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DECEMBER 30, 2020

At a time when 90 percent of Americans have never owned bitcoin and nearly 70 percent say they have no plans to do so in the future, the thought of widespread adoption and usage of cryptocurrency seems to be a distant prospect for most people. Bitcoin is awesome. Ternio CEO Daniel Gouldman , however, is not one of them. “I Baby Steps

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The price of bitcoin continues to teeter today, with the cryptocurrency having lost a third of its value in the last week. Bitcoin’s sharp drop comes after rising uncertainty in the Chinese market, with two major Chinese currency exchanges, China BTC and ViaBTC, having announced that they will halt trading by the end of this […].

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 12, 2018

It’s quite a good article, and talks about … The post bitcoin you say? In fact, I love it when someone points out I’m wrong, and shows me why, because I learn something. So, I was particularly interested when in Sunday’s Guardian, I saw the headline Blockchain: hype or hope. Bah, humbug! appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2018

The central bank of China is tightening its grip on bitcoin mining in the state, telling local governments that it has the authority to regulate power usage for that mining. The People’s Bank of China cannot directly regulate power usage, Reuters reported today. However, the bank can ask local authorities to regulate it. If the […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2019

Meanwhile, a study by data firm Chainalysis has found that bitcoin as a form of payment doubled in 2018 on darknet market sites. Bitcoin transaction volumes on darknet markets, where people can buy illegal goods, saw an increase over the entire year to reach an average of $2 million daily.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs. An ‘API-first’ strategy.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2017

cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer wants to bridge the trading gap between two of the world’s largest bitcoin markets. Japan is the largest bitcoin trading market in the world, about 50% of it happens in there; the U.S. EXCLUSIVE — With its recent launch in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Bit by bit — but more than bitcoin by bitcoin — cryptos are inching into the mainstream, for both consumer and commercial applications. Elsewhere, Square announce last month that it has invested $50 million — approximately 1 percent of its total second-quarter assets — to purchase roughly 4,709 bitcoins. “We

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 16, 2018

Coinsecure reported the loss of about 438 bitcoins, or about $3 million worth of the cryptocurrency, the Indian cryptocurrency platform reported. The hack was attributed to an employee who was extracting bitcoin for the platform’s customers, the company said in a statement last week, when the bitcoins were siphoned away during the process.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2018

American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

That’s Visa Senior Vice President and Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos reflecting on the impact of the rapid shift to digital for consumers and businesses around the globe who en masse began living many aspects of their personal and business lives in a mostly digital world — literally all at once, overnight. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

Even bitcoin wasn’t safe from the blow-up. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) break-up paired with the stock sell-off jointly pummeled cryptocurrency markets with the big coin on the block, Bitcoin, losing roughly 10 percent of its value in 24 hours.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In the coexisting — and sometimes colliding — worlds of FinTech and traditional financial services, a bit of collaboration often evolves. As reported by Bloomberg , the regulator at the helm of Singapore’s financials has embraced an effort to “bring together” FinTech firms and banks there.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Facebook, whose ads are its lifeblood, is fighting ad blockers, while other services continue to find innovative ways to help users skip the marketing. There’s a war on in digital advertising.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 14, 2017

As Bank Innovation reported earlier this month, the London-based startup was on pace for a big fund raise. Fast growing alternative banking app Revolut confirmed this week that it had raised $66 million in a Series B Round, and said it would be adding cryptocurrency trading and a new wealth product. In a news release, […].

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Is payment app Square Cash about to provide users the option to buy and sell the cryptocurrency bitcoin? Well, that certainly seems the case, given that Square has initiated a trial allowing a few number of users to buy and sell the cryptocurrency in the Cash app. The trial, which was initiated earlier this week, […].

