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The Impact of Technology on Banking: Revolution or Evolution?

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All that is changing due to emerging technologies. The banking industry is facing many unprecedented challenges due to the rise of financial technology companies. Industry-leading operators, as well as ambitious startups in the banking scene, […].

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EU To Crack Down On Stablecoin Projects

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The European Union (EU) is preparing to update its cryptocurrency rules that could make it more difficult for stablecoin projects, such as Facebook Inc.’s Last fall, the Libra Association petitioned the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned cryptocurrency.

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. Building The (Retail) Use Cases.

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FinTech Startup Revolut Raises $80M In New Funding, Now Valued At $5.5B

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Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking. with an app and debit card, expanded into cryptocurrency trading with Paxos Trust Co., Revolut is an app-based consumer bank account that allows customers to send and receive money and use built-in budgeting tools.

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ACI Worldwide, Mastercard Join Together To Ramp Up Real-Time Payments

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He added that the new partnership “will provide great benefit not only to banks and central infrastructures” but to merchants, their customers and financial technology companies (FinTechs). In July , ACI added new services that will help to speed up real-time payments, a press release said.

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Fintech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley Meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

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You may not have heard of the term “Silicon Alley,” but I am sure you are aware of the game-changing financial technology that is emanating from it. Silicon Alley” was initially coined in the mid-1990s as a way to group media startups housed around the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan.

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How Treasurers Can Prepare For A Real-Time Payments Ecosystem

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One financial technology firm currently navigating the process of securing a bank charter is Avanti Financial Group , and as it approaches market launch, Founder and CEO Caitlin Long said the firm is focusing on another area of financial services that has struggled to manage complex regulatory challenges: digital assets. .”

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