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JANUARY 2, 2019

In a recent report published by Protiviti and North Carolina State University, analysts found just how important technology and innovation are becoming for corporate executives. Its “ Can blockchain revolutionize international trade? Finance professionals spoke with Gartner, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The seed of FinTech innovation often comes from a desire to do things differently. In B2B payments, that can mean discontent in the way traditional banks and FIs do business or a need for disruptive technologies to come to market faster than banks can offer. Take Capital One’s deal with Gem, for instance.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Blockchain company XinFin is rolling out an integration between its invoice factoring application InFactor and QuickBooks. Earlier this year, XinFin announced it is joining the R3 Corda marketplace, which will host several XinFin enterprise blockchain apps, including its invoice financing solution. ” .

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MAY 3, 2019

Microsoft has announced the launch of Azure Blockchain Service , which simplifies the formation, management and governance of consortium blockchain networks. Because it’s built on the popular ethereum protocol, which has the world’s largest blockchain developer community, Quorum is a natural choice.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Microsoft is reportedly partnering with Nasdaq on blockchain, in which its Azure blockchain services will integrate with Nasdaq’s Financial Framework. The partnership is aimed at creating a blockchain system to help technologies work together for Nasdaq customers.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The financial services (FinServ) market is, by far, ahead of other industries when it comes to blockchain innovation and adoption, according to data released this year by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Juan Benitez, general manager and chief technology officer of Braintree, a PayPal subsidiary, will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, open banking ecosystems, blockchain and more.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Enterprise blockchain platform XinFin is joining the R3 consortium, with the R3 Corda marketplace hosting several XinFin apps for business users, the companies said in a press release Friday (Feb. Financial institutions that use the R3 Corda blockchain platform can gain access to and integrate these apps.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

“The most advanced technology is [electronic data interchange (EDI)].” The technology first emerged in the 1970s. ” The reliance of B2B eCommerce on EDI technology demonstrates the importance of digital data in the sector. . Betting On Blockchain.

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APRIL 3, 2018

JPMorgan Chase will be continuing its exploration of blockchain technology with new head Christine Moy, the bank said. Moy is a senior product manager in the bank’s Blockchain Center of Excellence, and will assume the leadership role after Amber Baldet announced her departure yesterday, Reuters reported.

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DECEMBER 29, 2019

The United Nations (UN) needs to embrace blockchain, António Guterres, U.N. Guterres said blockchain technology will be a critical part of the U.N., China, too, has prioritized blockchain, and the $6 billion U.N. Innovations Network has five blockchain projects on tap that will help advance inter-agency collaboration.

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AUGUST 11, 2019

New Jersey ’s governor has signed a bill to implement a Blockchain Initiative Task Force. Bill S2297 explained that the task force will study potential uses for blockchain technology on the state and local level, with an emphasis on medical records, land records, banking, and property auctions as potential applications.

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JULY 1, 2019

Blockchain has caught the attention of several FIs, especially for B2B and cross-border payments, even if there’s not yet consensus on how to best deploy it in real-world situations. Canadian payments network Interac has experimented with blockchain for consumer payments. We are now in the trough of disillusionment.”.

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APRIL 18, 2019

A new technology protocol announced by corporate accounting and auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) aims to secure transactions made over public Ethereum blockchain. The solution aims to help enterprises and investors to conduct private, secure transactions on a public blockchain.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Blockchain seemed to be stuck in pilot phase in 2017, but in 2018, the financial services industry finally saw a stronger flow of real-world, working blockchain applications — many of which targeted pain points in B2B payments, including the time and lack of transparency in cross-border transactions.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

SK Telecom has indicated that it will provide its inaugural eWallet to keep electronic certificates and manage them, which is fueled by the blockchain and has the go-ahead from the South Korean government, Cointelegraph reported. Our model is different from that of most accelerators,” Ovadia, who manages the accelerator, told Globes.

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APRIL 3, 2019

It may seem that cross-border payments were in the … well … crosshairs this past week, with a number of country-by-country and company-by-company initiatives using blockchain and other methods to speed payments and lower fees. Everex, which traces its genesis to 2016, has focused on distributed ledger technology for cross-border payments.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Its subsidiary, BNP Paribas Securities Services — a global custodian and securities services provider — received a third of that sum in order to explore emerging technologies, such as blockchain, AI, and […].

