Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Some words that should no longer surprise you, because this technology is only growing stronger: in blockchain news, there’s a new player on the block… chain. Doing it, moving on: Blockchain-for-data company Factom Inc. has just raised $4.2M in a Series A, in a round of eleven investors—plus or minus Read More.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 7, 2018

I recently wrote an article for Bloomberg’s Business Week, and thought it worth sharing with y’all here: What’s next for blockchain? Everyone got very excited a few years ago about blockchain technologies, the ledger system that was spawned by the arrival of bitcoin in 2009.

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 14, 2018

I haven’t written about blockchain for a while. I’m not bored of the promise of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Just bored of how much hype there has been and of so many companies claiming to have the latest blockchain breakthrough. … The post Do we need a blockchain?

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Payments Dive

MAY 30, 2017

With new technologies, it takes a while for regulation to catch up. Blockchain technology is no exception. While we are slowly beginning to see standards emerge, the reputation of blockchain is still marred by the criminal aspects of bitcoin.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Patent filings for blockchain technology have more than tripled since 2014; this spike includes patents filed by cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase, payment processors like Mastercard, and banks like Goldman Sachs and the Bank of America.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Blockchain is at a bit of a critical point, because it’s running up against the one universal enemy all new technologies have to face eventually: reality. In reality, how will banks use the blockchain? “To To do the real thing, it takes time, effort and expertise,” says Alex Wolff, head of Read More.

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Payments Dive

JUNE 11, 2019

Giants in retail, banking and the Web are rapidly adopting blockchain technologies. But, will these companies such as Google and Facebook truly dominate blockchain?

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2017

Its subsidiary, BNP Paribas Securities Services — a global custodian and securities services provider — received a third of that sum in order to explore emerging technologies, such as blockchain, AI, and […].

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2016

So much has happened with blockchain over the past couple of weeks—so very much—but let’s talk about the banks: Firstly, Bank of America is the latest to join the ranks of financial institutions experimenting with blockchain. Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently announced at Sibos that it was collaborating with Read More.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Is now the prime time for blockchain ? As COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains worldwide, Brian Behlendorf , executive director of Hyperledger , told Karen Webster that the pandemic has spurred a shift in thinking about new use cases for permissioned blockchains. The Emerging Use Cases.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 20, 2017

Major financial institutions such as JP Morgan are finishing up blockchain technology pilot tests and other businesses are starting to jump on board, as well. But is blockchain tech worth the hype?

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 13, 2017

SWIFT has dubbed its blockchain projects successful, according to a report published today regarding its proof-of-concept with the technology. The inter-bank network’s proof-of-concept, announced back in January 2017, was aimed at testing whether blockchain could be used for more efficient international transactions.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 8, 2017

— Blockchain – or the distributed ledger technology – is rushing out of test labs, and into real-life applications. Experts foresee that blockchain will take over money transfers, and will […]. SAN JOSE, Calif.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Hyperledger Project – the cross-industry effort for the advancement of blockchain technology – enlisted a new member, but it’s not your usual bank or tech firm this time. Daimler AG — the parent company of Mercedes Benz — joined the project yesterday as a “Premier” member to “collaborate with a Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

2016 was a big year for Blockchain. The hype around Blockchain was palpable, and we saw news from all around the world about various initiatives picking up steam. While this entry is not meant to provide a comprehensive state of *all* of the consortiums out there, I am attempting to capture the ones that seem […].

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2018

Blockchain‘s future in banking is bright, but right now, the industry is not prepared to take advantage of what the technology offers, according to a new McKinsey report on blockchain’s viability across various industries.

