Insights on Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cybersecurity are poised to transform the financial services industries. New hybrid cloud platforms will offer unprecedented scalability, agility, and security, optimized for enterprise AI and blockchain.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Enterprise software provider R3 is teaming up with Mastercard to establish a blockchain solution for cross-border payments, the companies said in a press release on Wednesday (Sept. The new blockchain-enabled solution aims to bridge international payments infrastructures, schemes and banks via a Mastercard clearing and settlement network.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

As more businesses join collaborative groups and invest in internal research and development (R&D) to explore using blockchain for new services, some firms have begun to use the technology themselves. Mutual fund conglomerate Vanguard is reportedly readying to implement blockchain into its own processes early next year.

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MARCH 22, 2019

A new job posting has revealed that Facebook is looking to hire a lead commercial counsel for its blockchain initiatives. You will be responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts related our blockchain initiatives, including partnerships needed to launch new products and expand such products internationally.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

No one truly knows exactly where and how blockchain technology will make the greatest impact. Regardless of where blockchain makes its mark, what is certain is that corporates have to trust that a largely unfamiliar innovation will work the way it should; that means securely, efficiently and easily.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

The digital payments news out of Brazil has been fast and furious over the last few weeks – particularly when it comes to blockchain. The big story, however, has been blockchain, as entities public and private are hoping it might just be the digital magic bullet the entire ecosystem needs. The Blockchain Bonanza.

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MARCH 10, 2017

With eCommerce in full swing, many retailers are looking to restructure many facets of their operations. Blockchain technology is often used as the go-to source to enable faster and safer transactions, especially for smaller players in the retail market. and China alone was approximately $660 billion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

B2B payments have a reputation for being slow to innovate , though the last couple years has challenged that notoriety. Faster payments initiatives, blockchain and other disruptions all show promise to make major changes in the B2B payments space. Commercial cards probably won’t see any massive bursts of innovation or adoption, either.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In other news, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has partnered with the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne for a blockchain trial to see how the technology could automate the reporting of cross-border transactions. A new world of tokenized assets and blockchain is coming.

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MARCH 25, 2020

As commercial card innovation expands, service providers continue to target particular pain points for their business cardholders. Payhawk is able to operate in unison with businesses’ existing bank accounts, however, thanks to Europe’s PSD2 and open banking regulations. ”

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JUNE 18, 2020

VMware Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said that extremist groups, beyond organized crime, are known to harness alternative payments infrastructure to fundraise and for “operational purposes.” This raises the necessity of increased regulation of digital money,” he said, per the outlet.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”. One thing he wants to do right away is to enhance the coordination between financial regulators in the country. “To The Bank of England approaches Libra with an open mind but not an open door,” Carney said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

As more banks, industries, companies and even retail brands take on and use blockchain technology in their business, there are the enhanced and innate elements of efficiency and security. “A But blockchain has also become a tracking mechanism, more so a cost-cutting measure for a variety of reasons. billion for a typical lender.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2019

Increasingly, the financial services industry is targeting sluggishness in corporates’ cross-border payments, too, through technologies like blockchain and the development of faster payment rails around the globe. Regardless of how, these technologies and their innovators share common goals: to accelerate and streamline cross border payments.

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MARCH 1, 2016

FinTech innovators continue to bank on the blockchain to overhaul the world’s payments infrastructure, and financial institutions are backing that vision with their own investments. As with the majority of FinTech and payments players, the blockchain is on the mind of MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments.

