directly into their own platforms via the Hedera blockchain.
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The IBM Blockchain Platform was a short-term funding and technology project involving the Hedera blockchain network. While this specific project has evolved into an ongoing enterprise blockchain strategy, IBM remains intrinsically involved with the Hedera network as a member of the Hedera Governing Council.
This position provides IBM with a direct voice and vote in the governance of the Hedera public network, influencing its technical roadmap, policies, and overall strategic direction. As a council member, IBM also contributes to the network's operational integrity by running a consensus node.
This engagement with Hedera allows IBM to participate, offer insights and contribute to advancements which align with its broader interests in advancing enterprise-grade distributed ledger solutions (DLT). This involvement complements IBM's extensive work with permissioned blockchains and strengthens the partnership between Hedera and the broader technology industry while providing a holistic perspective on the evolving blockchain landscape for IBM’s global enterprise clients.
The D'CENT Wallet is cryptocurrency storage solution developed by IoTrust, a South Korean company founded by security experts. Its flagship product is the D'CENT Biometric Wallet, a hardware device emphasizing robust security through features including a Common Criterial Evaluation Assurance Level 5+ (EAL5+) certified Secure Element chip, fingerprint authentication for transaction signing, and a bespoke onboard secure operating system.
The D’CENT cold storage wallet supports numerous digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Hedera tokens, and many other mainnet coins and tokens. It also provides a mobile application that serves as an interface for its hardware wallets (Biometric and Card-type) and can also function as a standalone software wallet facilitating portfolio management, secure transactions, and access to decentralized applications (DApps) via its Discovery tab.
The D’CENT platform supports management of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and other Web3 assets as well as offering features for cross-chain interaction through its platform and user application.
WISeID is a digital identity platform designed to secure online interactions and communications for both individuals and businesses developed by WISeKey. The platform leverages public key infrastructure (PKI) technology, utilizing standard digital certificates issued by WISeKey's trusted certification authorities.
Central to the WISeID platform is its "WISeID Account," which serves as a gateway to various WISeKey services. Users are provided with a Digital Certificate that enables strong authentication for accessing online services and supports the creation of legally binding digital signatures for documents. Additionally, WISeID includes a “Personal Encrypted Vault,” offering a secure environment for users to store sensitive information such as passwords, financial data, and other personal documents, protected by strong encryption.
For businesses, WISeID offers solutions to secure interactions with employees and customers, including the implementation of single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities to streamline access to corporate resources. The platform provides web services and mobile applications, aiming to provide a comprehensive solution for managing digital identities and ensuring secure digital transactions and communications.
InvestaX is a Singapore-based, licensed security token platform Its mission is to provide a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for the issuance, trading, and custody of security tokens, bridging the gap between traditional finance and the world of decentralized assets.
The company offers a full suite of services for the digital asset lifecycle including tokenization. The InvestaX platform also features a primary issuance service for launching new security token offerings (STOs), as well as a secondary trading marketplace for providing liquidity to these assets. A core component of their offering is their institutional-grade custody solution, which ensures the secure storage of digital assets.
While InvestaX is a multi-chain platform, it has a direct integration with the Hedera network. The company utilizes Hedera's high-throughput and low-cost infrastructure to provide its clients with a fast, secure, and efficient platform for tokenizing and managing their assets. Through this integration, InvestaX offers a scalable and enterprise-grade solution for the digital asset market, enabling accessibility and liquidity for a wide range of real-world assets.