PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The new phone also is full of cryptocurrency-related features allowing users to exchange, lend and borrow digital assets. The differentiator is that it includes a hardware wallet and can run a “full Bitcoin node,” which HTC says is a first for a smartphone. It also has a 5.7-inch Bitcoin.com will also sell HTC’s crypto-phones.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

That might be the headline news about bitcoin. At a recent $9,300, bitcoin may or may not be stabilizing. Some sense of bitcoin stability in pricing may be a bit of a landmark, to speak with tongue in cheek. For those who keep score, miners have produced 17 million bitcoins as of yesterday, April 26.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Bitcoin is no longer enjoying the limelight, non-bank giants like Amazon, Walmart and Google have shaken up the banking landscape and automation has become the norm in various aspects of banking with banks like using it in the backend of credit decision-making and lending. But which Bank Innovation stories caught […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2018

American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the Wild West of speculative trading that exists now. Favor has met with disfavor, and bitcoin now trades at $3,990 — a bit above nadirs around $3,400 and well off highs that neared $20,000.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez said, according to the report, “it is vital that Congress keep pace with the evolving needs of our country’s innovative small businesses.” Eight Roads led the round, with Telekom Innovation Pool, HKT, Telefónica Innovation Ventures and Singtel Innov8 also participating.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

He said that there had to be a balancing act — the tech should be allowed to move forward and innovate. Meanwhile, a Peter Thiel-backed venture fund , Valar Ventures, lent a hand in a $30 million second round of financing for crypto trading and lending platform BlockFi. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday (Feb.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 3, 2018

Square made a splash when it announced it would sell bitcoin in its Cash app, but failed to make much money doing so, it was revealed yesterday. But working with the cryptocurrency taught the payments company quite a bit about blockchain technology, and how it ends up employing that knowledge may be the true payoff […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Who knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, known for their early involvement in Facebook, were in love with bitcoin? You might, when you find out that they were the first to file for a bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And do you care? They do have a point there.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The year 2017 has been the year for bitcoin, but it has also been the time for digital lenders, who seem to be experiencing significant growth across personal, SME, and student-focused verticals. Despite the abysmal stock fall of LendingClub, arguably the pioneer in the online lending space, digital lenders in […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has launched a new Research and Innovation Division that will be responsible for licensing and supervising virtual currencies. None of the information on the database, which held 86 million lines of daily updating records of the lending platform, was encrypted.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

“The Hive Project helps small businesses automate invoicing and payments, delivering the benefits of blockchain innovation to commercial entities previously deprived of ready access to finances,” said Richard Titus, former SVP of Samsung Electronics Visual Display, CEO of Prompt.ly, and current advisor to the Hive Project.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Thus, the RBA is positing the creation and administration of a digital offering that would track the Australian dollar, as well as ostensibly sidestep the volatility that has marked the likes of bitcoin and its brethren. As a] unit of account, people don’t post their prices in bitcoin, even [at] bitcoin conferences.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest. The really interesting, though less juicy, story is what got Lending Club into trouble. Again, it hasn’t worked out.

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Bussman Advisory

APRIL 29, 2022

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

percent stake in Bankorus , a blockchain banking platform that allows individuals and institutions to securely buy, sell, store and lend digital assets. Blockchain technologies’ key innovations unlock vast potential for nearly all forms of digital interaction. Ripple is providing all of the $100 million in funding.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

1 – Mortgage Enterprise Solutions – this includes offering lending operating system (LOS) providers, marketing/lead gen/application/underwriting/fulfillment/closing platforms, servicing Read More. Kevin Simback and Josie Lee seeded the list of US companies using technology in the broad Digital Mortgage Market – MortgageTech.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

But, because these solutions — like Bitcoin — are largely untested, many traditional banks are wary of investing in companies that operate in the space. APIs invite innovative changes to banking. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2018

The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K. EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., to the rise of […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

How Innovators Are Moving Money . Rappi, he noted, was working on that robotics innovation long before the coronavirus appeared, but the market changed to enhance its relevance very quickly. That brings the total number of enablement partners to more than 20 globally. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

And, at the same time, if you overregulate, you sort of tamp down that creativity and you discourage the innovation.”. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) says that it has warned some financial companies that they should modify lending terms. As noted at the time, the U.S. in sandbox development.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Lending and borrowing money using bitcoin just got a lot easier. P2P bitcoin lending platform, Bitbond , has released its API for investors and developers. Recent headlines for Bitbond include the launch of its bitcoin purchasing power index in November, and the beginning of its bitcoin affiliate program in September.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is examining the Community Reinvestment Act, which in part means that rules governing short-term lending may be reversed, and would let community banks compete more directly against payday lenders. FinTech Innovation and Cooperation in the Cards? Last Monday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Thus, the RBA is positing the creation and administration of a digital offering that would track the Australian dollar, as well as ostensibly sidestep the volatility that has marked the likes of bitcoin and its brethren. As a] unit of account, people don’t post their prices in bitcoin, even [at] bitcoin conferences.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He further noted that if “I need capital to lend, then let’s have the same rules for everyone – for the internet giants, too.”. Elsewhere, in India, that country’s Reserve Bank has floated a raft of proposals seeking to boost the FinTech space, with a focus on innovation labs and data protection, among other initiatives.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Last year, with Bitcoin […]. On Tuesday and Wednesday, about 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, bankers, and regulators descended on the neo-classical Palais Brongniart, once home to the stock exchange.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Connecting more than 8,000 decision makers and thought leaders across the industry, Sibos 2017 in Toronto was once again the platform where the global financial community explored the disruptions and opportunities in payments driven by innovation, technology and new business models. Open APIs was the standout technology at the conference.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

EXCLUSIVE–Is Square quietly building the P2P app that will take Venmo’s crown?

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. SMEs want banks to offer bitcoin services , suggesting the cryptocurrency may not be such a failure after all. 65% of U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

The latest research puts a price tag on the finances of better procurement, banking, cash management and innovation among small and medium-sized businesses. While VCs are jumping to blockchain innovators, traditional financial institutions, Juniper Research said, are also flocking to the space. 139 billion could be saved by U.K.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Alternative lending, eProcurement and cross-border payments innovators all saw impressive activity (though several funding values remained private), and one single startup raised $165 million — more than the rest of the eight other funding rounds this week combined. Alternative Lending. eProcurement. Tradeshift. LendingFront.

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Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges raises questions about the future of digital asset innovation, a movement that some bankers view as a threat and others embrace as a boon to payments, P-to-P lending and other activities.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Last month, Canada’s Competition Bureau released its final study on tech-led innovation in FinTech, offering regulators some thoughts on competition in the payments sphere, along with suggestions on where the competitive landscape could be improved. PYMNTS asked which countries might be a model and a template for innovation for Canada.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Comeback Investment of the Year Award – Bitcoin (BTC). While a tech top-heavy S&P 500 is up 16% this year, Bitcoin is up a whopping 140% and people like Black Rock’s Larry Fink are now dubbing it a “lower volatility asset.” Word: Community banks don’t lend on $400 million office buildings in Manhattan and San Francisco.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

“Community banks are spending more money and resources on hiring compliance people than they are on lending to their community,” he said. Discussion topics on the Hill this year ranged from APIs and same-day ACH to bitcoin and banking marijuana sales. The WannaCry ransomware attack demanded that victims pay ransom in bitcoin.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Lots of talk about innovation and customer experience. One big innovation discussion was that as payments become increasingly ubiquitous, we will continue to see them disappear into the background of transactions, particularly in mobile. Roughly 10% of all the individual track sessions were devoted to blockchain/bitcoin.

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