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And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…

PYMNTS

And, as America found out what actually happens when the wrong name gets read on stage, PwC found out what happens when Twitter decides to rename your firm — as our CEO (and former PwC employee) Karen Webster told those assembled at the Innovation Project’s annual awards dinner last night. And the winners are… Best POS Innovation.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets

PYMNTS

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. I recall three years ago at Innovation Project 2013 that a rather prescient panelist said that the payments system’s worst nightmare would be having the SWIFT network breached. Mr. Karpeles is cooling his heels awaiting trial on criminal charges related to the bitcoin’s disappearance.

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Who needs a financial centre?

Chris Skinner

In September 2016, the last survey, some things had changed: London New York Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo San Francisco Boston Chicago Zurich Washington DC No Frankfurt. I guess it’s because I was reflecting on digital currencies and the likes of bitcoin and ZCash. No China, although Hong Kong would be it.

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

PYMNTS

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. Over the last nine years, it has been PYMNTS’ privilege to speak with some of the most innovative minds in payments and commerce.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

PYMNTS

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Simultaneously the bank invested in Paladin Fraud, Trabian Technology, and Chartwell Compliance to provide compliance and risk management solutions in the complex and connected web of fintech partnerships. 82% to over 2.3%

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Beyond Bitcoin: Cryptocurrencies Flirt With Mainstream Commercial, Consumer Commerce

PYMNTS

Bit by bit — but more than bitcoin by bitcoin — cryptos are inching into the mainstream, for both consumer and commercial applications. Elsewhere, Square announce last month that it has invested $50 million — approximately 1 percent of its total second-quarter assets — to purchase roughly 4,709 bitcoins. “We

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