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AUGUST 24, 2020

Huawei has created a technology based on the blockchain to help the Beijing government more effectively monitor and supervise citizen information, CoinDesk reported. Moreover, the cloud services arm of Huawei has fueled the project with blockchain innovations like distributed ledgers.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) and blockchain consultancy Chainyard have announced a new blockchain network for supply chain management designed to improve supplier validation, onboarding and life cycle information management, IBM said in a press release on Aug. The new blockchain network is called Trust Your Supplier.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

s tax authority has released cryptocurrency tax guidance for businesses, revealing that crypto assets will still be defined as commodities. That means that companies that participate in trading exchange tokens must make tax payments.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

WeChat , an online messaging service operated by Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent, is looking to enhance its ability to facilitate employee expense reimbursements, and reports said the firm is exploring blockchain as part of the effort. CoinDesk reported Friday (Aug.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Samsung SDS will reportedly launch a blockchain-based medical claims processing system this month. dollar-backed digital currencies for the payment of government taxes, fees and services. Despite the SEC knowing for 18 months that if the TON Blockchain did not launch by Oct. In other news, Bermuda will now accept one-to-one U.S.

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MARCH 14, 2019

Unfortunately, the report found, recent tax reform in the U.S. tax reform to provide a significant benefit, nearly half said in 2019 that there has been no significant impact on their companies at all. Only 15 percent said tax reform boosted their total income, while 12 percent said financial performance has improved.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Kadena has announced the launch of an upgraded version of its blockchain solution to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The “Kadena Scalable Permissioned Blockchain” is now available on Azure Marketplace for free. If a voluntary fund cannot be established, a transactional tax should be imposed to fund the initiative.”.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 11, 2018

bank lobby pushes fraud recovery tax; Mastercard gets another blockchain patent. The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay finds a way to reach banks in Germany; Western Union goes after larger payments; U.K.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Experiencing such gains comes with risks, however, as digital IDs have presented new and underexplored avenues for fraud. Blockchain-Based Security Methods. Another method used to secure digital identities is blockchain, which has seen success in a number of applications, despite being relatively nascent. More than 4.5

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Governments may not be too keen on bitcoin, but blockchain is another story. In fact, government authorities have begun to help fuel the proliferation of blockchain across the world. Local officials are hoping to use blockchain to improve public services and boost transparency.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The latest AMC/KYC Tracker examines current efforts to stop money laundering, fight fraud and improve customer identity authentication in the financial services space. Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Blockchain could also potentially help, because the public distribution ledger that records transactions can be independently verified.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Businesses and households that need an inventory, valuation, repair, or risk tracking (fraud, theft, etc.) As we discussed in our primer on defi and blockchain ( HERE ), part of the allure of cryptocurrency is that it transfers the payment’s message (information about the transaction) and value simultaneously.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

As Vasir explained, this enables employees to not only take control of various HR functions, including benefits management, taxes and retirement fund contributions, but at the broader level, reconnects those employees to having control over their own data.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

According to blockchain and cryptocurrency company BitRail , JPMorgan’s announcement was certainly a validating moment for the industry. Interestingly, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has historically been one of the loudest critics of cryptocurrency, slamming the technology as “ a fraud.”

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MARCH 30, 2018

tax deadline approaches, CNBC reported. The funding will be used for developing the startup’s coin and blockchain. Customers, in all, said they lost more than $11 million in 2017 due to tech support fraud. The price of bitcoin was $6,826.68 as of 11:13 p.m., according to CoinDesk. And the person behind the startup?

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Innovators introduced new ways for banks to onboard their customers and manage their KYC compliance requirements, including firms like R3, which began piloting its blockchain-powered KYC solution with corporate treasurers and banks this year.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Hodlers have hodled through a hard fork in the blockchain, which spawned Bitcoin Cash on Aug. A hard fork is when the blockchain splits into two separate chains due to a radical change in protocol — often introduced to address a cybersecurity vulnerability. This week, U.K.’s Like the FCA said: highly speculative.

