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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It’s been several months, if not years, since blockchain was the darling of tech startup investors, but this week proved the technology still has a lot to offer venture capitalists. blockchain startup Envoy will be used to bolster its supply chain and trade finance platform, the company told PYMNTS in an emailed announcement.

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APRIL 20, 2023

blockchain​, digital wallets​, money center banks​, emerging payment solutions, digital lending​, economic turmoil​, and fintech disintermediation). They want to have meaningful relationships with technology partners who will bring innovative ideas and proven experience to the table.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It is the rule of thumb, when it comes to secular change, that very few innovations come along to rapidly change the state of payments themselves. Blockchain remains a key driver of cryptos’ future, both as unit of currency and store of value. We leverage that information before you get onboarded to get a card.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin , a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the privacy-focused app in that it is “more resistant to surveillance,” according to a 2017 Wired report.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With payment innovators looking to migrate B2B payments away from paper, a growing number of payment rails and technologies are helping to ease the pain of the shift. PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. RTP Expands Across FI Base.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The financial services (FinServ) market is, by far, ahead of other industries when it comes to blockchain innovation and adoption, according to data released this year by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Perficient will also bring insight surrounding the banking industry’s growing use of blockchain to the Summit. Blockchain technology is being used to create secure, decentralized ledger systems that can store and transfer data in a transparent and secure manner.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

The World Bank announced it has raised $33 million from investors for its blockchain-based “Kangaroo” bond, Bond- i. The bond, which is due August 2020, is the first bond created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life-cycle using distributed ledger (blockchain) technology. This isn’t World Bank’s only blockchain project.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

failed to persuade a judge to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit that the blockchain payment services provider said could topple the market for XRP, the world’s third-largest virtual currency. Ripple Labs Inc.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Cagney said that, for this reason, the stage may be set for an overhaul of the government’s payments status quo, quickened by innovation, and, particularly, by blockchain. Among the advantages of a blockchain ledger, he added, is the fact that parties in a transaction do not have to pay an interchange fee. What Lies Ahead.

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MARCH 20, 2017

This is the second part of my article about blockchain consortiums, focusing on the enterprise market. In Part 1, I covered Linux Foundation’s HyperLedger Project, which acts as an umbrella for Fabric, Intel Sawtooth Lake, and Iroha. I also touched on R3’s Corda, and Digital Asset Holdings’ offerings. Learn more here.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

In a recent report published by Protiviti and North Carolina State University, analysts found just how important technology and innovation are becoming for corporate executives. The World Trade Organization’s latest analysis on the technology found blockchain could add $3 trillion to the world’s global trade markets by 2030.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Late this month, a study from Nexus found that across 200 businesses surveyed, more than half of large and mid-sized companies queried are looking to adopt blockchain in an effort to mitigate operational risks in the wake of Brexit. That would leave room for blockchain. As reported in July via white paper, the U.K.

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JUNE 29, 2018

If entranced by bitcoin’s ebbs and flows, one would be forgiven for being caught off guard (if they are, in fact, off guard) to find that a major bank is coming to market with a service backed by blockchain, which now is live and available — and can help make sure that funds cross borders with speed and surety.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Blockchain has caught the attention of several FIs, especially for B2B and cross-border payments, even if there’s not yet consensus on how to best deploy it in real-world situations. Canadian payments network Interac has experimented with blockchain for consumer payments. We are now in the trough of disillusionment.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

To that end, any number of analyses are coming in the blockchain arena. According to an article via the MIT Technology Review , this will be the year that blockchain becomes “boring,” with innovative projects that will “bear fruit” this year even amid the declines seen last year in the sector, and in cryptocurrencies.

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MAY 16, 2020

patent on a computer system that would convert physical dollars and other fiat currencies into digital versions, complete with denominations and serial numbers and recorded via blockchain. According to various embodiments, cash may be removed from the markets in a frictionless manner and the payment ecosystem may be improved.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Blockchain technology has allowed businesses to eliminate unnecessary, not to mention costly, intermediaries and significantly reduce international cross-border payment processing time from weeks to a day. With these benefits in mind, blockchain has recently captured the attention of several players from around the faster payments space.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

The blockchain has a bit of an identity crisis. And while it might be tempting to poke fun at those confident, if somewhat confused, CFOs, Adam Ludwin, co-founder & CEO at Chain , told Karen Webster that, actually, they are pretty much in the same boat as everyone else when it comes to the blockchain. “No Here’s a little proof.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

At the same time, blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics are seeing a particularly high amount of activity. It is a very good test market,” Drappa said. The market being small, you can test your product on different population[s] with reduced marketing fees.”

