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JUNE 8, 2020

The scheme by the “Modern Money Team,” as Putnam referred to the entire operation, was reportedly to offer investors “cryptocurrency trading packages” they had purchased, which could have ostensibly been used for “arbitrage” opportunities at Bitfinex. The group managed to get $12 million from 2,000 investors, Coindesk reports.

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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

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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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 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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JUNE 10, 2020

Credorax , the smart payments provider and FinTech, has announced a partnership with Samsung to develop blockchain technology to offer open banking services, according to a press release.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 3, 2019

You may not have heard of the term “Silicon Alley,” but I am sure you are aware of the game-changing financial technology that is emanating from it. Silicon Alley” was initially coined in the mid-1990s as a way to group media startups housed around the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan. I hope that doesn’t give you […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Ireland has been ramping up to boost FinTech efforts — a trend that has spanned several countries globally. The government said that, in the wake of Brexit, roughly 100 financial firms have applied to set up shop or expand operations in Ireland. Other firms that operate within P2P lending and insurance technologies will be considered.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2020

OneConnect Financial Technology and China Merchants Port Group ( CMPort ) will work to create a blockchain-based system with Shenzhen customs to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is also one of the four FinTech “unicorns” being cultivated by Ping An, which is a state-backed group.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Amazon may be in search of a way to put advertising data on the blockchain, according to reports. The company recently put up a job posting looking for a software development engineer in advertising blockchain. In November, the company launched two blockchain-based initiatives. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

For blockchain technology, the crux of many of its purported benefits for the enterprise is its decentralized nature, which, proponents of distributed ledger technology (DLT) have said, promotes visibility and makes it more difficult for data to be manipulated. ” However, that’s only the beginning.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

And while the concept initially set its sights on elevating the consumer banking experience, the data integration drive continues to expand into new use cases, including business banking, that open up opportunity through bank-FinTech collaboration and data integration. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Blockchain is now an official word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Of course, the FinTech industry doesn’t have to look it up, but the dictionary now defines blockchain as a technology that enables the keeping of records of financial transactions in a digital database as part of a publicly accessible network.

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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

AUGUST 13, 2019

Blockchain efforts — on a large scale — got a boost this week when Reliance Jio, the India-based mobile network operator, said it would set up one of the largest blockchain networks in the world. Ambani said that blockchain technology is among the three main areas of tech-focused expansion for Jio. Amazon, Too.

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PYMNTS

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. In addition, the IIN is setting up a sandbox so that FinTechs can use the network to “develop and put out applications.”

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PYMNTS

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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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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Bank Innovation

APRIL 19, 2017

Among the endless rows of tech startups from all imaginable industries– from rideshare, to edtech, and beauty– seven fintechs rose to show off their latest during the TechDay event in New York yesterday. Blockchain, robos, lending, investment and more — checkout the roundup of the fintech startups from TechDay NYC below.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Fidelity Investments , the Boston-based fund company, is becoming a leader in blockchain technology, investing billions of dollars on that and other cutting-edge technologies. According to a report in CNBC citing Fidelity, billions of dollars are going toward Fidelity blockchain, Fidelity AI and Fidelity VR.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Emerging technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger-based APIs could be at the center of making that collaboration easier. In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Behlendorf explained why he believes technologies like blockchain and distributed ledger can make B2B payments run more smoothly for businesses of all kinds.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 2, 2018

It’s no secret distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have been front-of-mind for financial institutions examining solutions to existing problems in institutional and retail banking. While blockchain technology is still a greenhorn in the wilderness of capital markets, the underlying concept should be heralded as a catalyst for innovation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Clearing House ’s (TCH) Real-Time Payments (RTP) network received multiple shows of support from B2B FinTechs this week as service providers embrace the U.S.’s Core Banking-as-a-Service technology provider Finxact this week announced a partnership with TCH in an effort to expand access to RTP to more financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Chinese conglomerate Tencent is the latest to step into the blockchain trade finance space via its FinTech unit Tencent Financial Technology, according to reports in China Daily on Friday (Nov. Its focus on trade finance and SMB services marks Tencent’s recent restructuring and refocus on B2B operations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

Although it’s still in its infancy stage of being used outside of the financial arena, blockchain technology is slowly showing signs of impacting other industries. On the tip of everyone’s tongue in the digital advertising arena is blockchain technology.

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. Banking on blockchain for increased trust”.

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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

APRIL 22, 2019

Digital payments entity and eCommerce platform Infibeam Avenues and blockchain startup Primechain Technologies have announced a partnership to implement a cross-border blockchain invoicing platform for the $12 trillion global trade finance market.

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Insights on Business

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. Customer Experience.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

In the midst of today’s retail revolution, blockchain technology is being pushed up to the surface. E-Commerce’s increasing popularity over the last decade is likely the driver of blockchain technology implementation. One of the seemingly largest barriers for banks with blockchain technology are federal-level regulations.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 25, 2019

These startups, diverse in focus, comprised a wide range of the fintech ecosystem, including payments, security and blockchain. The winner of the competition- an identity proofing and verification startup Diro Labs, received admission to the INV Fintech […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2019

27), far-flung verticals such as healthcare and seafood supply chains – and even FinTech – can be united under a key principle: Trust. Making Waves With Blockchain. This time around, Turner explained that Mastercard has built a proprietary blockchain off of their networks that ties into infrastructure that is already in place.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Corporate treasurers have said they’re interested in a slew of cutting-edge FinTech solutions that experts believe will disrupt financial business management. These professionals widely agreed that positive disruption is on the horizon as a result of FinTech.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2019

27), far-flung verticals such as healthcare and seafood supply chains – and even FinTech – can be united under a key principle: Trust. Making Waves With Blockchain. This time around, Turner explained that Mastercard has built a proprietary blockchain off of their networks that ties into infrastructure that is already in place.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These market conditions may not seem ripe for FinTech innovation, but where there are challenges, there are opportunities. Michael Sassoon, CEO of banking and technology firm Sasfin , recently told PYMNTS about some of the country’s biggest hurdles in small business FinServ — and what technology innovators hope to do about them.

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