PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Blockchain is taking root as the underlying infrastructure of digital currency issuance, and a broad swath of central banks are examining issuing digital fiat. The Federal Reserve said this year that its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In at least some nod to the technicalities, back in January, the central bank envisioned that the digital currency might be issued via blockchain platform. As has been widely reported, 80 percent of 66 central banks queried by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said they were working on CBDCs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Reports in Blockchain News this week said Panxora has introduced a treasury management service to help the company and project founders who turn to ICOs to secure the capital they have raised, and mitigate the risk of cryptocurrency volatility. ’ We think this is an important step forward in the maturation of the token industry.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

She pointed to 2019 research from the Boston Consulting Group, which predicted that global trading on open accounts will make up as much as 60 percent of trade finance revenues — up from the current 45 percent — by 2027. . “We’re talking about $1.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

With blizzard Stella faded like Blanche Dubois’ southern charm, Boston still had its winter chill. The movement toward financial inclusion, and toward a consumer experience that is seamless and intuitive and secure, is one that brings companies to share process and perhaps even prosperity. Connectivity and Collaboration.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Reports said the company is looking at blockchain technology to streamline invoice payment, purchase orders and other procurement necessities. company is looking to remove friction from the procurement process — yes, that means paper invoices, too — by connecting procurement executives with suppliers without manual processes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

It’s secure, it’s cheap, it’s faster than a speeding bullet. Is it one those amazing blockchain things? Back in 1870, it took days to get cash from Boston to San Francisco through a combination of railroads and horseback. The Next Big Fizzle: Blockchain Startups. Is it a stealth startup from Silicon Valley?

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains are becoming a key enabler of this digital transformation (in a similar way to how the emerging tech is disrupting other long-established industries like banking and insurance ). GET the 47-page blockchain TRENDS report. Why blockchain tech could benefit the real estate industry. Table of Contents. Challenges.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). It took us 18 months to launch the product in a legal and compliant and secure way. Don’t worry if you didn’t remember to get us a present – we didn’t want to make too big a deal out of it, so we didn’t remind you.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. . Fintech deals by size from 9 July to 15 July, 2016: Blockchain Intelligence Group. Blockchain search & analytics. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Alkami landed $3.7

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Secure messaging for financial services. HQ: Boston, Massecheusetts. Using the blockchain for managing records. Blockchain. Tags: Enterprise, IDology (investor), security, risk management, payments, Finovate alum. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Latest round: $135 million at $1 billion valuation. Total raised: $600 million.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 28, 2017

Over the past few weeks we have been previewing various content themes we will be discussing at our Insight and Innovation Day in Boston on April 4th. Biometrics: banks are stepping up their efforts to deploy biometric authentication in their bid to provide customers more convenience while ensuring security. See you in Boston!

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Blockchain forensics tools. Tags: SMB, security, authentication, bitcoin, contracts, legal, fraud, cryptocurrency, blockchain. Source: Crunchbase. Maxwell Health. Payroll & beneifts platform. Latest round: $22 million Series C. Total raised: $56.4 Source: Crunchbase. Source: Finovate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

The service is fully automated using the company’s proprietary blockchain platform, the company said, adding that the feature can help support businesses’ own supplier payments and cash flow management as a result of having quicker access to funds. According to the Fed, the rollout of FedNow remains on track for 2023 or 2024.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

It’s all done through the smartphone, with bank-level security. Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Customers can store all of their online profiles in one secure location to improve user experience. Adds in Social security. This is obviously a hot new area of security tech.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2016

Blockchain technology for securities. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: Enterprise, investing, cyrpto-currency, blockchain. HQ: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $7 million. Total raised: $7 million. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. FinanceFox. Mobile insurance brokerage.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

With more than $95 million in financing placed, startups across eProcurement, cybersecurity, logistics, alternative finance, blockchain and supply chain management secured support. Blockchain. BitPay deploys blockchain technology to facilitate cross-border B2B payments via bitcoin. PYMNTS breaks down the deals below.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

MEMX was founded by 9 financial services institutions including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab , and Citadel Securities with the goal of simplifying equity trading. Equity research — reports on companies, securities, and markets for investment banking clients — is an industry that has been in decline for the last decade.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Total Funding: $246M. Valuation: $1.9B.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JANUARY 19, 2017

Perry Kramer, vice president and practice lead at consultant Boston Retail Partners, contends that as many as four-fifths of (US, I presume) retailers are already “largely cashless”. If you do, the benefits are not limited to safety, security and a quicker trip home. Retailers don’t really want to be banks.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Having originally launched its dev platform in 2010, Mastercard this week announced an expansion of its platform that provides third-party developers single location access to more than 25 updated APIs in categories like payments, data, security, and financial inclusion. Samsung Pay celebrates its first anniversary in the U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Blockchain technology. Blockchain-based identity for the unbanked. Tags: Consumer, blockchain, financial inclusion, unbanked, underbanked, banking, security, identity. Source: Crunchbase , Finovate. Goji (formerly Consumers United). Consumer insurance portal. Source: FT Partners.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 17, 2015

Source: Boston Business Journal. Tags: Bitcoin, virtual currency, blockchain, mobile wallet. Source: Finovate. Merchant-issuer collaboration software. HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Latest round: $45 million. Total raised: $45 million. Source: FT Partners. RealtyMogul. Marketplace lender for real estate projects. Total raised: $45.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Payments are and will be embedded in each of these experiences, enabled by an intermediary that will authenticate the user or the user’s device and enable secure, private and interoperable commerce experiences. The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, by contrast, gets me far less excited, even though I use it a lot.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 23, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: Institutions, developers, storage, IT, security, compliance, HSBC (investor). Source: Finovate. Quantopian. Platform for building and testing trading algorithms. Latest round: $2 million. Total raised: $23.7 Source: FT Partners , Finovate. Small business debit and current account. Source: Crunchbase.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by the Australian Securities Exchange last year. So its secured lender, which [founder Scott] Jones didn’t name, recently emptied ChaCha’s bank accounts. Product: ChaCha. Product: Besomebody.

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