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Blockchain Firms Flock To Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’

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Zug is a small town near Zürich with only about 30,000 residents, yet it is impacting the FinTech world in a big way. He cited “Zug’s high quality of life, openness, pro-business mindset and favorable tax structure” as factors that make the city attractive to people from around the world.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Blockchain. Blockchain. Take the blockchain. An alien landing on Earth and reading the popular tech press would be thoroughly convinced that blockchain is the biggest thing to have happened here since the invention of indoor plumbing. Benjamin Franklin.

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Using The Blockchain To Bring Banking To Everyone

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It was still three months before I could get a proper Norwegian bank account because I was temporary tax member. The Power of the Blockchain. Given its colorful history and connection with bitcoin, blockchain may seem like an out-of-the-box choice on which for Taqanu to build its service.

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Onboarding Tech Taps Into Banks’ KYC Burden

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Financial services regulations are notorious for their complexity and ever-changing demands for financial institutions and corporates, but another fuel for development in the KYC space was the FinTech community.

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APIs, Patents In Banks’ Sights Amid Race For Speed, Services

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The movement of banks to join FinTech firms and stanch the disruption of their business models — decades and centuries old — has been well-documented. The shift also comes as sandboxes are proving to be effective avenues by which the companies and their FinTech partners are able to test those same APIs before live deployment.

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Genesis Molds Treasury Management For The Crypto World

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That volatility is an important consideration, given that most of a blockchain or crypto startup’s expenses will be in fiat currency, Siemer said. It’s another gap in the market giving rise to FinTech firms addressing this issue. “They are essentially engaged in ‘platform wars’ from the word ‘go.'”

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank. You tell us.

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