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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

News came recently, when it comes to patents tied to the blockchain landscape, that Thomson Reuters found China, and Alibaba , to have had an outsized showing. Last year, 56 percent of all blockchain patents issued trace their genesis from China. Alibaba Bets On The Blockchain. Yet, blockchain remains an area of interest.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Coca-Cola’s supply chain operations are run by an IT firm called Coke One North America (CONA), and the company recently had such a successful run with blockchain software provider SAP that it’s going to expand the program from two to 70 manufacturers, according to reports. . The funding round was led by Polychain Capital.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

As more businesses join collaborative groups and invest in internal research and development (R&D) to explore using blockchain for new services, some firms have begun to use the technology themselves. Currently,” Citi explained in its announcement, “banks have to set aside capital as they wait for collateral to be settled.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

17) as a result of the company’s investment in blockchain, CNBC reports. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has spent three years developing a blockchain-focused effort called Medici Ventures. Overstock isn’t the only company to embrace ventures involving blockchain. Shares of Overstock.com rose 11.6 percent on Tuesday (Oct.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Tencent has announced that it will launch a blockchain-based virtual bank. The company’s blockchain chief Yige Cai revealed last week that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has approved a new license, and that the company is setting up a team to support the platform.

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JULY 5, 2018

It seems that blockchain may never leave the lab and enter the real world. And, indeed, this week’s Blockchain Tracker continues its coverage of ongoing tests and trails of blockchain solutions. Take a look at the ongoing tests — and the projects that made it out of the lab — in the breakdown below. Testing Continues.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Blockchain beyond bitcoin. One estimate that debuted this week via Business Intelligence and Strategy Research (aka BIS Research) states that the global automotive blockchain market will reach $1.6 In patent news, Capital One has filed an application with the U.S. Blockchain an Apple of Apple Founder’s Eye?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

With the new upgrade, HashCash customers will now have access to real-time document sharing, automation and reconciliation, available instantly through B2B payments, the release stated. My team is working effectively to manage capital through live tracking of the account balance.".

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MARCH 23, 2018

Funders had a range of startup targets in mind, but blockchain and small business banking were the big winners this time, though four funding rounds for blockchain companies couldn’t compete with the single largest funding round of the week, which landed at alternative banking startup N26. Blockchain. Reports in City A.M.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

startup in the blockchain field called Axoni , Cryptovest reported. Flanigan said in a press release , “distributed ledger technology will clearly be important in modernizing the shared infrastructure of capital markets. HSBC , the U.K. bank, is backing a U.S. It also plans to enhance its technology for data synchronization.)

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Among the copious potential use cases for blockchain, trade finance has gained the confidence of many industry analysts. In a statement, Barclays said using blockchain technology for trade financing could heighten efficiencies and lower costs by removing paper-based letters of credit between trading partners.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

The SEC’s initial complaint in October alleges that Telegram and its wholly-owned subsidiary TON began raising capital in January 2018 to finance the companies’ business, including the development of its own blockchain, the “Telegram Open Network” or “TON Blockchain,” as well as the mobile messaging application Telegram Messenger. .

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JANUARY 26, 2021

HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank. Although blockchain technology company HashCash Consultants did not name the FI, the company revealed it is collaborating with a bank in the U.S. to bring its blockchain-powered corporate trade financing technology into the entity.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

Distributed ledger technology, often referred to as blockchain, threatens to disrupt the sector with its potential to improve visibility, lessen friction, automate reconciliation, and shorten cycle times. DLT could finally provide the momentum needed to fully digitize trade documents and move toward an end-to-end digital process.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

That could mean digitizing documents, integrating data across business partners, or accelerating the movement of funds across borders. Together, the companies are targeting the particular trade finance pain point of paper documentation. The Asian Development Bank’ s striking statistic — a $1.5 3) a partnership with Traydstream.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

After his departure from SoFi, Cagney moved quickly on to his next venture: Figure Technologies Inc , a new online lending venture built around using the blockchain to offer cheaper, faster and more efficient digital loans products. The firm has raised $50 million from investors, including venture capital firms Ribbit Capital and DCM.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Unsurprisingly, B2B eCommerce has emerged as a target for blockchain innovators, not least of all because blockchain technology may be able to help address the data problem of business-to-business trade. One startup in this space is Crowdz , which recently announced its intention to roll out a blockchain-based B2B eCommerce platform.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The possible use cases for blockchain are seemingly endless, but when behemoths like Microsoft and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) offer their take on how to harness its potential, the industry tends to pay attention. This week, the two announced a partnership to develop blockchain-based solutions for a targeted space: trade finance.

