Perficient

MAY 27, 2022

There is good reason for this shift in view; according to Marc Bernegger, co-founder of crypto fund AltAlpha Digital, “after last year’s explosion of crypto hedge funds around the globe, there are now over 400 active funds, excluding those focused on venture capital.” State Regulations.

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Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox? Using regtech in banking With new federal regulatory and compliance challenges like the CFPB rule on the horizon, more and more community financial institutions are exploring regtech in banking and finance. What is regtech?

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Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Would you like other articles on fraud and AML/CFT compliance in your inbox? Using regtech in banking With new federal regulatory and compliance challenges like the CFPB rule on the horizon, more and more community financial institutions are exploring regtech for banks to enhance their processes. What is regtech?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Spending on blockchain technologies will ramp up to $9.2 Its latest Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide also calculated a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of blockchain spend of 81.2 2018 will be a crucial stage for enterprises as they make a huge leap from proof-of-concept projects to full blockchain deployments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2016

Investors may be flocking to blockchain technology startups that are seeking out new ways to use the tool, but one startup just secured investment for making sure that the businesses using blockchain are doing so within the confines of the law. and secured $2 million in funding in 2014. The company is based in the U.K.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Primary markets represent the first stage of the capital markets cycle, where securities are created and issued for the first time, such as during an IPO, when issuing equity, or when raising money through bonds. But issuing securities can be a daunting process. More platforms to trade DLT-based securities are emerging.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

Payments and commerce so often boil down to giving consumers what they want, and the same is looking to be true for blockchain , the popular distributed ledger technology underlying cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Industry giants are starting to think about jumping on the blockchain bandwagon.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

BELLIN Secures SWIFT gpi Label. Treasury management technology provider BELLIN has revealed it is the first treasury management solution provider to secure the Compatible Application SWIFT gpi for Corporates label. SatoshiPay Debuts Blockchain Payments Platform. blockchain is picking up steam as a payments rail, too.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

A press release issued Friday (March 23) said Candex secured the funding from Edenred Capital Partners, Partech Ventures, Advisors.fund, Camp One Ventures, NFX, Tekton Ventures, Big Sur Ventures and angel investor Mark Goines. Candex facilitates vendor payments for its corporate users that take advantage of gig economy services. “It

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty. Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Plus, Pioneer Bank sues over MyPayrollHR scandal, Procurement Partners secures new funding, and ImagineTime partners on FinTech for accountants. Serent Capital Invests In Procurement Partners. MonetaGo, GUUD Team On Secure Transactions. Revolut Launches Acquiring Solution For Business Customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

IBM is way past looking for blockchain use cases — it has between 300 and 500 blockchain projects going at the moment, according to CEO Ginni Rometty. In an interview with Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan (Moynihan interviewed Rometty) Rometty revealed some of the areas where she sees blockchain Read More.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

For the second time this week, a blockchain startup has secured funding from venture capitalists. Reports said RSK Labs is now working on a smart contract platform to act as a portal through which developers can create their own blockchain solutions compatible with Ethereum.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

The whispers have grown to loud chatter when it comes to blockchain technology and the impact it might have on the financial services sector. The latest research from PwC found that banks are no longer taking blockchain technology as an easily ignored fad. For FIs, it’s better to be friend instead of foe with the disruptor.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The latest to secure venture capital is WAYV , a procurement platform designed for the legal cannabis industry. WAYV’s marketplace streamlines fulfillment, integrates compliance with payment terms and provides real-time product tracking. “The WAYV marketplace provides this critical bridge.”

