PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hong Kong’s chief securities regulator is calling on the world regulators to get on the same page when it comes to Facebook’s Libra to avoid the “real risk of regulatory arbitrage.”. “If But, with Rezchain, it doesn’t have to be that way any longer,” John Guscic, managing director, Webjet, said in a press release.

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JULY 13, 2017

Bitcoin came onto the scene nearly a decade ago in 2009 and has slowly been making strides in the financial world ever since. What makes it unique is that it was developed and is managed by cryptocurrency, which has no central authority. Over the last few months, bitcoin’s value has increased significantly.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . ” TaxBit will use the funding to speed up customer growth, and make its products better. ”

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MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Representative Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) is hosting a “Legislating Certainty for Cryptocurrencies” roundtable, with financial firms, venture capitalists (VCs) and cryptocurrency companies all gathering to say their piece on the shaping of crypto regulation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

UK FinTech GoCardless Raises $95 Million Led By Bain. FinTech GoCardless has raised $95 million in a Series F funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Fiserv To Acquire FinTech Ondot Systems. The FinTech Fiserv has signed a deal to acquire Ondot Systems. Bitcoin Rally Here to Stay — Or Fleeting?

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MAY 22, 2020

The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) unveiled the debut of its Digital Monetary Institute, Cointelegraph reported.

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JULY 29, 2016

The regulators there would like to establish a central database by June 2019 whereby, “obliged entities need to collect, process and record personal data, and sometimes to share such data with public authorities (such as FIUs) or with private entities within the same group.”. Is The Bank of Japan Helping Bitcoin ?

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Revolut first added bitcoin, ether and litecoin in 2017. The startup reminded people that cryptocurrencies are not regulated in the U.K. The FinTech partnered with Metropolitan Commercial Bank for FDIC backing of deposits up to $250,000. “As It aims to improve speed, scalability and flexibility for dApps.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2019

Local FinTech firms such as PeerSafe will be supplying technical support. In other news, Vaishali Mehta, who worked as a senior compliance manager at Coinbase, has left the company to become the head of compliance for TrustToken , which produces the TrueUSD stablecoin. In addition, Latvia’s financial regulator imposed a 1.2

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) unveiled the debut of its Digital Monetary Institute, Cointelegraph reported.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

As a general rule, most startups aren’t too happy when the regulator comes around, and it is rarely indicative of good news. Uber had many wonderful years of asking for forgiveness instead of permission and managed to build a worldwide ridesharing empire on the strength of that conviction.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

CipherTrace Chief Executive Officer Dave Jevans told Reuters, “the regulators are still a couple of years behind because there are only a few countries that have really applied strong anti-money laundering [AML] laws.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

Three months in, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation still stymies some firms seeking to comply with new rules and regulations governing data protection and privacy. FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters. Against the challenges, many of these companies are indeed shifting resources to grapple with GDPR.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Revolut first added bitcoin, ether and litecoin in 2017. The startup reminded people that cryptocurrencies are not regulated in the U.K. The FinTech partnered with Metropolitan Commercial Bank for FDIC backing of deposits up to $250,000. “As It aims to improve speed, scalability and flexibility for dApps.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Adoption of cryptocurrency by large fund managers is being hurt by the difficulty cryptocurrency exchanges and traders located in Asia are having trying to get insurance to protect against hacks and theft. Regulators have yet to develop policies over how digital tokens trading should work and who can engage in it, reported Reuters.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Financial Services accounts for 10% of GDP and 5% of employment in Switzerland and the country is a global leader in Wealth Management. So, what happens here really matters and what is happening is earth-shattering (and we normally avoid hyperbolic language on Daily Fintech). I mean radical in the positive Read More.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

PayPal has announced that it is jumping into the wild world of cryptocurrency, making it possible for wallet holders to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin in their PayPal accounts. Investors Say FinTech Valuations Are High, But Not Overheated.

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JULY 21, 2020

Crypto enthusiasts proclaim that you can front the best-known players like bitcoin or the most obscure blockchain-backed currencies circulating the world and tap into the future of money. Even bitcoin is accepted by only a relative handful of digital retailers. Dhamodharan said that’s impossible to say from the outset.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Grab Financial Group, a Southeast Asian FinTech, said it notched $300 million in a funding round. South Korean asset management firm Hanwha Asset Management headed up the round. Plus, Britain’s most high-end eateries are adapting to takeout and delivery as the country enters another lockdown.

