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MARCH 31, 2020

“Harvest season is usually when farmers spend their capital, and timely payments is crucial, but the time to get paid is extremely varied depending on who you’re selling to. Mitigating Risk With Blockchain. Even the best payers can delay payment.” ” Farming’s Cash Flow Bottlenecks. Looping In The Banks.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood of SMBs. Yet many firms struggle to gain access to the capital that helps them launch or sustain operations. Many companies, he told PYMNTS, rely on private lending.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty. Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv.

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MARCH 10, 2020

dollars against bitcoin holdings kept in the Blockchain Wallet, Coindesk reported. Blockchain Co-Founder and CEO Peter Smith said per the report, “Institutional and retail investors have the same financial goals — grow wealth and manage risks — but the tools at their disposal are vastly different.”.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2017

The opportunity ship has sailed for personal finance management, lending, or robo advisory sectors of fintech, according to Rebecca Lynn, co-founder of venture capital firm Canvas. So where are investors looking for new opportunities?

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

And for blockchain, a few warning signs have been flashing that all may not be as rosy as some observers may have hoped, had wanted. This is not to say that blockchain is doomed. Exhibit A, of course, would be Long Island Iced Tea, which back in 2017 said it would change its name to Long Blockchain Corp.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The round was led by Blockchain Capital, Standard Crypto, Blockchain.com Ventures and more. Aave recently announced its governance model to help the community access more participation, with old Aave token LEND now able to be swapped for the new Aave token at a ratio of 100 LEND to 1 Aave.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Blockchain applications may still be a ways away from real-world proliferation, but the technology is certainly beginning to take steps from proof-of-concept phase into beta and pilot testing. This week’s Blockchain Tracker takes a look at some of the latest initiatives to make progress and inch closer to a real-world launch.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments.

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Celent Banking

MAY 24, 2016

At Celent, we just published a new research report with the same title as this blog – Blockchain: Beware the Hype. Isn't blockchain the coolest technology out there at the moment? Blockchain hype is particularly acute, given the complexities of the underlying technologies. Why such a title?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

While the alternative lending hype has dulled a bit, it’s been replaced by a far greater hype-machine: blockchain. This week’s venture capital (VC) investment tracker finds that both blockchain and alternative finance are leading markets.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2019

Coming off a year of high growth, enterprise blockchain startup Symbiont on Wednesday closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by Nasdaq Ventures, with participation from new investors including Galaxy Digital, Citi Ventures, and Raptor Group.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

The product utilizes blockchain analytics and forensics to search for “suspicious” addresses and wallets, as well as profile crypto exchanges, ATMs, coin mixers, money laundering systems and criminal addresses to determine the risk level. In other news, Overstock ‘s blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures , has acquired a 5.1

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

FinTechs that landed new funding include a firm targeting friction in B2B payments in the construction space, alternative small business lenders and a company helping accountants guide their SMB clients toward capital. Hillhouse Capital led the firm’s “D1” round, while Sequoia China led its “D2” raise.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

Funding targets this time around included blockchain, logistics, alternative finance, artificial intelligence and T&E — with a few startups taking a stab at some of the biggest problems in the cannabis industry, procurement and microfinance. Blockchain. Blockchain Capital. Blockchain Capital. TravelPerk.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. And that goes for the industries covered, too, with treasury management’s Kyriba, blockchain’s BlockApps and enterprise security’s Druva landing on the board, to name a few. Blockchain. Alternative Lending.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 3, 2018

But working with the cryptocurrency taught the payments company quite a bit about blockchain technology, and how it ends up employing that knowledge may be the true payoff […]. Square made a splash when it announced it would sell bitcoin in its Cash app, but failed to make much money doing so, it was revealed yesterday.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. The morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence. From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The challenge was part Read More.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

Telegram delayed its TON blockchain rollout, which moves its date to go live to next year and sparks an expensive clawback measure, CoinDesk reported. Telegram also reportedly offered an option for investors to lend their investment to the app up to this time in 2021. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suit.

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MARCH 25, 2016

It may have been a big week for alternative lending in the consumer finance space, but in B2B payments, blockchain and eCommerce startups snagged the biggest share of venture capital. Blockchain. But that doesn’t mean blockchain is free from its notoriety. 30 million , to be exact.

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JULY 5, 2018

It seems that blockchain may never leave the lab and enter the real world. And, indeed, this week’s Blockchain Tracker continues its coverage of ongoing tests and trails of blockchain solutions. Take a look at the ongoing tests — and the projects that made it out of the lab — in the breakdown below. Testing Continues.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Alternative lending was the golden child among investors around 2015, but lately, the industry seems to have fallen out of favor thanks to regulatory uncertainty and questions over the viability of some business models. Alternative Lending. This week alone saw two examples of those concerns in action: One U.S. lawmaker, Rep.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

But this other bank just started a blockchain focus group, and everyone else is investing in tech. This bank created an innovation lab, and that bank is launching a fintech team. Gone are the days when banks could afford to be “conservative” with new product launches and tech projects, which Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

After his departure from SoFi, Cagney moved quickly on to his next venture: Figure Technologies Inc , a new online lending venture built around using the blockchain to offer cheaper, faster and more efficient digital loans products. The firm has raised $50 million from investors, including venture capital firms Ribbit Capital and DCM.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The financial services market has progressed by leaps and bounds in terms of innovation, from the rise of alternative finance to the development of technologies like blockchain and open banking initiatives. About a third of SMBs recently told Capital One they’re currently in a better financial position than they were a year ago, for instance.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Blockchain startup Digital Asse t has brought in another $40 million in funding, bringing its total amount raised to $100 million. According to news from Reuters , this latest round was led by Jefferson River Capital, LLC, the family office of Tony James, president and chief operating officer of private equity firm Blackstone.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As with other forms of financing, alternative lenders have stepped into this space to fill that gap left by traditional banks – and yet, the gap remains, highlighting the limitations of alternative lending’s proliferation in recent years. Alt-Fin’s Limited Impact. FinTech Steps In.

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APRIL 13, 2020

According to CEO Johannes Brouwer, the regulatory approval process took nearly a year as regulators sought to understand the invoice financing platform’s use of blockchain to ensure borrowers would be protected. Blockchain and smart contracts aren’t the silver bullet to combatting invoice financing friction, however.

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Insights on Business

JULY 27, 2017

On the emerging technology front, everyone is evaluating use cases in the application of Blockchain. I can imagine ecosystems and cloud development platforms that bring financial institutions and Fintechs together to deliver a range of new solutions from payments, lending, insurance claims to investment management, and more.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

billion blockchain fund, and the U.A.E’s Network International has launched a Shopmatic-powered eCommerce platform called Go-Online. And the capital of China ‘s Jiangsu province is rolling out a $1.5 billion fund focused on the blockchain, ZDNet reported. Coverage includes BNP Paribas Asset Management ’s new U.K.

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JULY 16, 2020

Blockchain initiative Teller has notched $1 million in a Framework Ventures-led seed capital to create a decentralized finance (DeFi) credit risk tool, according to an announcement. DeFi tools have spiked in popularity among those who are interested in digital currency in recent times, per the announcement.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Talk has shifted from last year’s discussions on blockchain and chatbots to artificial intelligence and cloud-based cores. Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation? Many […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” This time around, Sweetbridge is using blockchain in a lending context.

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