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In March of 2016, I testified on the revolutionary nature of blockchains before the U.S. Since that time, blockchains have continued garnering interest across multiple industries from banking to health care, and have been explored for quite a few additional use cases. And let’s not forget blockchain’s nature as a disruptive technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. The morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence. From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The challenge was part Read More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Procurement Partners , a procure-to-pay technology provider designed for the healthcare industry, did not disclose how much it raised from Serent Capital when it announced the growth investment. The company supports the full purchasing cycle with invoice integration and compliance auditing capabilities. Procurement Partners.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

Venture capital is for the firms and the individuals with the wherewithal to commit hundreds of millions of dollars. Conversely, there is always risk in those same investments, in terms of loss of capital. To that end, Andra Capital said late last month that it would launch a fund geared toward technology investments.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

While the prices of cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets have fallen from their 2017 peaks, equity investment into blockchain startups is on pace to hit all-time highs in 2018. THE FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECH. See how venture firms, corporates, regulators, and builders are shaping the future of blockchain technology. in February.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Our goal is to help our export clients expedite their receivables and export proceeds, and as a result, improve their working capital cycles.”. Its solution automates trade document management and processing to promote compliance and mitigate any discrepancies across buyers, suppliers and other partners in global supply chains.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Barnum’s classic quote about a sucker being born every minute has reigned with the likes of Softbank, Tiger Management, Sequoia Capital, Kevin “Mr. The blockchain is here to stay – learn it, know it, live it. Boards and executives have a fiduciary responsibility to delve into blockchain from a strategy perspective.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

These startups, diverse in focus, comprised a wide range of the fintech ecosystem, including payments, security and blockchain. Eleven startups participated in the Demovation challenge at the Bank Innovation Ignite conference in Seattle earlier this month.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 17, 2016

This year’s Sibos theme was “Transforming the Landscape”, organized around four themes: Banking, Compliance, Culture, and Securities. The FX settlement service, CLS, is building a payments netting service that will enable cash trades on IBM’s Fabric blockchain.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

Enterprise blockchain startup Axoni secured $32 million in Series B funding this week, the company announced in a press release. The company works with banks and other financial services players to integrate blockchain tools. Capital On Tap. Capital On Tap links small business borrowers to financing. AuditBoard.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. Innovation is expensive. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. Innovation is expensive. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Carney’s comments were part of a larger speech that discussed a major review of Britain’s future financial system, with the aim of cutting costs for customers and making it easier for smaller businesses to borrow money, as well as reducing compliance costs for banks. As for Libra , Carney said it needs to be watched closely and carefully.

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For one regional bank working with IBM, this means a focus on credibility that capitalizes on the bank’s credit risk and specialty lending services. Addressing Compliance: Artificial intelligence in banking must also address emerging compliance issues, such as those posed by HIPAA, GDPR and new California data privacy laws.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Top VC Investor: Ribbit Capital is the top investor in Fintech 250 companies, having backed companies on the list including new 2018 unicorns, Nubank, Revolut, and PolicyBazaar as well as returning Fintech 250 companies Robinhood , Wealthfront , Gusto , Coinbase , Cross River Bank , and Upgrade. Regulatory & Compliance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

A community-wide effort to improve compliance standards would prevent liabilities that might stem from trading with bad actors or dealers that trade with bad actors,’’ Darius Sit, a Singapore-based managing partner at crypto trading firm QCP Capital, said, according to Bloomberg. “A

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

BNY Mellon is on the hunt for fintech partnerships related to popular technologies like blockchain, data analytics, and AI, but also those related to more obscure technologies like natural language generation, Lucien Foster, head of digital partnerships at BNY, told Bank Innovation. “We We have an AI team, a blockchain […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

A need for larger working capital and a slower supply chain for both exporters and importers. If you have got the money and it’s being transferred, then we want to shorten the wait time for the accounts receivable side and reduce the amount of working capital that businesses have because they are waiting on payments from other companies.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The allure of blockchain was its potential to be a catch-all solution, but as innovators take a more practical approach to introducing the technology to the real world, its true opportunity may lie in addressing highly specialized, unique points of friction. trillion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Blockchain proponents say the disruptive technology is worth the onboarding process. It’s an error-prone process, the report added, with banks still handling the cost of compliance, payment processing and FX. First, it means banks no longer have to keep a chunk of capital tied up in overseas accounts that require minimum balances.

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