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Perficient

MARCH 3, 2023

In our first blog in this series, Blockchain: The Secret Sauce to Supply Chain Visibility , we covered why visibility is so crucial in the supply chain for all parties and gave examples of firms using distributed ledgers to help improve customer service, reduce inventory costs, provide proactive status updates, and help mitigate risk.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Effects on business operations, such as supply chain disruptions, researchers for the 2017 Association for Financial Professionals Risk Survey found, are among the largest factors of earnings uncertainty. percent) of supply chain professionals told eft they aren’t looking into the application of blockchain for their companies.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

The CEO and CFO of the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange announced today that they have reached an agreement to purchase a 268-year-old German bank in order to establish “a one-stop shop for regulated crypto products in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.”. Regulated” is a word Höptner returned to repeatedly in the announcement.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 19, 2016

How this technology will be regulated may determine where fintech firms take root Technology Risk Management Operational Risk Fintech.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In March of 2016, I testified on the revolutionary nature of blockchains before the U.S. Since that time, blockchains have continued garnering interest across multiple industries from banking to health care, and have been explored for quite a few additional use cases. And let’s not forget blockchain’s nature as a disruptive technology.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

B2B payments are an instrumental component of global trade and of setting the stage for currencies to operate as global instruments of cross-border trade. Three unnamed sources told Reuters that Chinese officials are opening up its large-value payment system to operate 21 hours a day, with the ability to process payments overnight.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. Submit your application here before November 25.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

He also offers advice for how to innovate in the field. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: How would you define your company’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing you’ve ever done? JB: Innovation often means taking a risk.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Regulators, banks, customs, shipping, logistics and FinTech companies need to work together to inform new regulatory, legal and technical standards.”. Rather, it has meant that banks can increasingly collaborate with these new players in order to innovate and increase trade finance provision.

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MARCH 25, 2016

It may have been a big week for alternative lending in the consumer finance space, but in B2B payments, blockchain and eCommerce startups snagged the biggest share of venture capital. Blockchain. With financial institutions scurrying to invest in the blockchain, the technology’s reputation as a tool for Dark Web cybercrime is waning.

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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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NCR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

If recent forecasts from the World Economic Forum (WEF) are to be believed, blockchain – the technology behind bitcoin – is set to become “the beating heart of the financial system” But some in the industry might not be entirely clear about what blockchain even is, let alone the impact it could have on how banks do business.

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MARCH 23, 2016

The whispers have grown to loud chatter when it comes to blockchain technology and the impact it might have on the financial services sector. The latest research from PwC found that banks are no longer taking blockchain technology as an easily ignored fad. For FIs, it’s better to be friend instead of foe with the disruptor.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

22) a five-year agreement with blockchain company R3 allowing the financial institution to access an unlimited number of licenses from the Corda Enterprise platform. The agreement signals a significant push within blockchain for ING. ING Bank announced Tuesday (Jan. In another statement, R3 CEO David E.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

The funding will be used to hire staff, “build out our infrastructure and secure the appropriate steps are taken to develop a regulated market for digital assets,” said ErisX Chief Executive Officer Thomas Chippas, according to Reuters. The exchange is set to launch next year, pending regulatory approval. A new document shows that the U.S.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. However, Swiss officials recently took steps to get ahead of the regulatory uncertainty surrounding the world of blockchain, focusing on a particularly large hurdle for companies in the industry.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Ether, for instance, seems to have dropped in value, just as many organizations that had previously raised funds in Ether via ICO “cash out” so as to finance their operations and pay for expenses, Bloomberg said. “Everything is open source, meaning that any feature in a public blockchain can be copied.”

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Following on from my previous blog introducing the new year in the Fintech Innovation programme, I wanted to turn the focus onto the emergence of RegTech—technologies that address the challenge and cost of regulatory compliance. Both are alumni of our FinTech Innovation Lab. Both are critical. There are hidden costs too.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Following on from my previous blog introducing the new year in the Fintech Innovation programme, I wanted to turn the focus onto the emergence of RegTech—technologies that address the challenge and cost of regulatory compliance. Both are alumni of our FinTech Innovation Lab. Both are critical. There are hidden costs too.

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JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. The new banking options are largely built around blockchain technologies.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The financial center operates with its own legal, regulatory and tax infrastructure and traces its roots back to 2005. As reported by the Gulf Times , the Qatar Central Bank adopted new regulations in December that focus on combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

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