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APRIL 13, 2020

According to CEO Johannes Brouwer, the regulatory approval process took nearly a year as regulators sought to understand the invoice financing platform’s use of blockchain to ensure borrowers would be protected. Blockchain and smart contracts aren’t the silver bullet to combatting invoice financing friction, however.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even some of the largest proponents of blockchain agree that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is still in its early days, and its impact on the financial services market probably won’t be fully understood for some time. About 90 percent of blockchain projects that start on GitHub, researchers found, become idle and inactive within a year.

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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. Last week, another industry startup, Paymerang, announced $26 million in funding from Aldrich Capital Partners.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The biggest hurdle in the area of supply chain compliance is the volume of paperwork and documents that must exchange hands to prove that a company and its entire supply chain is compliant with these U.S. “We use technology as the basis for gathering, and for maintenance of, the documents. ” The Limitations Of Tech. .

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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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MAY 17, 2018

Seven banks in India have struck an agreement to collaborate with digital banking service provider Infosys Finacle on a blockchain-powered trade network, the company announced Wednesday (May 16). Infosys Finacle first announced its blockchain trade finance solution for banks last year after 11 banks participated in trials.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

million) seed funding round for the blockchain company. TradeWindow seeks to commercially rollout its trade finance platform, which is based on the blockchain, with its new capital. With a repeat investment in TradeWindow, Commonwealth Bank of Australia-owned ASB Bank participated in a NZ$2.67 million ($1.76

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto believes that up to 5 billion people worldwide suffer from lack of title to their property that results in over $20 trillion of capital that is outside of the traditional financial services ecosystem. This is not a problem unique to India as anyone completing the purchase of a home can attest to.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Developed by a London startup of the same name, AZTEC offers encryption of blockchain data at a lower cost, and with a more efficient process, than previous versions. It’s being tested by the most important bank in blockchain today. JPMorgan Chase is testing out a zero-knowledge privacy solution called AZTEC.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Plus, iBanFirst launches B2B payment traceability tool, Georges rebrands with new funding, and HashCash partners with a bank on blockchain payments. HashCash Consultants To Aid Unnamed US Bank With Blockchain Platform. HashCash Consultants , which works in blockchain, is working with an unnamed U.S.-based 21) announcement.

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MAY 3, 2019

Business confidence remains relatively high, but the latest analysis from CB Insights found that venture capital (VC) investment took a turn for the worse in Q1. Reports earlier this week in the Financial Times revealed that global venture capital funding dropped 13 percent to $6.3 Webware.io. Canada’s Webware.io

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MARCH 21, 2018

Live briefing: BLOCKCHAIN TRENDS IN 2018. Join us for a deep dive into blockchain in 2018. Enter blockchain technology, a cryptographically secured form of shared record-keeping. While the blockchain has been subject to extreme hype, its true killer applications are likely to be in some of the most antiquated fields out there.

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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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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

But trade finance is the target for massive disruption thanks to technologies like blockchain and robotics, Sehgal told PYMNTS, and banks are finally perking up to the need for progress. Take, for instance, the transfer of trade documents. Still, it’s not enough. It’s not enough, in my mind, but it’s more much active.”.

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MARCH 31, 2017

The portal will digitize the supply chain process, which, the companies said, is traditionally laden with paper from invoices and other documents. “We The platform will launch in July of this year, the executive added, with further plans by HSBC to expand its working capital offerings via the platform in 2018.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Funding targets this time around included blockchain, logistics, alternative finance, artificial intelligence and T&E — with a few startups taking a stab at some of the biggest problems in the cannabis industry, procurement and microfinance. Blockchain. Blockchain Capital. Blockchain Capital. TravelPerk.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Yet at the same time, according to a survey by The International Securities Association, 55% of companies polled are monitoring, researching, or developing solutions on top of blockchain. What is blockchain technology? Become an expert on blockchain in this briefing. The short answer is “a lot.”.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

KyckGlobal is rolling out its blockchain-powered human resources and funds disbursement portal designed to make it easier for companies to pay their freelance workers. In addition to announcing its launch, KyckGlobal said it has secured $8 million from angel investors and venture capital firm TechOperators.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Blockchain. As of this writing in mid-November 2017, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies hovers around $220B (with a single bitcoin trading for upwards of $8,000). Huge corporations — like Walmart and Pfizer — have completed successful blockchain pilots. Research Briefing: Blockchain in Review.

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