PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The World Blockchain Trade Consortium (WBTC) officially launched this week in Singapore with the aim to utilize blockchain technology to lower costs, reduce risk and increase funding to SMEs. When we created Invoice Check, we approached a lot of fintechs and stakeholders in the industry.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week, the American Banking Association (ABA) held its annual Bank Marketing Conference in Denver, receiving rave reviews. The theme was – developing your marketing superpowers. Amid the brewery networking, superhero costumes, and fun, some fantastic bank marketing lessons were had, and not just for bank marketers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin , a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the privacy-focused app in that it is “more resistant to surveillance,” according to a 2017 Wired report.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. 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 morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Plus, blockchain makes new inroads in the B2B arena. In a conversation with PYMNTS , Volante Head of Market Infrastructures Domenico Scaffidi explored how financial service providers can get creative to understand how businesses will use real-time payments. TOMIA and Clear Embrace Blockchain for Telecom B2B Payments.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 10, 2016

Izabella Kaminska at FTAlphaville, has done an excellent job of putting the current blockchain project-users cases in perspective. Is there a suspicion… Read more Blockchain in Capital markets: Emerging use cases II. She also mentions that all this versioning is introducing lots of new risks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. There is very much still this need to bridge traditional markets and regulation with this FinTech 2.0, For some, that means embracing solutions built atop existing rails, or exploring new ones altogether.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Business services conglomerate Accenture is expanding its blockchain solution offerings with the development of a procurement platform launched in Thailand. Accenture integrated its blockchain architecture into R3 ‘s Corda open-source blockchain platform to create the tool, the company said.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Apparently, people like it and here I’m going to expand upon the basic theme to give a detailed analysis of how FinTech wings are spreading. There’s been a lot of talk about fintech lately. In fact, saying ‘fintech’ is like saying ‘retailer.’ So, here is the FinTech Wave, Part One.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

Coverage includes Oracle ’s decision to bring its FinTech Innovation Program to Brussels. In addition, blockchain technology is expected to take hold in India and BS/2 plans to expand its point-of-sale (POS) terminal network in Georgia. “Blockchain technology is bound to register substantial growth over the coming years.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The Securities & Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has moved to freeze the assets of a $12 million cryptocurrency mining and multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme, Coindesk reports. In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Small businesses are a growing target for bank-FinTech collaborations and data integration initiatives as financial service providers explore new use cases for open banking. In this week’s roundup of the latest B2B applications of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, PYMNTS looks at new data integration models.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Traditional banking options are not up to par in today’s digital world, and FIs and FinTechs need to be ready to support their clients with quick, transparent payment methods and easy currency conversions if they want to remain competitive. Canadian payments network Interac has experimented with blockchain for consumer payments.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The company noted that it still needs to gain approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, which issued regulations for crypto exchanges last summer. The partnership will enable Bithumb to further expand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In the world of blockchain phones, another name may crowd the pantheon. Said sites including thenextweb.com , Samsung, no small player in mobile devices, submitted three trademark requests in Europe that offer up some clues into blockchain-focused phones.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Data is as of 10/8/2019.

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Bussman Advisory

DECEMBER 3, 2022

IBM, Maersk shutter shipping blockchain TradeLens. The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here : Interested in FinTech or Digital Assets related Advisory or Workshop? Porsche unveils plans for 911 NFT collection in web3 push. More information on www.bussmannadvisory.com.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

It was a big week for B2B FinTech startups in Latin America. “Latin America is a highly attractive growth market for us, and the acquisition of Omni will significantly expand our capabilities in this important region,” the firm’s Founder and CEO Lex Greensill said in a statement. . Authenticiti. BizCapital.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Standard Chartered announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), a standards organization focused on developing open blockchain specifications. According to the bank, its membership is proof of its commitment to blockchain.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is looking toward new technologies to keep a closer eye on the nation’s FinTech , blockchain and digital lending markets. Yet onlookers have noted that PBoC has been working diligently toward its own FinTech growth.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 14, 2019

Seeing this, we decided to look at the FinTech market in the region. To provide an overview, the FinTech industry in Australia has grown drastically, with the financial services sector being the largest contributor to the national economy, contributing around $140 billion to GDP in 2018.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

HSBC, Standard Chartered and 10 other banks launched a new blockchain -based trade finance program in Hong Kong on Wednesday (Oct. Reuters noted that trade finance transactions were worth more than $9 trillion last year, but it is a market that relies heavily on paper, using processes and procedures that are decades, if not centuries, old.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

have established an $800 million fund to boost trade finance in emerging markets. Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting supply chains, decreasing demand, and causing overall market anxiety,” said Paulo de Bolle , global director of IFC’s Financial Institutions Group, in a statement. The International Finance Corp. (

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BankInovation

APRIL 6, 2022

The Tassat Group is offering banks a no-code approach to using smart contracts on blockchain to support payment logic within its TassatPay payments platform. TassatPay provides an individual blockchain for banks as well as digital wallet and tokenization capabilities. The new solution, Smart […].

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Bussman Advisory

APRIL 5, 2024

This week’s must-know stories in the FinTech, AI and Digital Asset space: Spot Bitcoin ETFs change the digital asset market, attracting billions in inflows Embedded Finance market to be worth $22bn by 2028 Ripple to launch U.S. Unlock the Future of Finance: Empower Your Team with Cutting-Edge FinTech & AI Insights!

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2020

Global Stock Exchange works with blockchain solutions to boost exchanges and cooperation between the cryptocurrency market and traditional ones. Gibraltar-based Global Stock Exchange has launched its Grid tokenized securities platform in Estonia as of May 7. Open interest on the platform fell.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

The fintech industry took a hard hit in 2022 as investors scaled back their investments amid market turmoil. Fintech is central to a16z’s investment strategy. In recent years, the firm has not only shored up its presence in more familiar sectors like banking, but also reached deeper into newer territory like blockchain.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

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. Standard Chartered is the latest bank to embrace FinTech collaboration to tackle the trade finance gap, having announced Tuesday (Sept. ADCB And dltledgers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Asia-Pacific region is a rising star in FinTech innovation, but this week, the blockchain spotlight landed on Singapore as more distributed ledger initiatives from the private and public sectors took major steps forward. Nearly two-thirds of that funding will go toward blockchain startups, reports added.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Blockchain technology firm XinFin announced Sunday (Dec. 3) that it is integrating a new technology into its Hybrid blockchain, which aims to standardize enterprise-gate blockchains across industries. To do so, the firm is collaborating with an array of corporate partners across verticals that include FinTech, travel and energy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Chinese state media advised people to stay levelheaded following a price escalation of bitcoin and blockchain stocks triggered by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s support, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Oct. Blockchain’s future is here, but we must remain rational,” he said, according to state-run news outlet the People’s Daily.

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PYMNTS

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. And it’s not specific to FinTech.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

FinTech firms are tackling everyday challenges across Africa by digitizing payments and providing increased transparency. Agrikore, in one case, provides a smart-contracting, payments and marketplace system that is based on the blockchain. Both participants in the market, however, lack a basis for fair and transparent price discovery.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has a call out for tech companies that can help it develop a blockchain-based know-your-customer (KYC) platform. 29, requesting tech companies who can build a “proof of concept” shared KYC system that would allow commercial banks and the central government to share and update customer data on a blockchain.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

marked its third anniversary of adopting its open banking framework, making it the leading market to drive the concept of unlocking customers’ bank account data for integration with third-party solution providers. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank. Last week, the U.K. where there is no open banking regulatory mandate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. According to the banks that have linked with FinTech firms, such guidelines would help relationships between the parties.

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