Insights on Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cybersecurity are poised to transform the financial services industries. New hybrid cloud platforms will offer unprecedented scalability, agility, and security, optimized for enterprise AI and blockchain.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It is the rule of thumb, when it comes to secular change, that very few innovations come along to rapidly change the state of payments themselves. Longer term, in the drive to make crypto spendable, beyond the rails themselves, McCarthy said that compliance and security standards must be robust.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. First name. Company Name. Phone number.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

Blockchain has been steadily making inroads in the B2B realm as a way to help boost supply chain transparency and efficiencies. To that end, in South Korea, a number of government ministries are looking into blockchain, eyeing the potential boost distributed ledger technology can give to marine logistics.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Blockchain technology has the potential to impact nearly every industry involving money. One area in which we’ve seen innovation break through recently may come as a surprise: insurance. PYMNTS: What are the benefits of implementing blockchain technology, and how is it impacting the insurance industry?

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Betting On Blockchain. For Inxeption, one of the most promising innovations to achieve this leap is blockchain. The company is also deploying blockchain to create a digital business identity for its users, a mechanism that Dibachi said will instill trust in the buyer-supplier relationship.

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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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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

.” Oliver was discussing cryptocurrencies and blockchain on his show, highlighting the massive potential the world of FinTech has touted for the last year or so. This balance of optimism and realism is taking over the blockchain space as of late. But the segment also warned to temper the hype with healthy skepticism.

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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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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It was only (relatively) recently that B2B payments finally secured significant attention and investment from innovators. Just as Grewal highlighted, the issue of continued reliance on paper and manual processes is driving Finexio’s entrance in the market, with the use of APIs and sophisticated technologies as part of the effort.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, blockchain and more. Adam Carson, managing director, global technology strategy & partnerships at JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Optimizing risk, compliance and security. These leaders are forming new partnerships—with fintech startups, financial service providers, and platform companies like Alibaba and Tencent — and exploring emerging technologies—such as AI, blockchain, and open banking—to help them develop a new transactional digital business fabric.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

This is great news for retailers, as it allows them to reach new audiences in new markets all over the world. Naturally, with ease of market entry into various parts of the world economy also comes security concerns. This results in a loss of revenue for retailers and a potential decline in customer loyalty.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Regulation and compliance can be a tough space for many to wrap their heads around. Sunil Madhu , founder and CEO of Socure , joined Karen Webster to give context to some of the compliance concepts trending in the industry and also share his thoughts on what’s coming next down the regulatory pipeline. Compliance Decoded.

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JUNE 24, 2023

However, many enterprise organizations face challenges when it comes to coordinating the rollout of new marketing technology products and achieving scalable growth. We’ve identified why each sort of company should upgrade, add, or replace marketing technology and system products.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 3, 2019

Dominic Venturo, executive vice president and chief innovation officer at U.S. Bank, will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation Build 2019, this blog’s event on best practices in banking innovation. Bank Innovation Build will take place November 6-7 at Atlanta’s W Hotel Downtown. Register here.)

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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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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. However, Swiss officials recently took steps to get ahead of the regulatory uncertainty surrounding the world of blockchain, focusing on a particularly large hurdle for companies in the industry.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

We were surprised to see businesses actively selling into markets because they had a vehicle to receive payments there, and they were actively avoiding other markets because they didn’t know how to get paid there,” Moen said of Flywire’ s conversations with companies revealing their B2B payment pain points. Time For Change.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

He also offers advice for how to innovate in the field. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: How would you define your company’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing you’ve ever done? JB: Innovation often means taking a risk.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In March of 2016, I testified on the revolutionary nature of blockchains before the U.S. Since that time, blockchains have continued garnering interest across multiple industries from banking to health care, and have been explored for quite a few additional use cases. And let’s not forget blockchain’s nature as a disruptive technology.

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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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JANUARY 19, 2017

This year could be the year that blockchain emerges from its current status as a largely hypothetical game-changer to one that’s put to the test. While few working applications of blockchain technology are in use today by financial service providers, the industry continues to place its confidence — and money — behind the technology.

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

In an interview with Karen Webster, Jess Turner, executive vice president of North American Digital Payments at Mastercard , delved into the network giant’s expansion into the healthcare and supply chain spaces using advanced technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics. Making Waves With Blockchain.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

According to Finastra and Celent, there are a several key factors at work driving corporate banks to shift their strategies: digitization and omnichannel platforms, FinTech innovation and transformation of legacy systems.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

Well, according to Fluent Cofounder Casey Lawlor, the blockchain is the Sriracha of FinTech, and banks and innovators are going a bit overboard with it. They also have the regulatory and compliance structures already in place.”. Fluent uses blockchain technology to facilitate the movement of supply chain finance and data.

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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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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. For FIs, it’s better to be friend instead of foe with the disruptor.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. The morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence. From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The challenge was part Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The FinTech space is oversaturated with talk of blockchain technology. Today, industry players seem to agree that innovators are slowly moving from conceptualization towards testing actual solutions. Ludwin argued that blockchain has a few steps up on other payment rails, like ACH.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Two years ago, they were appointing chief innovation officers to dip their toes in with proof-of-concept projects or in-house incubators. They are reorganizing around agile, cross-functional teams that surface the best ideas and implement them in record time—all while promising privacy, security and compliance. Now, they are all in.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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. Part of that derisking process is a pull-back from correspondent banks as FIs instead focus on their home markets.

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APRIL 3, 2018

But an increased focus on innovation means the path to understanding what actually constitutes “better” is unclear. According to Salman Mahmood, CEO of enterprise and entrepreneur marketing software company BleuPage , there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to the future of SMB financial services.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

” Innovation Project 2016 — where hundreds of leaders across the payments, commerce, tech and security ecosystems joined together under one roof with one mission: navigating the balance between the leading and the bleeding edge. Especially when your talking innovations in payments. So, how did Day 2 end up?

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

The evolution of blockchain-based services. And, much to the relief of corporates, the continuing focus on B2B payments innovation. We are definitely seeing more innovation in the cross-border B2B space in the last two years than we have ever before,” he recently told PYMNTS. “We Collaboration between FinTechs and banks.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech innovation as technology startups look for ways to address friction in global trade financing. The Traydstream offering fits well within our emerging markets footprint, which generates a significant amount of trade document flows. ADCB And dltledgers.

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