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APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Blockchain. Blockchain. Take the blockchain. An alien landing on Earth and reading the popular tech press would be thoroughly convinced that blockchain is the biggest thing to have happened here since the invention of indoor plumbing. Benjamin Franklin.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

The British Government’s Chief scientific adviser, Sir Mark Walport , has published his Government Office for Science report on “ Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond blockchain ”. From Report Urges UK Government to Test Blockchain Tech – CoinDesk ]. Sir Mark says that permissioned ledgers (i.e.,

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JULY 9, 2018

As reported in March, a withholding tax of about 15 percent would apply to gains stemming from sales of digital tokens and cryptocurrencies. should have a “public-facing chief blockchain officer.” The idea comes as roughly 40 percent of the more than two dozen startups in the country are tied to blockchain.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Nothing brings money to top of mind like tax season — and tax refunds and stimulus payments , doled out in the wake of a pandemic known as the coronavirus. The trillions of dollars in stimulus funding and tax refunds being extended to families, individuals and businesses is coming — but slowly. Tax refunds? Very slowly.

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

Bawumia said that Ghana has already surpassed Kenya in mobile payments, and the country is also working on digitalizing its land registry using blockchain technology. It will form the basis of an integrated database with passports, tax identification numbers, and drivers’ licenses,” he said.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Time report collection, data aggregation across different formats and departments, data consolidation for processing, tax withholdings and benefits calculation must all be done, approved, and processed for on-time payroll. But on the back end, said Eynat Guez, Papaya Global co-founder and CEO, complexities abound. Technological Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Use cases for the digital ID wallet could include accessing age-restricted places like bars, signing into services like online tax filing or verifying identities at polling stations. Blockchain-based systems are particularly popular. A similar offering from London-based digital ID startup Yoti, which recently secured £8 million ($9.9

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JUNE 6, 2016

I have to give a presentation about putting identity on the blockchain, even though no-one seems entirely clear what “identity” means or, for that matter, what “blockchain” means. Lots of people seem to think that putting identity on the blockchain is a good thing to. I shouldn’t think things have changed much by now.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Many marketplaces act as go-betweens for firms looking to hire remote or freelance workers by offering time-tracking options to ensure correct payments, payment transfers in various currencies, communication and collaboration options, tax estimates or compliance help, healthcare options and other work-related issues.

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MARCH 12, 2018

The goals by and large may be noble ones, as real companies come to market and bypass traditional conduits – saving time, perhaps, as they want to bring new services and ideas tied to blockchain to fruition. Obviously, there are tax issues and you’ve got the IRS involved,” said Patel. And yet: How and why to regulate?

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

“Although the rate of adoption is good, corporates are not leveraging all the benefits of the digital transformation to provide new propositions to their clients, to help them move away from checks and increase overall efficiency in reconciliation and fraud,” the report concluded.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Might it be blockchain’s turn to shine amid pockets of economic turmoil? It’s no secret that blockchain is becoming ever more divorced from bitcoin, with which it has been traditionally associated. Blockchain allows us to program monetary policy into decentralized, trustless networks with public, secure record-keeping functionality.”.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

According to reports out this week, drug sales on the dark web are up 60 percent and hitting $601 million from January to March 2019, according to blockchain analysis firm and government adviser Chainalysis. Data for ransomware, tax evasion and money laundering, however, is likely underestimated because it is hard to track.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Note that Deloitte’s Ireland-based rundown of regtech companies includes Finovate alum Trustev ( F14 ), whose online ID verification technology is very much in same category as dozens of other security, authentication, verification, anti-fraud innovators. Blockchain Bandwagon. Mobile payments gets another huge player.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Blockchain and crypto companies may be operating with cutting-edge technology, but in the back-office, accounting and bookkeeping strategies are stuck in the stone age. There is a huge gap right now, and traditional accounting software doesn’t integrate with blockchains and cryptocurrencies.”. Libra, which recently announced $7.8

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This includes targeting the underbanked/unbanked, millennials, students, kids, freelancers, and early adopters of blockchain. Blockchain. This is a nascent category that includes companies leveraging the blockchain to decentralize money storage and replace a traditional bank account. Underbanked/Unbanked.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

The new Digital Identity Tracker looks at how recent investments in a wide range of identity solutions could be put to use, by providing services to refugees, helping government agencies collect taxes and authenticating gig workers on digital hiring platforms. Private organizations are also looking to blockchain for decentralized solutions.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. So, we all know this – chip cards were not going to fix the problem of fraud at the POS.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

The anonymity of the blockchain and lack of oversight makes it a magnet for cyberthieves. No individual agency controls blockchain-based financial networks, and it’s hard to enforce adherence to money laundering legislation. If confirmed, she will be the first woman named Treasury Secretary. Regulators in the U.S.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. Digital rights management platform on the blockchain. Fraud solutions based on email addresses. Tax preparation technology. Tags: Consumers, tax prep, personal financial management. Alt-lender to students.

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