Chris Skinner

MAY 3, 2018

I’ve been watching the rollercoaster ride of cryptocurrencies very carefully for the last year, and it only struck me today that these are not currencies … yet.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. But in the decade since bitcoin’s debut, technologies have evolved in the payments ecosystem that are helping set the stage for cryptos to become more widely adopted. Square bought $50 million of bitcoin. The Difference A Decade Makes .

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Amazon Technologies, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Amazon, has acquired three domain names relating to cryptocurrency: “amazoncryptocurrency.com,” “amazoncryptocurrencies.com,” and “amazonethereum.com.” Exactly why Amazon decided to register all three of these domain names, no one really knows.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Cryptocurrency is one of the fastest-moving industries in the digital world, with a market that was valued at $1.03 Bitcoin is one of the most famous names in the cryptocurrency space, accounting for $6 billion in daily transactions among 153 million registered user addresses. Cryptocurrency-related crimes totaled $4.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address problems.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Even after shutting down dozens of bitcoin exchanges and banning bitcoin executives from leaving its borders, the“mouthpiece” for the People’s Bank of China, Financial News, published an article declaring that Beijing should “accelerate the process of launching a digital currency after it curbed the risks of [en]cryptocurrencies.”

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 5, 2018

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) strikes cryptocurrency again. This time India’s central bank issued a statement today banning all entities that fall under its regulation, from dealing with any cryptocurrencies. Today’s statement read: Technological innovations, including […].

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Abrigo

MARCH 8, 2024

Takeaway 1 Bank w ire transfer fraud is increasing due to technological advances today. Takeaway 3 Education and technology tools are our best defense against b ank wire transfer fraud in our institutions. While wire transfers offer speed and efficiency, they have always carried inherent risks.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Last week, Ballard Spahr launched an innovative online application to help cryptocurrency and blockchain industry participants keep pace with quickly evolving laws, regulations, policies, and government enforcement priorities in the space. The Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Legislative Tracker is an interactive.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

A New York State politician announced the creation of what he called the nation’s first cryptocurrency task force, to “study how to properly regulate, define and use” the currency, according to a Facebook post and reports. Cryptocurrency, however, is more than just an asset that stores value.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

JPMorgan Chase isn’t the only bank that has been working on a cryptocurrency. When Citi kicked off the development in 2015, it code-named the cryptocurrency Citicoin, but never formally announced the project. That’s not to say Citi is abandoning blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrency.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 6, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Cryptocurrency is an asset class that enables a new kind of software, Adam Ludwin, co-founder and CEO of blockchain technology platform Chain said at the Bank Innovation 2018 conference in San Francisco. That software, according to Ludwin, enables decentralization. Even, bitcoin,Read More.

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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.”. Since the coin has no monetary value, it’s not an actual cryptocurrency, according to The Financial Times.

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Accenture

DECEMBER 2, 2019

With technologies such as digital currencies and blockchain gaining momentum in the banking industry, more players are looking to adopt them to improve their services and build market share. The most recent example is Facebook’s announcement of the launch of a new cryptocurrency, Libra.

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Chris Skinner

JANUARY 30, 2018

I was recently recorded on Roger Edwards’ podcast talking about FinTech, cryptocurrency and corporate change. You can checkout his website here, and here’s the low-down of our chat: On the show this week, I … The post FinTech, cryptocurrency and corporate change appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2022

The most significant problem with bank innovation is that bankers see or hear about a sexy piece of technology at a conference or at another bank and then acquire it. The new piece of technology ends up solving a known problem but, in the process, creates more problems, and risks, than it solves.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 21, 2017

Cryptocurrency and blockchain offer many potential benefits to banking customers, such as faster and more secure cross-border payments. But how about bank employees? A software development company Softjourn demoed “SJ Coins” (or Softjourn Coins)– a rewards system for employees– at the FinDEVr conference today.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Business payment and accounting solutions provider Gilded said that digital currency data provider CoinMarketCap has implemented its cryptocurrency payment technology, according to an announcement. The technology from Gilded facilitates instant international payments with cryptocurrency and doesn’t charge transaction fees.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

There are currently more than 5,500 different cryptocurrencies in circulation, but the biggest name in the business — and often a metonym for the industry itself — is bitcoin. Ongoing monitoring of existing accounts is also necessary to ensure that cryptocurrency exchanges like BitGo are continuously compliant with AML regulations.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 31, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Associate Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Alessio Evangelista, spoke at the Chainalysis Links Conference in New York City on the topic of “The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security.” Responsible Innovation “.

