PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. Researchers found that 70 percent of demand deposit accounts are managed by FIs with access to the RTP network. RTP Expands Across FI Base. Financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S.

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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.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

HSBC is increasingly relying on blockchain technology to facilitate its foreign exchange trading services, reports in Financial Times said Monday (Jan. 14), with more than three million FX transactions having already been processed by the bank in the past year via blockchain.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

Boards of directors and executive management teams cannot afford to manage risks casually on a reactive basis, especially considering the rapid pace of disruptive innovation and technological developments in an ever-advancing digital world.”. Its “ Can blockchain revolutionize international trade?

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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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Perficient

JANUARY 4, 2022

According to CoinGecko, the cryptocurrency market is worth more than $2.35 Although this market seems promising, the potential for big gains does not come without hefty risk. Interested in discussing how your financial institution can best maneuver the vast cryptocurrency market? Northern Trust.

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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. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In other news, ten Spain-based tech and finance companies are developing a self-managed digital identity using blockchain and have completed the concept test phase, according to a Santander press release. A self-managed identity also protects the security of the information and ensures that it cannot be altered.

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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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Perficient

MARCH 30, 2023

Blockchain Simplifies and Centralizes Trade Flows In the last series of articles published by members of Perficient’s Digital Assets Team , we wrote about the use of blockchain-based supply chains to assist supply chain transaction partners to share data through permission-based Blockchain solutions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Social media giant Facebook is looking to grow its blockchain team, according to a report. The company posted on its careers page that it’s looking for data engineers and scientists, software engineers and a product marketing lead for its blockchain team. Do you like working with data?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Unlike B2C eCommerce, B2B transactions require heightened visibility within supply chains — the ability to move large sums of money at set times, generation and management of invoices, purchase orders, payment contracts and more. Betting On Blockchain. The concept of a blockchain-managed digital identity is not new.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the age of blockchain, all manner of physical assets are making the leap to bits and bytes. Blockchain can track transactions of all sorts and create a connected record — and that blockchain is rapidly cleaving from the cryptocurrency clamor to which it was once inextricably linked. percent pure.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 7, 2017

Their Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures released Distributed ledger technology in payment, clearing and settlement: an analytical framework last week, and I just read it. DLT could reduce the traditional reliance on a central ledger managed by a trusted entity for holding and transferring funds and other financial assets.

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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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Deutsche Bank , Germany’s largest bank, is joining the 320 banks in the JPMorgan Chase -led blockchain initiative, the Financial Times reported Sunday (Sept. Our competitors are not just the other banks, it’s also new players in the market, we need to become efficient enough to provide seamless real-time and digital process,” he said.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Bank of America (BoA) may have hired a treasury product manager to work with Ripple. This role leads the product management team for the Ripple Project, a decentralized ledger technology-based solution to cross-border payments marketed to [global transaction services (GTS)] clients,” the job listing read. “The

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Reports in CNBC said Davidson described the existing legislative framework in the cryptocurrency market as “sloppy,” and invited industry stakeholders to participate in the roundtable in an effort to “preempt a heavy-handed regulatory approach that could stall innovation and kill the U.S. ICO market.”

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week, the American Banking Association (ABA) held its annual Bank Marketing Conference in Denver, receiving rave reviews. The theme was – developing your marketing superpowers. Amid the brewery networking, superhero costumes, and fun, some fantastic bank marketing lessons were had, and not just for bank marketers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

For farmers in both developed and developing markets, this financial friction can threaten the survival of their businesses. Mitigating Risk With Blockchain. But for traditional institutions operating with decades-old infrastructure, understanding the security of blockchain can be difficult. Looping In The Banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. A statement from the bank said the pilot involved a settlement on a private blockchain, which U.K. startup SETL provided, of around 2 million euros (about $2.4

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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. The company offers credit management software that helps companies with the debt collection process. It is a very good test market,” Drappa said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain. With its solution designed to address friction in supplier commercial card acceptance, Nium ‘s InstaReM brand announced the expansion of BizPay into a new market: Australia. InstaReM Expands BizPay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Blockchain is gaining traction in supply chain management, as evidenced by a series of announcements over the past several days. In other IBM news, the tech giant and Chainyard have teamed to develop a blockchain platform that streamlines supply chain management.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And so last year Cargill rolled out a first-of-its kind plan to put turkeys on the blockchain. Cargill’s birds came equipped with a tracking code powered by blockchain technology. Blockchain has in recent months become an increasingly magnetic force, particularly for those who work in the food supply chain.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon unveiled a $108-million plan to make the capital into a blockchain-enabled smart city, Coindesk reported. He said that multiple public services such as elections and labor welfare will use the blockchain technology. The research is described as “a project that uses blockchain technology to improve U.K.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Raiffeisen , the third-largest Swiss banking group, has joined up with software provider CoCoNet to launch a payment and cash management service for companies, a statement says. Blockchain infrastructure can help link data to specific invoices, too, setting up possibilities for automation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

As reported by CoinTelegraph , Switzerland ’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) this week unveiled guidance on the regulatory requirements that govern payments done over blockchain. Separately, FINMA has approved banking licenses for the blockchain service firms Sygnum AG and SEBA Crypto AG. billion) daily.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

It’s one factor in why so few challenger banks have launched in the country compared to markets like the U.K., However, there are efforts to lower the barriers to entry for market newcomers. where challenger banking has flourished in recent years. In a conversation with PYMNTS, Long discussed how the U.S.’ “The U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

China’s Cosco Shipping will test out Ant Blockchain from Alibaba’s Ant Financial in an effort to simplify its business, Coindesk reported Wednesday (July 8). The firms noted that blockchain could be used to send out documentation that can be authenticated and can’t be modified like import licenses and container records.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In a renewed show of support for blockchain technology , American Express General Manager of Corporate Payments Carlos Carriedo has suggested that its pilot tests with partner Ripple to enable real-time cross-border corporate payments have been a success. Reports in Invest In Blockchain on Tuesday (Dec. in real time.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Shipping and logistics conglomerate UPS has partnered with eCommerce technology company Inxeption to allow businesses to market and distribute products on multiple online channels from one secure place. We’re solving two major problems: speed to market and efficient warehousing.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Accenture has a blockchain solution that just went live, according to a press release. With increased supplier demand, Accenture buyer teams need to move quickly and effectively,” said Shane Marshall, the company’s managing director of Global IT and Blockchain.

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