PYMNTS

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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Bobsguide

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Tech buzzwords such as AI and blockchain have certainly garnered plenty of attention in the past year, and quite rightly so. But no single trend, objective, or concern has piqued the interest of the bobsguide community more in 2017 than regulation compliance, particularly in relation to three of the.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Banks and FinTechs are going in on blockchain technology , as two separate reports released earlier this month conclude. Analysis from Corporate Insight and Infosys Finacle say banks and FinTechs are readying increased involvement and investment in distributed ledger technologies.

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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. . ” TaxBit will use the funding to speed up customer growth, and make its products better.

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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

When PYMNTS asked cross-border payments experts at the end of last year what they thought the driving trend would be for the industry in 2018, the consensus was all about collaboration , particularly between banks and FinTech firms. “The modern-day client expects a seamless transaction experience,” he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The world’s first ICO regulations are coming, care of Gibraltar. The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

How will banking and fintech business models be impacted by this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic? For insights into these questions, Bank Innovation and INV Fintech, its sister banking innovation services platform, will present a special Zoom meeting on […]. How will banks and startups work together?

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Traydstream , a FinTech that looks at trade documents with artificial intelligence (AI), has partnered with Infosys Finacle to implement blockchain technology and further automate trade finance, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The awarded idea is a DLT-based digital cash platform that allows transactions with tokenized euro stored on blockchain. “We In other news, Jet Token is working to raise as much as $10 million in a Regulation A for its ethereum-powered private jet leasing marketplace. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year. “We

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Following on from my previous blog introducing the new year in the Fintech Innovation programme, I wanted to turn the focus onto the emergence of RegTech—technologies that address the challenge and cost of regulatory compliance. RegTech has two aims: increasing the effectiveness and the efficiency of compliance.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Following on from my previous blog introducing the new year in the Fintech Innovation programme, I wanted to turn the focus onto the emergence of RegTech—technologies that address the challenge and cost of regulatory compliance. RegTech has two aims: increasing the effectiveness and the efficiency of compliance.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Two years ago I wrote an article on the 6 biggest trends in FinTech. In a landscape where new technology arises, gets implemented and goes mainstream in a heartbeat, I wanted to cover five of the most impactful trends currently impacting the FinTech industry today: 1. Blockchain. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

So when Northern Trust (NT) was looking for an innovative way to modernize private equity, it brought together all the relevant parties: the asset manager, investment managers, general partners, limited partners, fund administrators, auditors, the local government, even the primary regulator. You can read the announcement here: [link].

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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. FS must leverage the FinTech ecosystem.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

They face the challenge of offering customers a smooth onboarding process while also remaining rigorous in know your customer (KYC) efforts, taking care to remain compliant with local anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that aim to keep criminals from using legitimate operations to move money illegally. About The AML/KYC Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

There are a few schools of thought when it comes to the projected role and impact of blockchain technology on the global financial services space. On one side, some believe blockchain will disrupt the traditional banking system to the point of fracture, enabling the movement of money without the involvement of a financial institution.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Between the threat of FinTechs and small business owners’ increasing willingness to switch banking providers, financial institutions are waking up to the demand for better SMB services. This reality is often cited by small business FinTechs. Small business (SMB) banking is in need of an overhaul.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Regulators, banks, customs, shipping, logistics and FinTech companies need to work together to inform new regulatory, legal and technical standards.”. There are a number of reasons behind the shortage in financing, one of them being the impact of regulatory and compliance requirement since the financial crisis,” Ramadurai explained.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

Faced with a growing number of transactions to process in real time, payment service providers (PSPs), financial institutions (FIs) and FinTech firms also need to make sure the security of these smarter payment systems is up to par. Regulators in regions such as Europe are changing the ways they look at cross-border transactions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It has been a busy year for the world of bank regulations, particularly Know Your Customer (KYC). 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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NCR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

If recent forecasts from the World Economic Forum (WEF) are to be believed, blockchain – the technology behind bitcoin – is set to become “the beating heart of the financial system” But some in the industry might not be entirely clear about what blockchain even is, let alone the impact it could have on how banks do business.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 21, 2017

What strikes me most is that millennials tend to be the ones creating and leading many of the FinTech start-ups like the Collinson brothers at Stripe (28 and 26 years old), Ollie Purdue of Loot (23 years old) or Edward Maslaveckas, CEO and co-founder of Bud (26 years old). Could they delineate between a blockchain and a distributed ledger?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

With cannabis legalization expanding around the globe, marijuana-targeting FinTech startups are a growing breed, too. “As California moves to a regulated and licensed system, there is a long tail of retailers and brands in the industry that need to be connected,” said Craft Ventures Co-founder David Sacks in a statement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The evolution of blockchain-based services. Collaboration between FinTechs and banks. That’s where FinTech comes in. Interacting with other innovations, like blockchain, has become a focal point for the industry, said Ambikar. And, much to the relief of corporates, the continuing focus on B2B payments innovation.

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 25, 2019

As Marc Andrew’s notes in his blog, Demystifying AI for risk and compliance , in 2018, we saw AI tackle exhausting regulatory requirements. Blockchain is another technology area that is helping banks and large financial institutions in regard to regulatory change.

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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.

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NCR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In any recent conversation about the new technologies and concepts driving change in the financial services industry, there is a strong chance that blockchain – the shared-database system that allows the cryptocurrency Bitcoin to function – would have featured. Blockchain has been heralded by some as the future of the industry.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Mastercard , a global fintech platform, acquired CipherTrace , a blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency intelligence software provider, for an undisclosed amount. The technology offers services such as blockchain forensics, anti-money laundering, and compliance monitoring, among others. Who are the parties to the deal?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

PYMNTS wanted to know more about how FinTech has forced financial service providers to change the way they deliver payment solutions and change the way they approach the testing of those payment tools. “A It’s hard to scale that and support the pace of change that takes place in today’s FinTech-driven environment,” he warned.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

PingPong Financial Group , a Chinese FinTech company, has received a Payment Institution (PI) license from the government of Luxembourg. was issued the license by Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna of Luxembourg, making it the first Chinese FinTech company to establish European offices in the country.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Anson Zeall, chairman of Access, Singapore’s Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association, said yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg that this is a problem “common among leading FinTech hubs” in many countries and urged Singapore’s government to […].

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Insights on Business

MAY 1, 2018

Global VP of Watson Financial Services, Vivek Bajaj, will kick it off with a keynote speech on how Cognitive and Blockchain are using regtech, augmented counter fraud and customer service and to ultimately, transforming financial services. Blockchain. Compliance. Regulation. Topics include: AI. Biometrics. Open Banking.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

So, what happens here really matters and what is happening is earth-shattering (and we normally avoid hyperbolic language on Daily Fintech). Financial Services accounts for 10% of GDP and 5% of employment in Switzerland and the country is a global leader in Wealth Management. I mean radical in the positive Read More.

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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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FICO

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Anti-financial crimes regulations require banks to enact robust risk management frameworks, including extensive KYC due diligence, integrated safeguards for AML transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening. Banks will also be able to apply the blockchain analysis to existing clients for ongoing monitoring. This includes $2.8

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Alex Jimenez

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Money 20/20 USA has become the biggest FinTech gathering in the US. FinTech Revolution and AI: The overarching trend was the continued evolution and revolution in the FinTech industry, including the adoption of AI and emerging technologies. Similarly, FinTech firms face a reality with limited VC funds.

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