CB Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As blockchain tech gains commercial traction, a growing number of companies want to use it to reimagine the capital markets infrastructure that powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities. The “Other” category represents any blockchain tech being used by 3 or fewer projects/corporates. . First name.

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MARCH 20, 2018

Eximchain , a blockchain-based platform developed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media lab, has raised $20 million for its supply chain financing solution. Reports in BlockTribune on Monday (March 19) said Eximchain raised the investment from China-based cryptocurrency hedge fund FBG Capital.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

The idea that blockchain can be divorced from the crypto realm and used to trade and store assets is quickly gaining, well, currency. Blockchain for Trading . Trading protocols that operate across the blockchain, he said, are non-custodial, which means “sovereignty over your assets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

And enter Drip Capital , the middleman that serves as the financial grease that enables trade to flow, easing concerns of both buyers and suppliers. said Pushkar Mukewar , co-founder and CEO of Drip Capital in a conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. Blockchain To Bangladesh. COVID Was A Much-Needed Stress Test.

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Insights on Business

JUNE 19, 2017

According to a report from Santander, blockchain technology is poised to save banks $20 billion dollars a year in infrastructure costs by 2022. Northern Trust—a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals—thought differently.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

The round was led by UOB Venture Management, Seven Bank, Uni-President Asset Holdings, HashKey Capital, Hopeshine Ventures, Signum Capital, Du Capital and Hanwha Investment and Securities. “We The company that developed the Velo Protocol, Lightnet, has raised $31.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

In other news, LVC Corporation , which operates LINE, is announcing the launch of two new products: LINE Blockchain Developers, a developer platform for blockchain services; and the BITMAX Wallet, for managing digital assets, a press release stated. Other sites, including cryptowikipedia.ru Cointelegraph reported.

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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. Overall, only 44 percent of ICOs live to see their fifth month.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Two cybersecurity companies came out on top, but they both focus their enterprise security efforts in different ways. PYMNTS takes a look at those cybersecurity firms, plus a few of the treasury management, blockchain and logistics firms that also grabbed fresh funding. Duo Security. Blockchain. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon unveiled a $108-million plan to make the capital into a blockchain-enabled smart city, Coindesk reported. He said that multiple public services such as elections and labor welfare will use the blockchain technology. telephone number management.” telephone number management.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood of SMBs. Yet many firms struggle to gain access to the capital that helps them launch or sustain operations. One way to secure funding is to use invoice financing.

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PYMNTS

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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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Blockchain companies raised more venture capital and private equity funding in H1’21 than any full year in history. download our best of blockchain research. download our best of blockchain research. But blockchain’s potential extends well beyond crypto and NFTs. First name. Company name. Phone number.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Blockchain is now an official word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Of course, the FinTech industry doesn’t have to look it up, but the dictionary now defines blockchain as a technology that enables the keeping of records of financial transactions in a digital database as part of a publicly accessible network.

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PYMNTS

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. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

B2B startups saw a little bit of everything this week when it came to venture capital. And that goes for the industries covered, too, with treasury management’s Kyriba, blockchain’s BlockApps and enterprise security’s Druva landing on the board, to name a few. Find out who else secured funding below.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2017

While the industry has been around for well over a century, the term “supply chain management” wasn’t coined until the 1980s. CIO defines supply chain management as “the combination of art and science that goes into improving the way your company finds the raw components it needs to make a product or service and deliver it to customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It’s the reasoning behind Capital One’s latest round of partnerships announced late last month. Deals were made with B2B invoicing and payments firm Viewpost, as well as health care blockchain company Gem and natural language search technology company ClearGraph. Take Capital One’s deal with Gem, for instance.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Bitcoin doesn’t necessarily have the blessing of government agencies, but what about blockchain? It seems governments are a bit more open to distributed ledger technology (DLT), though that doesn’t mean blockchain companies get a free pass with regulators. securities bar.”. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton spoke Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

The skeptics are flocking out of the shadows to warn investors and innovators that blockchain may not be the catch-all solution and market-changing disruptor it promises to be. The latest vocal proponent of blockchain for the enterprise is Sergio Ermotti, CEO of UBS Group. “You need also to be able to price it correctly.”

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Yet again, the B2B FinTech industry proves it’s quality over quantity when it comes to venture capital. But it was blockchain that turned heads with its record-setting funding. With the second-largest funding of the week, Billtrust landed $50 million for its invoice-to-cash and accounts receivable management solutions.

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PYMNTS

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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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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APRIL 30, 2018

South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. Blockchain is a core platform to fuel our digital transformation.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

China Construction Bank ’s vice president has revealed that the bank has added new abilities to its trade finance blockchain platform, including cross-chain and inter-bank transactions. In other news, the Marco Polo Network has announced that it has secured its first Russian-German import-export operations financing project.

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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. Santander Pilots SWIFT gpi. Outside the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

General Motors’ financing unit, General Motors Financial, is teaming up with Spring Labs , a blockchain company, to create identity verification solutions. According to a report in CoinDesk , citing Spring Labs, the blockchain FinTech said that GM is also looking at buying a stake in the company.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Just like the volatility of bitcoin, the world of blockchain is no stable place. In this week’s Blockchain Tracker , PYMNTS looks at the ups, downs and incoming regulatory efforts surrounding DLT. In this week’s Blockchain Tracker , PYMNTS looks at the ups, downs and incoming regulatory efforts surrounding DLT. Blockchain Ups.

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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. Candex facilitates vendor payments for its corporate users that take advantage of gig economy services.

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JULY 17, 2019

Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. The company’s technology addresses growing vulnerabilities and security disruptions as global value chains become more digital and dynamic.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

This week’s B2B venture capital breakdown is an impressive blend of startups and, together, they’ve raised more than $279 million. From a firm that targets accounting for blockchain companies to a social network for farmers, investors certainly diversified their funding targets. Blockchain. InstaFreight.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

While more banks and businesses are delving into and even getting comfortable with the idea of blockchain, some businesses are removing themselves from it. This week Goldman Sachs opted out of renewing its membership to the R3CEV blockchain consortium. Another bank’s blockchain commitment that seems not firm is Germany’s central bank.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

SoFi grew up quickly, expanding both the number and types of products it had on offer (mortgage loans, personal loans, wealth management services and life insurance) and its ambitions for what type of firm it wanted to be. The firm has raised $50 million from investors, including venture capital firms Ribbit Capital and DCM.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2019

Yet, venture capitalists revealed revamped interest in the B2B eCommerce and procurement spheres, exploring technologies like blockchain to enhance supply chains and the buyer-supplier relationship. Based in Malaysia, Dropee operates a B2B eProcurement platform that caught the attention of investors at Vynn Capital. Chronicled.

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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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