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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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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I guess that this is logical as my last line was that government control of cryptocurrencies is “not so easy for cryptocurrencies that have … The post Regulating the cryptocurrency markets appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

GrainChain , the farming blockchain system for agriculture and farming business, has moved to the Symbiont network, Assembly, a change which the company anticipates will help expand its business, according to a press release. The leader in that round was Medici Ventures, the blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Betting On Blockchain. For Inxeption, one of the most promising innovations to achieve this leap is blockchain. The company is also deploying blockchain to create a digital business identity for its users, a mechanism that Dibachi said will instill trust in the buyer-supplier relationship.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

There’s no single path to payments infrastructure innovation. For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain. And still for others, like InstaReM, payments innovation involves a mix of infrastructure. Steamchain Lands Investment For Blockchain Tech.

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MAY 8, 2019

s blockchain team are still shrouded in secrecy, but it’s staffing up, according to people familiar with the group. Launched last May, Facebook’s blockchain unit now counts 50 […]. The inner workings of Facebook Inc.’s

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

marked its third anniversary of adopting its open banking framework, making it the leading market to drive the concept of unlocking customers’ bank account data for integration with third-party solution providers. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank. Last week, the U.K. where there is no open banking regulatory mandate.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Blockchain has been steadily making inroads in the B2B realm as a way to help boost supply chain transparency and efficiencies. To that end, in South Korea, a number of government ministries are looking into blockchain, eyeing the potential boost distributed ledger technology can give to marine logistics.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

The movement to bring blockchain to cross-border payments proceeds apace. In an interview with CNBC, SWIFT Asia-Pacific Managing Director Lisa O’Connor said that some of its members are indeed using blockchain. SWIFT is not planning to use blockchain directly in efforts to settle transactions done between banks. One caveat?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

The new year has dawned with a number of cross-border payment pacts, done across blockchain and other means. In Pakistan, as reported by Coindesk, Telenor Microfinance Bank and remittance firm Valyou Sdn Bhd (a Telenor subsidiary) have launched a payment platform based on Alipay’s blockchain offerings. s Faster Payments service.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

have established an $800 million fund to boost trade finance in emerging markets. Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting supply chains, decreasing demand, and causing overall market anxiety,” said Paulo de Bolle , global director of IFC’s Financial Institutions Group, in a statement. The International Finance Corp. (

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

failed to persuade a judge to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit that the blockchain payment services provider said could topple the market for XRP, the world’s third-largest virtual currency. Ripple Labs Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2020

Our proprietary Atomic Swap technology enables immediate trade between major cryptocurrencies, our partners’ alternative currencies, and fiat currencies — both on the platform and in the local market,” according to the whitepaper. . Ultimately, outside of the villages, you really can’t trade cell phone minutes for anything,” he continued. “So

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cybersecurity are poised to transform the financial services industries. New hybrid cloud platforms will offer unprecedented scalability, agility, and security, optimized for enterprise AI and blockchain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

The blockchain is making inroads into healthcare. Under the terms of the pilot, blockchain will be used with the hopes of improving data quality while reducing administrative costs focused on healthcare provider demographic data. Earlier this week, five healthcare firms operating across the U.S.

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MAY 12, 2016

Image from actuaries.digital Early stage investors and entrepreneurs make their money when something moves from bleeding edge (lots of technical risk) to leading edge (market and team risk). Blockchain in Insurance is currently at this intersection, which is why we see so much interest in the subject.

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JUNE 27, 2018

“Our new, hard infrastructure will be future-proofed to your imaginations, opening up a range of potential innovations in wholesale markets and corporate banking and retail services.”. The first product of their partnership is a revolving credit line that uses blockchain technology, provided to an unknown company.

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