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JULY 26, 2018

One of the best things about working at IBM—and in the RegTech field in particular—is meeting daily with the engineers and developers who are driving technological innovation in the financial industry. Consider, for example, the blockchain space. Blockchain for KYC: A Business Problem and Value Proposition.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Emergent Technology, the blockchain technology company, announced on Tuesday (Sept. In a press release , Emergent Technology said T Stamp, which is known as Trust Stamp, makes artificial intelligence and biometric hashing technology for the purpose of verifying identities.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Mastercard has outlined its intentions with blockchain after its high profile exit from the Libra Association, a coalition of many successful companies meant to help guide and foster oversight of Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency. That would include merchants, mobile network operators and financial institutions. .

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

To that end, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a paper titled “Embedded supervision: how to build regulation into blockchain finance” that distributed ledger technology (DLT) could be a part of bank infrastructure and could be used to automate supervision.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

“The most advanced technology is [electronic data interchange (EDI)].” The technology first emerged in the 1970s. Yet, half a century later, even some of the largest multinational conglomerates are only beginning to implement EDI into their procurement and B2B commerce operations. Betting On Blockchain.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Blockchain technology has the potential to impact nearly every industry involving money. This gives those insurance companies involved in the trial the ability to communicate more effectively via blockchain technology’s ability to automate these pertinent aspects of the insurance process. SR: Impact is slow but expansive.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), over deficiencies that the OCC identified in the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program. The office recently examined the branches for BSA/AML and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions compliance. On Wednesday (Feb. On Wednesday (Feb.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 29, 2018

Blockchain technology has been talked about in banking for so long that readers here can be excused for being a bit jaded on the subject. The technology has been touted as solving just about every problem bankers face, but as Adam Ludwin, CEO of Chain, told us in San Francisco at Bank Innovation 2018 earlier.Read More.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the age of blockchain, all manner of physical assets are making the leap to bits and bytes. Blockchain can track transactions of all sorts and create a connected record — and that blockchain is rapidly cleaving from the cryptocurrency clamor to which it was once inextricably linked. percent pure.

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APRIL 21, 2019

JPMorgan Chase is planning to expand its use of blockchain technology to improve the banking industry’s payment system, as well as get FinTechs to experiment on developing the platform. The platform allows banks to quickly resolve compliance issues that can delay payments by weeks.

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MAY 26, 2017

From relying on physically walking into a bank to withdraw cash to snapping a photo of a check for deposits, technology has played a great part in the way financial transactions have evolved within the last thirty years. With the various advances in technology, many issues have come to light from the use of blockchain.

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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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JANUARY 5, 2018

Blockchain-based challenger bank BABB — which stands for Bank Account-Based Blockchain — has hired a new CIO. 4) that bank technology veteran Paul Johnson will take up the position. While blockchain is not entirely unregulated, it is how we will use a blockchain database that will impact regulation,” he added.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The platform, called DTransfer , is built on SatoshiPay’s blockchain technology and the Stellar network, and it touts “speed, cost and transparency” as three main benefits, according to the report. That will let approved banks and businesses join a compliance network and share KYC/KYB details.

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JULY 2, 2018

Financial Reporting Council’s Financial Reporting Lab has released a new report on the potential applications of blockchain in the corporate accounting space. According to reports, the group is taking a cautious approach to the technology.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has thrown its support behind blockchain technology to expand trade finance availability across the globe, touting the technology as a way to address the “paper monster,” tap into data and support governments’ export/import initiatives. The report also expects $1.1

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MARCH 10, 2017

With eCommerce in full swing, many retailers are looking to restructure many facets of their operations. Blockchain technology is often used as the go-to source to enable faster and safer transactions, especially for smaller players in the retail market. and China alone was approximately $660 billion.

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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 As a leader in blockchain innovation and integration, the U.S. Microsoft IDs Its Next Blockchain Use Case.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. Innovation is expensive. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

And for banks, making sure regulatory and security compliance is met on each technology undertaking only makes those costs larger. Innovation is expensive. But innovation is a must for banks, who are not only competing with fintechs like neobanks, PFMs, and payment companies, but also with the likes of Amazon, Google, and even Walmart.

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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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JUNE 3, 2021

Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel Alan Kaplinsky hosts the conversation. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Given the demands of day-to-day duties, however, it can be challenging for BSA officers and other financial crime compliance staff to find time for training and education on fraud and money laundering. The whitepapers, checklists, and guides cover everything from regulatory guidance to operational considerations.

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MARCH 31, 2016

By reordering and automating complex, labor-intensive processes, blockchain technology can enable organizations of all sizes to operate faster and more efficiently. As a result, blockchain is opening entirely new possibilities for product and service innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Supply chain management has morphed into a strategic business initiative combining technological adoption, event forecasting and even politics: awareness of its complexities has never been higher thanks to threats of a trade war between the U.S. Technology to the Rescue — Maybe. Inaccuracy of [a] forecast is unpardonable.”.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Investors may be flocking to blockchain technology startups that are seeking out new ways to use the tool, but one startup just secured investment for making sure that the businesses using blockchain are doing so within the confines of the law. We have already been able to expand operations to the U.S.

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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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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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MARCH 23, 2016

For the second time this week, a blockchain startup has secured funding from venture capitalists. Rootstock revealed Tuesday (March 22) that it had raised $1 million in seed funding led by Bitmain Technology, which will also facilitate the development of the company, reports said.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

As trade finance has gained the confidence of many industry analysts, Barclays reportedly made a “ world first ” with its successful completion of a trade finance transaction using blockchain technology. But “second year” is also a great phrase, especially if you’re a blockchain startup. First” is surely a good word.

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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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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There seems to be a profound conundrum facing blockchain and its implications for financial services. While it is true that blockchain seems to have the potential to “transform” financial services, it also faces steep challenges.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Billon , which created the first enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) system, announced that it is one of six companies that have been selected to participate in the Elevator Lab Partnership Program. The awarded idea is a DLT-based digital cash platform that allows transactions with tokenized euro stored on blockchain. “We

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

FIS is facilitating real-time payments services to the FIs, while The Clearing House operates the RTP system that enables instant payment settlement and availability of funds. As FIs dabble in blockchain-based payment technologies, financial services technology firm Apifiny is also seeking to drive adoption of blockchain.

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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. Consequently, our clients have experienced processing time reduction by nearly 75 percent.”.

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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. But that’s a far cry from where the technology began, Lawlor said. They also have the regulatory and compliance structures already in place.”.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Transparency is key, but often is lacking – in part because of far-flung parties, which include both sides of a transaction (buyer and seller, of course) that may be operating across time zones, languages and currencies. One customer is on SAP, for example, and perhaps another firm is operating with QuickBooks.

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