Accenture Named a Leader in Enterprise Blockchain Services by Everest Group

NEW YORK; March 31, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been recognized as a Leader in enterprise blockchain services for the second consecutive time by industry analyst firm Everest Group.
March 31, 2022

Accenture Ranks No. 1 in Enterprise Blockchain Services by HFS Research

NEW YORK; Feb. 24, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been recognized as the number one service provider overall for enterprise blockchain services in a recent report from industry analyst firm HFS Research.
February 24, 2022

Accenture Opens Technology Innovation Showcase at Expo 2020 Dubai

DUBAI; Oct. 12, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today opened the Accenture Exchange – the company’s dedicated venue at Expo 2020 Dubai reflecting its role as the Expo’s Official Digital Services Partner. Housing Accenture’s most powerful, cutting-edge and engaging innovations for the next six months, the space provides visitors the opportunity to learn more about Accenture’s leading technology solutions and its role in bringing the Expo to life.
October 12, 2021

Digital Dollar Project to Launch Pilot Programs to Explore Designs and Uses of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency

WASHINGTON, D.C.; May 3, 2021 – The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) will launch at least five pilot programs over the next 12 months with interested stakeholders and DDP participants to measure the value of and inform the future design of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC), or “digital dollar.”
May 03, 2021

Accenture Named a Leader in the First IDC MarketScape Assessment on Blockchain Services

NEW YORK; Aug. 10, 2020 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been positioned as a Leader in blockchain capabilities by the IDC MarketScape.
August 10, 2020

The Digital Dollar Project Names 22 New Advisory Group Members

WASHINGTON; March 26, 2020 – The Digital Dollar Project today announced its first advisory group members, who will help guide the framework for practical steps that could be taken to establish a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
March 26, 2020

Former CFTC Chair Launches The Digital Dollar Project

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 16, 2020 – J. Christopher (“Chris”) Giancarlo, former Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), along with Charles Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine, have partnered with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to create the Digital Dollar Project (the “Project”) to advance exploration of a United States Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
January 16, 2020

Accenture Invests in and Forms Strategic Alliance with TradeIX to Help Digitize Global Trade

NEW YORK; Dec. 17, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has invested in and formed a strategic alliance with TradeIX, a Dublin-based company whose open platform uses distributed ledger technology to facilitate the flow of goods, services, transactions and information within a secure environment for global trade. Terms of the equity investment were not disclosed.
December 17, 2019

Accenture and SAP® Build Prototype that Uses Distributed Ledger Technology to Enable More Efficient, Secure and Reliable Payments Between Banks and Customers

NEW YORK; Oct. 24, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and R3 are collaborating and co-innovating to build a real-time gross settlement system that will enable faster, more efficient, reliable and secure payments between banks and customers.
October 24, 2019

DTCC and Accenture Unveil Governance Operating Model to Manage Risks and Promote Safety Across Distributed Ledger Technology Landscape

New York; London; Hong Kong; Singapore; Sydney; Sept. 4, 2019 ‒ The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a leading global professional services company, today published a white paper, Governing DLT Networks, introducing a DLT governance operating model to manage risks and consequences of an evolving DLT landscape, to ensure the safety and soundness of the network for the benefit of all participants and to better enable DLT to reach its full potential.
September 04, 2019