PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Overstock may be best known as an eCommerce business, but these days its CEO and Founder Patrick Byrne is much more interested in talking about the power of cryptocurrency and blockchain, and how it will be the real future of both the firm and the economy in general. Suffice to say, Byrne remains one of blockchain’s bigger boosters.

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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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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 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 is going to first focus on Southeast Asia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Davies served as CitiMortgage’s chief executive officer and Citibank’s head of global mortgage in addition to Capital One’s president of home loans. For banks and other financial institutions, the tide is shifting toward an embrace of blockchain for handling transactions.

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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. Once it is a financial instrument it comes under a whole regulatory framework.”.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2020

Once the approval is finalized, the license will allow it to work in dealing in securities and as an automated trading service (ATS), regulated under Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). DIA is marked as an open-source data aggregator for DeFi markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

solarisBank’s Blockchain Factory supports us in taking trading in cryptocurrencies and tokens to the next level, and in setting new standards in transparency and reliability,” said Alexander Höptner, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart, in a press release. Emerging Jobs Report.

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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

APRIL 27, 2020

Global blockchain firm Binance and blockchain payment service provider BitPay are teaming to increase adoption of the BUSD Binance stablecoin, according to an announcement. It is reportedly financing the service with a mixture of borrowed capital and funds that it took in from a token sale in 2018. CoinDesk reported.

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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. It brings Duo Security’s valuation up to $1.17

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Royal Dutch Shell is boosting its position in the world of blockchain through an investment in distributed ledger startup Applied Blockchain. According to Forbes reports , Shell’s trading unit, Shell Trading International, secured a minority stake in the U.K. tax reform — a decline to the tune of $2.5

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Let's Talk Payments

JULY 3, 2017

As subsets of financial markets, capital markets are integral parts in producing monetary output in economies globally, through which debt or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. Capital Markets are.

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PYMNTS

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.”. “I securities bar.”.

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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

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Japanese business to business (B2B) payments firm JCB is partnering with Singapore blockchain technology provider Keychain to capitalize on using blockchain in the payments space, JCB announced in a press release. Last week , JCB announced a partnership with the blockchain-enabled commercial payments platform Paystand.

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PYMNTS

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 The advantages extend from transparency to security and, of course, immutability. Securities Offerings, Too.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

You have nothing to lose but your blockchains. News came this week that, as reported via CoinDesk, in China there’s a new app, tied to blockchain, that lets Communist party members attest their party loyalty. Now, blockchain is not bitcoin. Workers of the world, unite. Marx makes his mark, then, in the digital age. million.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 3, 2016

Real Time Equities Settlement will change the global capital markets beyond recognition, impacting every player in the ecosystem. For long a technological pipedream, Real Time Equities Settlement is nudging closer to reality thanks to Blockchain technology.

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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

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

AUGUST 25, 2017

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin Capital Corp. The move on the part of the SEC comes as the government agency has already signaled it would regulate the cryptocurrency market. 7 of this year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

Emirates Islamic is reportedly planning on using a combination of QR codes and blockchain technology to enhance protection from fraud of paper checks. We anticipate that Cheque Chain will dramatically reduce cheque frauds in this market, helping us provide our customers greater peace of mind and security.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

For years, throughout the volatility of cryptocurrency values, some industry experts have assured investors and innovators that blockchain is the disruptor in which the market should place its faith. Bitcoin and blockchain creator Satoshi Nakamoto developed these tools nearly a decade ago, he said. Broader Doubts Emerge.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 14, 2019

VC firms Capital 300 and Draper and Associates have made a Series A investment in Authenteq, a identity security firm that uses blockchain, which is gaining steam as a means to support digital ID.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The cryptocurrency market is continuing its descent with the market hitting a new ten-month low after the price of Ether declined and regulators in the U.S. halted trading in two securities that are tied to cryptocurrency. percent at 5:00 p.m. percent at 5:00 p.m. New York Time Friday (Sept. 7) while Bitcoin dropped 2.1

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Bobsguide

APRIL 16, 2018

Capital and securities markets are among the banking sectors that could most enjoy the benefits of blockchain technology, according to speakers at a bobsguide webinar. Keith Bear, global leader for financial markets at IBM, Dr Lee Braine, blockchain leader at Barclays, and Sophia Grami, CEO and.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2016

The march toward bringing blockchain to new applications and services continues. DTCC), which WSJ said is “at the center of Wall Street’s trading infrastructure” and which settles trades in various financial markets, is looking to see if blockchain can be used in conjunction with the repo market, which is worth about $2.6

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) charged California’s Abra for failing to register before offering and selling securities-based swaps. And, the U.S.

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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 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

JANUARY 26, 2021

marked its third anniversary of adopting its open banking framework, making it the leading market to drive the concept of unlocking customers’ bank account data for integration with third-party solution providers. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank. Last week, the U.K. where there is no open banking regulatory mandate.

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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. First name. Company Name. Phone number.

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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. Backers at Riverwood Capital Management led the investment, reports said, with plans to use the funds to grow into new markets and continue product innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

As more banks, industries, companies and even retail brands take on and use blockchain technology in their business, there are the enhanced and innate elements of efficiency and security. “A But blockchain has also become a tracking mechanism, more so a cost-cutting measure for a variety of reasons. billion for a typical lender.

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