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ATM Marketplace

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency can often be difficult to understand. A panel of self-service industry experts discussed the technology in detail and debunked several misconceptions.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – When it comes to cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), it seems that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have their work cut out for them to balance technological innovation with protecting investors.

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ATM Marketplace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Cryptocurrency is a growing revenue stream for businesses of all sizes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Toward that end, and more mainstream use cases, getting the rails in place to speed and streamline transactions, regardless of the cryptocurrency used, remains key. As spotlighted in this space , Ternio said it has joined Visa’s Fast Track as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Cryptocurrencies led by real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system Ripple’s XRP fell in trading Monday (Jan. While Ripple was soaring in trading in 2017, concerns have been mounting recently that it could be a bubble pressuring it and other cryptocurrencies. . 8) as investors bet its stock surge was a bubble. . percent, however.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Following in the footsteps of companies seeking to get in on the cryptocurrency craze, Eastman Kodak Co. The cryptocurrency, which the company is calling Kodakcoin, will be “a photocentric cryptocurrency to empower photographers and agencies to take greater control in image rights management.”. 9) — up $1.39 as of 12:56 P.M.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Cryptocurrency and blockchain are becoming boring -- not just because the media has covered them so much (ahem!) but because large well-funded companies are using the technology to make the world more efficient. That's what they are supposed to do, after all. It was never supposed to be the Wild West, though the days of […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Austria’s major telecommunications firm A1 is now accepting payments in cryptocurrency as part of a pilot project, the company said in a recent blog post. He noted that this emergence has crept into just about every major economic sector, and as more people buy cryptocurrency, cash becomes obsolete.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

India is reportedly considering a ban on cryptocurrencies. According to Cointelegraph , an unverified document published by tech lawyer Varun Sethi has been making the rounds on social media, showcasing a draft bill entitled “Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currencies.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Coinone, a South Korean-based platform for cryptocurrency exchange, has released a blockchain-powered remittance app called Cross, according to a report. and EMURGO/Cardano to create an association that represents the interests of cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses in Europe. Ripple recently joined up with NEM, Fetch.AI

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The allure of blockchain was its potential to be a catch-all solution, but as innovators take a more practical approach to introducing the technology to the real world, its true opportunity may lie in addressing highly specialized, unique points of friction. trillion by 2025. trillion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

He added that while cryptocurrency is important, the blockchain technology behind it is equally so. “Cryptocurrency for us has always been beyond the asset itself but more on the blockchain technology that underpins it,” he said, according to Bloomberg. Sweden and Thailand , according to recent PYMNTS reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. Cloud-based KYC activities were among the new technologies most used by U.S. Smaller companies were less likely to report investing in and using AML technologies.

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Over the past few years, the sharp rise of cryptocurrencies has attracted investors from all over the world who want to diversify their portfolios and earn high returns. However, the impact of higher interest rates in the past year has impacted the cryptocurrency market, leading to a significant sell-off. What is Digital Rupee? .

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Multinational tech mogul IBM is working with blockchain startup Stellar to establish a cross-border payment system, which will allow banks to use the technology. By using this technology, banks will be save both time as well as costs on the transfer process.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

city to use cryptocurrency to help bankroll its budget, but other cities may soon choose to follow if this new way of using crypto technology takes hold. 13 to accept a gift of 30% of the revenue generated from MiamiCoin cryptocurrency, valued […]. Miami this month became the first U.S.

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Banking Exchange

APRIL 21, 2021

Since its inception, cryptocurrency has had a dubious reputation Technology Retail Banking Financial Trends Tech Management Blockchain Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Feature Feature3.

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