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Will AI Lead to Open Banking in North America?

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EXCLUSIVE— As open banking sweeps through Europe with the launch of PSD2, GDPR, and other regulations focused on transparency, North American financial institutions might want to consider looking to blockchain or artificial intelligence for their own compliance challenges.

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Cryptos, Blockchain Listed Among SEC Priorities In 2020

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8), the Securities and Exchange Commission ’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance and Examinations (OCIE) offered up a list of its priorities for the year that has just dawned. In addition, there will be examination of transfer agents (which help to settle transactions) that are developing blockchain technology.

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Blockchain Tracker: Governments Trust In Blockchain

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In a recent study of 200 government leaders from 16 countries, IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV) looked specifically at blockchain technology as a possible solution for securely sharing sensitive data. On blockchains, data can be shared widely, seamlessly and, when needed, anonymously.

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Circle Rolls Out USD Digital Coin

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dollars and use them on public blockchain on the internet. “Just as HTTPS, SMTP and SIP enabled free borderless information sharing and communications, crypto assets and blockchain technology will enable us to exchange value and transact with one another in a similar way: instantly, globally, securely and at low cost.”

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SIFMA Fintech Conference 2018

Insights on Business

Some important financial technologies are changing the way the world is doing business and that change is now reaching the securities industry. Another technology in discussion will be the ever prevailing blockchain technologies. IBM keynote. This session will take place Thursday, June 21 from 9:15 to 9:35am.

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Japan’s Mizuho Launching FinTech Venture

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According to a report in Reuters , Daisuke Yamada, Mizuho’s chief digital innovation officer, said in an interview the company already has around 20 projects in the pipeline to launch the venture with some using blockchain technology and others focused on artificial intelligence in areas including farming and travel.

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Ripple Closes $55 Million Venture Capital Round

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Ripple is the only provider of enterprise blockchain solutions and counts 15 of the top 50 global banks as customers. Leveraging Ripple’s deep expertise in technology, financial services and compliance, we can codevelop more use cases to better serve our clients and their ecosystems’ needs in an evolving marketplace.”.

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