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2019

Fintech executives sounded off on blockchain at CB Insights’ Future of Fintech conference this week. According to Henrique Dubugras, CEO and co-founder of Brex, blockchain is overhyped but cryptocurrencies are underrated. The corporate credit card startup is fresh off a $100 million funding round that has landed it a $2.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

This week’s examination of the latest in payments rails innovation finds financial service providers innovating on top of existing rails to address the friction of ACH, checks and other bank transfer infrastructure. One FinTech, meanwhile, throws blockchain into the mix of legacy rails.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2018

The social media/fintech executive made headlines in the crypto world.Read More. EXCLUSIVE— With cryptocurrencies losing their luster in the public — and the regulatory — eye, some in financial services still remain bullish on the currency even as its value falls.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The price of bitcoin is down following a report that China may ban all cryptocurrency exchanges within its borders. On Friday, Chinese financial news outlet Caixin reported that the Chinese government is considering banning all exchanges between bitcoin, ether, and other cryptocurrencies, and the Chinese yuan.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The exchange contacted law enforcement, and trading has been suspended until Sept.

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Insights on Business

JULY 26, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. One of the best things about working at IBM—and in the RegTech field in particular—is meeting daily with the engineers and developers who are driving technological innovation in the financial industry. IBM driving innovation. Learn more how IBM is driving innovation in RegTech.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal , citing people familiar with the matter, Son made the investment in bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency back in 2017 just as its price peaked. The executive reportedly made the purchase on the recommendation of a well-known bitcoin advocate.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez said, according to the report, “it is vital that Congress keep pace with the evolving needs of our country’s innovative small businesses.” Eight Roads led the round, with Telekom Innovation Pool, HKT, Telefónica Innovation Ventures and Singtel Innov8 also participating.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

This week, “Breaking Banks” recounts the history of Bitcoin, and how, despite ambivalent public opinion over the past seven years, fintech professionals and pundits have given it their silent support. After this introduction, the current status of blockchain is discussed by guests Michael J.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

In other news, European FinTech SIA is partnering with WizKey to create a platform to allow credit negotiations on blockchain for banks, financial operators and funds, according to a press release. Diokno, Philippines’ Central Bank (BSP) governor in the release.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

However, the way payments innovation is pursued — and becomes reality — is changing, too. Furthermore, the lines between financial services, FinTech firms, payment providers and even open source “communities” continue to blur as collaboration takes shape.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That was a big takeaway this week from the Paris Fintech Forum, one of the biggest annual gatherings of its kind in Europe. Last year, with Bitcoin […]. On Tuesday and Wednesday, about 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, bankers, and regulators descended on the neo-classical Palais Brongniart, once home to the stock exchange.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2018

But that’s how much time I had last week at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami. It’s not easy to express the full ramifications of the INV Global token offering in 7.5 I did my best to describe INV Global as a token and application aimed at the corporate venturing sector. I explained […].

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JANUARY 19, 2018

INV Global, which includes INV Fintech, this site’s sister accelerator, announced its upcoming token offering at the North American Bitcoin Conference (#TNABC on Twitter) yesterday in Miami. The INV application aims to streamline the interactions and transactions […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2018

The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K. EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., to the rise of […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

The FinTech startup has already created several financial services products, including cryptocurrency and stock trading, savings wallets, junior accounts and rewards. Storonsky said Revolut wants to develop “many more innovative products” that will advance “innovation and competition” across the financial services sector.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

While European blockchain technology companies saw a record year in VC investment in 2018, new data shows that they still didn’t receive as much funding as FinTech companies. According to Innovate Finance ’s “ 2018 FinTech VC Investment Landscape ” report, “2018 was a record year in FinTech, with $36.6

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 21, 2016

During 2015, Bitcoin fell into the slough of despond while its underlying technology, Blockchain, rode the media roller coaster to the top. So we did a Bitcoin ecosystem health-check (TL:DR, patient is OK and can return to Read More. We believe that the reality cycle and the media cycle are mostly disconnected.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 4, 2017

Another day, another dollar—only this is fintech, so it would be more accurate to say another day, another multi-million investment in blockchain, virtual currency, mobile banking, e-commerce, and/or all of the other technologies on the playground. So far, 2017 fintech funding hasn’t veered far from the areas of interest in Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The FinTech firm’s technology will reportedly work with SWIFT’s standardized financial messages, which serve the market in India. In other news, a venture capitalist believes bitcoin may be a survivor like Amazon was in the dot-com crash, CNBC reported. Nobody likes being down like this.

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