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JUNE 18, 2019

For bitcoin — and for cryptocurrency brethren — a stretch of calm before the storm? The marquee name would be bitcoin , of course, which as of this writing was changing hands at a bit more than $9,100. Libra is governed by a Managing Director, a Council and a Board. Then again, it might spell the death of bitcoin.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The blueprint for the proposed digital currency seems to offer Beijing extraordinary supervision over the flow of money, giving regulators economic control that most central banks do not have. “We I think you will see it very soon, in the next maybe two to three months,” Lee told CNBC at the FinTech Festival on Monday (Nov 11).

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JUNE 5, 2017

“Regulators of all countries agree that it’s essential to develop a national digital currency, that it is the future,” Skorobogatova said. ” Reuters noted that in the past Russian authorities have been weary of digital currency bitcoin, arguing it could be used for money laundering or to bankroll terrorism.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Nexon’s purchase will award it a 65% stake in the Korean exchange valuated at $150 million, as well as its managing rights. […]. EXCLUSIVE- NXC, the holding company of $10 billion Japanese gaming corporation Nexon, has acquired an $80 million (91.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Other recent API developments aim to offer professionals an efficient way to process payments and remain compliant with local regulations.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A Year in Financial Models, Fintech Valuations, Super Apps, Big Tech, Decentralized Finance, the Multiverse, Pandemic, Revolution, Crypto Art, and the Nature of the Universe Hi Fintech futurists — You should be out partying! Is Ant Financial the best Fintech in the world? Or rather, you should be inside, partying. Runner up?—?

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A Year in Financial Models, Fintech Valuations, Super Apps, Big Tech, Decentralized Finance, the Multiverse, Pandemic, Revolution, Crypto Art, and the Nature of the Universe Hi Fintech futurists — You should be out partying! Is Ant Financial the best Fintech in the world? Or rather, you should be inside, partying. Runner up?—?

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Lex Sokolin

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

has reinforced the value of Bitcoin. Perhaps this was also driven by the much discussed move from PayPal, the payment processor, to finally incorporate Bitcoin into its currency options. banks, card issuers, e-commerce sites, point of sale terminals, regulators, and so on. The election’s end?—?and Poland, Belgium, or Austria.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Treasury management professionals are finding value in the linkups between FinTech and traditional financial institutions (FIs), helping corporate customers of all sizes, and across any number of verticals, cut down on the paper chase. They’re discussed here, of course, bitcoin and cryptos among them. New ways to track data?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Governments may not be too keen on bitcoin, but blockchain is another story. A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Some themes endure year-after-year, as shown in the table below—real-time payments, cybersecurity, fintechs, blockchain and open APIs. Benefits include development of new data-rich products tailored to customer needs, and provision of mechanisms to better manage cost and risk. Banks and Fintechs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

But not to worry, folks: This is just an inconvenient speed bump on the way to a future where cryptocurrencies – bitcoin and Ethereum and the 998 offspring they beget – become the underpinning of our new global financial system. We imagine Parity users would prefer if they knew that for sure. PayPal’s India Push.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

Bitcoin grabs the headlines, but as investors rush to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, there are other market forces at play ready to make an impact in cross-border payments – today. As these burdens on SMBs mount, FinTech stepped in to try to tackle the problem. With initiatives like Open Banking in the U.K.

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JUNE 1, 2020

Standfield said that GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act have been well-intentioned, aiming to have consumers control their data, but he said such regulation can “also inhibit the ability to know your customer and even have a tokenized transaction. Cross-Border Friction — And Bitcoins And Blockchain. Looking At The Future.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

For other firms, such as FinTechs or telecommunications companies, “they must coordinate and provide access to multiple different interfaces or protocols.”. Even as open APIs boost services available to customers, Gascon told PYMNTS that “those APIs still need to be secured, monitored, controlled and managed.”. Bitcoin Ban or No?

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American Banker

JANUARY 10, 2020

A seasoned investor in startups offers his top predictions for the coming decade. Among them: Big tech firms will become big players in financial services.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

There’s a lot to say about the overlap of Fintech and blockchain, but let’s find the very edge of the frontier and focus right there. you get paid some market-clearing interest rate to loan out assets like Bitcoin, which someone is borrowing for a trading or hedging purpose. a wealth management service from Set Protocol.

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