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Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

You and I probably think it’s just that once a year renewal … The post InsurTech’s big ticket items: machine learning on the blockchain appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. There are lots of interesting nuances in insurance.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 4, 2018

Conservative MP Eddie Hughes has just written a 36-page white paper extolling the benefits of blockchain for Britain, which was published yesterday Unlocking Blockchain: Embracing new technologies to drive efficiency and empower the citizen, by FREER.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 29, 2018

Blockchain technology has been talked about in banking for so long that readers here can be excused for being a bit jaded on the subject. The technology has been touted as solving just about every problem bankers face, but as Adam Ludwin, CEO of Chain, told us in San Francisco at Bank Innovation 2018 earlier.Read More.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2020

Japan-based credit card and payment firm JCB has announced a partnership with tech startup accelerator TECHFUND to explore the idea of a payment system with blockchain options, the company said on Friday (May 15). TECHFUND isn’t new to the blockchain sphere, having explored helping entrepreneurs with service token offerings in the past.

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Chris Skinner

JANUARY 7, 2018

In mid-December 2017, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a really interesting 32-page paper on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I just saw a report from the World Economic Forum, who estimate that over $1 trillion in new trade will be created through blockchain-based distributed ledger technologies (DLT) over the next decade. trillion will be generated by blockchain trade appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Bold claims.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 23, 2017

billion, is China’s largest private investment conglomerate, has confirmed that it has invested “tens of millions of yuan,” or multi-millions of US dollars, into a Shanghai-based startup responsible for a local blockchain technology platform. A representative of Fosun Group, which, at $13.1 In addition […].

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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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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 30, 2017

The Russian state-owned bank, Vnesheconombank will open a special research center focused on blockchain in September. The center will be based at the National University of Science and Technology in Moscow. The launch of the center came at the request of President Vladimir Putin, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Standard Chartered has announced the completion of the first cross-bank Letter of Credit (LC) transaction over blockchain, between Vietnam and Thailand, according to a report from FinanceFeeds. It was completed over the blockchain-based Contour network, which is an open industry platform and focused on digitizing trade finance.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 9, 2017

Blockchain investors are more interested in ICOs, or initial coin offerings, than traditional investment models, according to data from the Coindesk first quarter 2017 State of the Blockchain Report released this week. In the first quarter, money raised for blockchain projects via ICOs accounted for a third of the […].

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 26, 2018

I’ve been flying around a bit and was lucky enough to find myself onstage the other day, chairing the Ant Financial Technology Forum at Money20/20 Singapore.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

To explore the positive impacts of blockchain on small businesses, the U.S. The “Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses” hearing will be held on March 4 at 11:30 a.m. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business plans to hold a hearing next week.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. It’s just logical that given the extent of recent data breaches, that we’re going to see more of the same.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

And it could be one of the killer apps for blockchain. “We That will be possible due to two features of blockchain. Because it is essentially a digital ledger, every element of an agreement between a food supplier and vendor is captured on blockchain and cannot be amended without the express consent of both parties.

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Perficient

MARCH 17, 2023

Blockchain Is A Permanent Record In the last series of articles published by members of Perficient’s Digital Assets Team, we wrote about the improved visibility of blockchain-based supply chains assisting all supply chain transaction partners to share data through permission-based Blockchain solutions.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE–The potential use cases of blockchain technology in banking continue to captivate bankers, but topics like cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, may be losing a bit of their edge. This is according to a panel on the subject during Bank Innovation 2018, which wrapped up yesterday in San Francisco.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The underlying technology that powers digital currency remains more interesting to the Federal Reserve than the development of digital currency, according to comments made by John Williams, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

It’s a tall order, Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson told Karen Webster in a recent digital discussion, but the power of blockchain can be critical in addressing it. The consumer chooses to access their health record via a blockchain transaction, then chooses which businesses they wish to share information with, he said.

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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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Chris Skinner

MARCH 1, 2020

Big data, blockchain, bilateral. I’m tempted to write the ABC of technology buzzwords, but know there cannot be any that start with X or Z*. We have a lot of them. Artificial, autonomous, augmented. Crypto, currency, consensus. Distributed, decentralised, democratised.

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