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JANUARY 3, 2019

To that end, any number of analyses are coming in the blockchain arena. According to an article via the MIT Technology Review , this will be the year that blockchain becomes “boring,” with innovative projects that will “bear fruit” this year even amid the declines seen last year in the sector, and in cryptocurrencies.

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APRIL 14, 2019

The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank are partnering up to launch a private blockchain and “quasi-cryptocurrency.”. Instead, the coin will be used to study the technologies used for crypto assets, and how they can be utilized in the real world. “The

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JANUARY 16, 2019

In Asia, blockchain continues to get a boost from government and regulatory efforts, especially in the realm of trade finance done across borders. Separately, the South Korean government has been eyeing tax breaks for blockchain in a move that looks to bring innovation to the region. IoT Gains Traction With Blockchain.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Banking and financial services firm HSBC says its blockchain-based trade finance solution is ready to launch — in pilot phase, at least. The technology has come a long way. In addition, Kroeker highlighted HSBC’s focus on documentary credit as a key area that can be improved using technologies like blockchain.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Adam Carson, managing director, global technology strategy & partnerships at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, blockchain and more.

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MAY 2, 2019

To that end, Invest In Blockchain reported that Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, said that the central bank should gear up for a “fourth industrial revolution” that includes at least some impact to payments, chiefly through blockchain and decentralized systems. Also in the U.K.,

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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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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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OCTOBER 10, 2019

Bank of America (BoA) may have hired a treasury product manager to work with Ripple. This role leads the product management team for the Ripple Project, a decentralized ledger technology-based solution to cross-border payments marketed to [global transaction services (GTS)] clients,” the job listing read. “The

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Blockchain company DMG Blockchain Solutions is rolling out a new supply chain management solution designed for the legal cannabis market. “The emerging cannabis industry demands product management solutions and blockchain is the most logical choice,” said DMG CEO Dan Reitzik in a statement.

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MAY 31, 2017

Complex supply chains have been the focus of blockchain innovators as of late as they explore how distributed ledgers can streamline and safeguard the transmission of paperwork and funds across borders and between companies. The report, released last week, agrees that blockchain is making headway in supply chain management and finance.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

Blockchain has been steadily making inroads in the B2B realm as a way to help boost supply chain transparency and efficiencies. To that end, in South Korea, a number of government ministries are looking into blockchain, eyeing the potential boost distributed ledger technology can give to marine logistics.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Shipping and logistics conglomerate UPS has partnered with eCommerce technology company Inxeption to allow businesses to market and distribute products on multiple online channels from one secure place. Merchants can also now receive competitive UPS global shipping, tracking and logistics services.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Australian supply chain-focused blockchain technology company Security Matters has filed a patent application in the U.S. towards the marking, tracking and managing of the supply chain of cannabis plants, cannabis products and products containing cannabis-based ingredients.

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JUNE 26, 2019

In the continuing move to bring data (and transactional data) to blockchain, among the latest examples is the announcement this week that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) will enable blockchain-focused companies to use its global payments innovation (GPI) platform, as reported in Cointelegraph.

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APRIL 30, 2019

Roberto Mancone, co-founder and chief operating officer of blockchain trade finance platform we.trade, is leaving the company and revealing his doubts about blockchain technology’s promises to transform the industry. “I have not yet seen something that shows the ultimate benefit of the technology,” he said.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Capital One’s Treasury Management Group is already looking ahead to how corporate treasurers will face the most modern of challenges in 2017. A new survey from the group published earlier this month found that 83 percent of treasurers are gearing up to upgrade existing technologies, or implement entirely new ones, in the coming year.

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Ripple has announced that it’s now a member of the Blockchain Association , an organization that advocates cryptocurrencies and the use of blockchain networks. We are excited to be included as members of the Blockchain Association — an association playing a key role in shaping our shared digital future,” Ripple said. “We

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APRIL 23, 2018

Logistics company Supplylogix has reportedly secured a patent pertaining to inventory management technology, reports in Citizen Tribune said Friday (April 20). The pharmaceutical industry is active in the exploration of tech and FinTech to enhance supply chain and other business management processes. Patent and Trademark Office.

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