PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

On the global stage, bitcoin fell below $7,000 to just above $6,800, and Ripple slipped to its lowest price since the end of 2017. Here in the United States, tax season looms, of course, which may put additional pressure on cryptos. Sandboxes are finding their way into the FinTech arena in the United States.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Governments may not be too keen on bitcoin, but blockchain is another story. The latest news from the country comes from its government: Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Sopnendu Mohanty, said the central bank is about two years out from being able to assess the impact of its current blockchain project, Ubin.

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PYMNTS

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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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 9, 2015

While there are dozens of bitcoin trading platforms available to people looking to buy and sell bitcoin, itBit easily differentiates itself from the masses. This is what sets the New York-based company apart from its numerous competitors– it is the only regulated bitcoin trading platform open to all U.S.

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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. all Fintech unicorns?—?that

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

The message is clear: Automated, digital FinTech solutions can help businesses and financial service providers save money. More than 30 startups in the blockchain and bitcoin space landed funding deals from venture capitalists, but more than a third went to just three companies: Circle, Blockstream and Digital Asset Holdings.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

It was still three months before I could get a proper Norwegian bank account because I was temporary tax member. Being unable to prove who you are is a big problem for anyone, anywhere on Earth looking to secure any kind of bank account, since global regulators all more or less agree that one has to know their customer. What’s Next.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

What happens when you give fintech nerds a healthy dose of wine and cocktails over the course of 4 hours? You get honest opinions about what is new and next in fintech. At the fintech cocktail club, we played a scientific game of Hot or Not (if you’re younger than 30, think of it as Fintech Tinder ). Open Banking.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., Second, Fintechs (e.g.,

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e., Second, Fintechs (e.g.,

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Tomorrow's Transactions

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Unlike our own Minister of Finance, he is actually an economist and he spent a decade as the Director General of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce so he understands the relationship between regulation and business very, very well. Under Pax Mongolia, China prospered. From ValueWeb: Chris Skinner: 9789814677172: Amazon.com: Books.

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Lex Sokolin

MAY 13, 2019

I wonder how many of them will buy Bitcoin! The barrier to entry into the private markets is not just existing regulation?—?which GPS is a magnificent human achievement, built by the US government and provided as a public good (for free, other than taxes) to the entire US personal and commercial sector.

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Lex Sokolin

MAY 13, 2019

I wonder how many of them will buy Bitcoin! The barrier to entry into the private markets is not just existing regulation?—?which GPS is a magnificent human achievement, built by the US government and provided as a public good (for free, other than taxes) to the entire US personal and commercial sector.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

They point to Fintechs and Crypto, the innovative parts of our economy, and accuse it of poor practices. They insist on inequitable, overly heavy-handed regulation and security expectations that stifle out young companies. And yet, only 2% of all Bitcoin transactions have anything to do with illicit activity? Looking for more?

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

They point to Fintechs and Crypto, the innovative parts of our economy, and accuse it of poor practices. They insist on inequitable, overly heavy-handed regulation and security expectations that stifle out young companies. And yet, only 2% of all Bitcoin transactions have anything to do with illicit activity? Looking for more?

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 7, 2016

I told the assembled throng ( from the STFC ) that I was there to lobby parliament to have THE BLOCKCHAIN accepted as a religion, like Scientology, and to have all associated tax breaks and other privileges. This is the “shared ledger as regtech not fintech meme” that I am rather fond of. Me: How are the transactions chained together?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

In payments and FinTech, it’s often the startup’s job to disrupt an industry with many legacy businesses, outdated technologies and processes. There is a ton of regulation.”. Beanworks wasn’t the only B2B payments and FinTech company this week to land fresh funding. We break down the rest of the investment rounds below.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It seems to be the case, then, that stablecoins may be regulated to the point where they are an adjunct to fiat – and to the modern monetary system that has been in place for decades – rather than a wholesale replacement. Recently, a BIS study concluded that embedded regulation might offer a solution for stablecoins.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 14, 2015

Since June 1 we’ve seen 189 fintech deals globally raising a total of $3.1 It was another stellar week for Finovate alums with 6 fundings totaling $123 million: money transfer service Payoneer ($50 mil), AI innovator Kensho ($33 million), tax specialist VATBox ($24 million), , cash-back specialist Mogl ($7.9 Bitcoin exchange.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

At the upcoming FinDEVr , 60 leading fintech companies will present their developer-friendly APIs, SDKs, and other solutions to an audience of financial builders and their technical colleagues. It’s the one place to gather tips and techniques from a wide cross section of fintech players in just two days, all at an affordable price.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

More than half of companies surveyed by SWIFT and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance last year said they plan to invest in RegTech in the coming years, and most agree that technology has enabled a greater ability to remain compliant with key regulations surrounding anti-money laundering , Know Your Customer and more. In the U.S., In the U.K.,

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Users May Withdraw Stored Bitcoin until July. BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Title: Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments. Product: BTCJam. Product: snapCard. “We

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