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Blockchain-Powered B2B FinTech Roars Back With VCs

PYMNTS

It’s been several months, if not years, since blockchain was the darling of tech startup investors, but this week proved the technology still has a lot to offer venture capitalists. blockchain startup Envoy will be used to bolster its supply chain and trade finance platform, the company told PYMNTS in an emailed announcement.

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B2B Payments Drive Instant Payments, Crypto Innovation

PYMNTS

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative.

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Guide to Genuine Innovation When Everyone Is ‘Innovating’

Bank Innovation

This bank created an innovation lab, and that bank is launching a fintech team. But this other bank just started a blockchain focus group, and everyone else is investing in tech. Gone are the days when banks could afford to be “conservative” with new product launches and tech projects, which Read More.

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B2B Innovators Explore The New Payment Rail Combinations

PYMNTS

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa confirmed this week that it is partnering with Circle Internet Financial, which operates the digital currency U.S. CardUp Mixes Rails To Enable Card Payments.

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Blockchain for KYC: Game-changing RegTech Innovation

Insights on Business

IBM RegTech Innovations. 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. Figure 2: The Value Proposition of Blockchain for KYC.

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What’s the State of Banking Innovation in 2017?

Bank Innovation

What is the state of banking innovation today? Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation? Talk has shifted from last year’s discussions on blockchain and chatbots to artificial intelligence and cloud-based cores.

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What BNY Mellon Seeks in a Fintech Partner

Bank Innovation

BNY Mellon is on the hunt for fintech partnerships related to popular technologies like blockchain, data analytics, and AI, but also those related to more obscure technologies like natural language generation, Lucien Foster, head of digital partnerships at BNY, told Bank Innovation. “We

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