PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Whether you believe the hype or not, blockchain technology is attracting massive investments, exploration and competition across the globe. PYMNTS examines the data surrounding the latest developments of blockchain, already off to a speedy start in 2017. 659 billion worth of goods and services trade between the U.S.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

And it could be one of the killer apps for blockchain. “We We will be tracing everything around food production, and what we do in terms of managing animals because this (coronavirus) came from animals,” said NZX Head of Analytics Julia Jones. That will be possible due to two features of blockchain. One is smart contracts.

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APRIL 3, 2018

JPMorgan Chase will be continuing its exploration of blockchain technology with new head Christine Moy, the bank said. Moy is a senior product manager in the bank’s Blockchain Center of Excellence, and will assume the leadership role after Amber Baldet announced her departure yesterday, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

There are two terms seen a lot in juxtaposition to supply chain lately: coronavirus and blockchain. Some new use cases and a new report put blockchain and the supply chain in perspective. That “single version of the truth” (similar to a bank balance) is the blockchain version of trust. based tech site.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While distributed ledger technology including blockchains did not exist when Ray Kroc was meeting with his farmers/suppliers, they do exist now and allow all members of a supply chain to see current inventory and materials in transit. You need the cement in a timely fashion because every minute is money.

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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

MARCH 31, 2020

million in seed funding, but distributed ledgers only have a small function in the company that will reportedly launch in April even though its team has blockchain expertise, Coindesk reported. The personnel at Manetu, however, are not short on their blockchain knowledge. Manetu, a data privacy startup, reportedly just notched $3.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Federal Bank in India has partnered with blockchain payments company Ripple to facilitate cross-border payments, according to reports. This is to inform Federal Bank has entered into a partnership with Ripple Inc, a blockchain supported global remittance company, for cross border remittance through its network, ” the announcement said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Ripple, the blockchain company that owns XRP, the digital currency, has joined forces with NEM, Fetch.AI, and EMURGO/Cardano to create a new association that represents the interest of blockchain and cryptocurrency business in Europe. Speakers at the event focused on the benefits of blockchain technology for companies and lawmakers.

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MAY 27, 2022

However, in this blog, we will discuss the regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency from an asset manager or fund manager perspective. New York’s BitLicense requirement therefore applies to investment managers who issue digital coins or otherwise act as an exchange platform regardless of where the buyers are located.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revealed that it might look into using blockchain technology to streamline disaster insurance payouts, as well as speed up its response to disasters. Earlier this year, the British Virgin Islands partnered with blockchain firm LIFElabs.io

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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

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

AUGUST 6, 2020

The IT firm Coke One North America Services (CONA), owned by the major Coca-Cola bottling companies, will try out the Baseline Protocol, a public Ethereum blockchain technology targeted at large enterprises. The trade publication Ledger Insights said that blockchain startups Unibright and Provide are involved in the project.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

Blockchain company XinFin is rolling out an integration between its invoice factoring application InFactor and QuickBooks. Earlier this year, XinFin announced it is joining the R3 Corda marketplace, which will host several XinFin enterprise blockchain apps, including its invoice financing solution. ” .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Microsoft is reportedly partnering with Nasdaq on blockchain, in which its Azure blockchain services will integrate with Nasdaq’s Financial Framework. The partnership is aimed at creating a blockchain system to help technologies work together for Nasdaq customers.

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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

MARCH 1, 2018

Banking and financial services firm HSBC says its blockchain-based trade finance solution is ready to launch — in pilot phase, at least. The technology has come a long way. In addition, Kroeker highlighted HSBC’s focus on documentary credit as a key area that can be improved using technologies like blockchain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Blockchain seemed to be stuck in pilot phase in 2017, but in 2018, the financial services industry finally saw a stronger flow of real-world, working blockchain applications — many of which targeted pain points in B2B payments, including the time and lack of transparency in cross-border transactions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Enterprise blockchain platform XinFin is joining the R3 consortium, with the R3 Corda marketplace hosting several XinFin apps for business users, the companies said in a press release Friday (Feb. Financial institutions that use the R3 Corda blockchain platform can gain access to and integrate these apps.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Emerging technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger-based APIs could be at the center of making that collaboration easier. In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Behlendorf explained why he believes technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger can make B2B payments run more smoothly for businesses of all kinds.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In the blockchain space, the announcements come fast and furious. The movement to bring all sorts of data and processes to the decentralized ledger model and to blockchain platforms is an inexorable one. The company has said that its blockchain platform has more than 400 clients, using Hyperledger Composer and Hyperledger Fabric.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

In Asia, blockchain continues to get a boost from government and regulatory efforts, especially in the realm of trade finance done across borders. Separately, the South Korean government has been eyeing tax breaks for blockchain in a move that looks to bring innovation to the region. IoT Gains Traction With Blockchain.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

“The most advanced technology is [electronic data interchange (EDI)].” The technology first emerged in the 1970s. ” The reliance of B2B eCommerce on EDI technology demonstrates the importance of digital data in the sector. . Betting On Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

The financial institution (FI) revealed last week that it is working with Volante Technologies to accelerate its ISO 20022 adoption, leaving Citi to become Volante’s first banking customer to take a unified approach to its global migration to the messaging standard. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank.

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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

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Tencent’s WeBank , which is a digital bank in China that provides loans to individuals and small businesses, will be the technical infrastructure provider for China’s national blockchain network, according to a report by Coindesk. Following that, it expanded into blockchain services.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

IrisGuard, an iris-recognition solutions company, and Patientory, a cybersecurity healthcare data solution firm, are collaborating to combine iris biometric technology with the healthcare focused PTOYNet blockchain network, to add another layer of security and authorization on the blockchain, and help with patient identity procedures.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2019

The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank are partnering up to launch a private blockchain and “quasi-cryptocurrency.”. Instead, the coin will be used to study the technologies used for crypto assets, and how they can be utilized in the real world. “The

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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.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

State Farm announced that it is testing out blockchain technology to streamline the subrogation process for auto claims. State Farm explained it is working with a partner in the insurance industry to test the blockchain solution against existing processes. “You The test will run through the first half of 2019.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

To that end, Invest In Blockchain reported that Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, said that the central bank should gear up for a “fourth industrial revolution” that includes at least some impact to payments, chiefly through blockchain and decentralized systems. Also in the U.K.,

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