Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Takeaway 1 Regtech uses new technologies such as AI and machine learning to streamline processes that keep organizations compliant. Regulatory technology, or regtech, can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of functions in many workplaces, and banks and credit unions are no exception. That’s where regtech for banks can help.

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Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Takeaway 1 Regtech uses new technologies such as AI and machine learning to streamline processes that keep organizations compliant. Regulatory technology, or regtech, can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of functions in many workplaces, and banks and credit unions are no exception. That’s where regtech for banks can help.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

20), Mastercard announced news that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology through its developer’s API. Initially, the technology will be made available for B2B transactions, specifically to address the demands of cross-border payments. Mastercard is not the only firm delving into blockchain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

One of the largest banks in Spain, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), has completed a $170 million (€150 million) loan with Porsche Holding using blockchain technology, according to a report. Although the bank has completed blockchain loans before, it’s never done it with a non-Spanish customer, until now.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Chinese firm OneConnect , a blockchain-based small business (SMB) lending platform owned by insurance giant Ping An, has launched a new portal to facilitate SMB lending in the Guangdong province, the company announced on Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Cryptocurrency-backed lending platform Cred is opening up its technology to third-party developers, the company has announced. In a statement, Co-founder of Cred and Universal Protocol Dan Schatt said the technology can be particularly applicable to the corporate finance fields. In a press release on Tuesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

And for blockchain, a few warning signs have been flashing that all may not be as rosy as some observers may have hoped, had wanted. This is not to say that blockchain is doomed. Exhibit A, of course, would be Long Island Iced Tea, which back in 2017 said it would change its name to Long Blockchain Corp.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

The New York Times newspaper posted a job called “Lead, Blockchain Exploration” on Wednesday (March 13), and later took it down, according to reports. The posting said the organization was looking for someone to “design a blockchain-based proof of concept for news publishers.”.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2018

BBVA bank announced today that it has closed a $90 million corporate loan deal with their technology partner, Indra, via blockchain technology. BBVA used its own internal blockchain system, which is built on the IBM-backed […].

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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. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

We and our research team at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology have received the #LNTorch from @Wiz. According to Bloomberg , Cagney’s new company, Figure , uses blockchain technology to supply home equity lending online in as little as five days. Who should we pass it to?” tweeted Fidelity Digital Assets.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2017

EXCLUSIVE— If financial institutions are going to begin fully utilizing blockchain or distributed ledger technology, they’re going to have to pay much more attention to the use case at hand rather than the underlying technology, R3 said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

CULedger , a credit union, has inked a partnership with IBM to create blockchain services geared toward credit unions. According to a report in Fintech Futures , the idea behind the project is to use permission-based blockchain technology so credit unions can reach more members that don’t have access to financial services.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. It’s just logical that given the extent of recent data breaches, that we’re going to see more of the same.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

USD equivalent to help fund its efforts to help companies secure loans against invoices (through linkups with investors) using blockchain and artificial intelligence. Many companies, he told PYMNTS, rely on private lending. Blockchain applications like smart contracts can help transactions to be completed faster and more efficiently.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

He added that while cryptocurrency is important, the blockchain technology behind it is equally so. “Cryptocurrency for us has always been beyond the asset itself but more on the blockchain technology that underpins it,” he said, according to Bloomberg. Sweden and Thailand , according to recent PYMNTS reports.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 13, 2016

Yet we are also seeing high Customer… Read more How blockchain technology could integrate financial & physical supply chains and revolutionize small business finance. Yet despite years of effort by many smart ventures, there has not yet been a breakthrough to mass scale.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Banks seem smitten by blockchain. PwC writes in its “Global Blockchain Survey 2018” that responses from 600 executives across 15 territories are embracing distributed ledger technology (DLT) with enthusiasm. Everyone is talking about blockchain and no one wants to be left behind.”. Seems everyone is getting into the act.

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Perficient

JANUARY 16, 2023

This can include offering lending services or creating embedded bank accounts for other businesses or consumers. Embedded Finance and Blockchain . You may be wondering if embedded finance conflicts with distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain. Conclusion .

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Bank Innovation

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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Celent Banking

MAY 24, 2016

At Celent, we just published a new research report with the same title as this blog – Blockchain: Beware the Hype. Isn't blockchain the coolest technology out there at the moment? However, we do caution against succumbing to the hype, which is inevitable for any new exciting technologies. Why such a title?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Plenty of industries and companies are eyeing blockchain – the technology that enables cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin – but when it comes to corporate investors, SBI, Google, Overstock.com, Citi and Goldman Sachs are standing out from the pack.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Bloomberg reports that banks in Kenya are pursuing regulatory approval to use distributed ledger technologies (DLT) to help facilitate payments and create credit scoring models. In a report from the bank, blockchain may hold risk if it is misused. Against those curbs, lending activity has dropped, as gross loans and advances slipped 5.7

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Banking Exchange

JANUARY 31, 2020

While traditional lending struggles with slow growth a niche lending business is experiencing huge momentum Bank Performance Revenue Blockchain Feature Financial Trends Management Feature3 Technology.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Blockchain applications may still be a ways away from real-world proliferation, but the technology is certainly beginning to take steps from proof-of-concept phase into beta and pilot testing. This week’s Blockchain Tracker takes a look at some of the latest initiatives to make progress and inch closer to a real-world launch.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

It seems that blockchain may never leave the lab and enter the real world. And, indeed, this week’s Blockchain Tracker continues its coverage of ongoing tests and trails of blockchain solutions. The FRL appears to be taking a cautious approach to the technology. Testing Continues. This week, the U.K.

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PYMNTS

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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JANUARY 5, 2018

Blockchain-based challenger bank BABB — which stands for Bank Account-Based Blockchain — has hired a new CIO. 4) that bank technology veteran Paul Johnson will take up the position. The company said Thursday (Jan. Johnson previously served as chief of another U.K. challenger bank Aldermore, at which he oversaw its IPO in 2015.

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Perficient

APRIL 20, 2023

However, it’s not always obvious which of the many potential technology vendors and implementation partners will best drive an organization’s desired business goals. blockchain​, digital wallets​, money center banks​, emerging payment solutions, digital lending​, economic turmoil​, and fintech disintermediation).

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Union Bank of the Philippines is experimenting with blockchain for remittances, as its chairman believes that the technology can boost financial services in rural areas. Ortiz also told Bloomberg that the bank recently piloted a blockchain-based remittance between Singapore and the Philippines with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Even as a telecommunications conglomerate, it’s hardly surprising that Comcast is jumping into the world of blockchain. million funding round for blockchain startup Blockdaemon , solidifying Comcast’s presence in the distributed ledger scene. So what must happen to get blockchain out of the gate? “We

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 23, 2022

Upon entering the lounge—which was established by Onyx, the bank’s blockchain unit—visitors are greeted by a digital portrait of Jamie Dimon (which morphs into the image of the bank’s head of crypto) and a roaming tiger. It would be easy to write this off as a useless initiative from a bank that can afford to spend $12 billion on technology.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 25, 2018

From machine-learning-based underwriting to blockchain-based identity solutions, new technology is transforming the business of borrowing money. New companies in the credit-scoring space are using AI and […].

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Bank Innovation

MAY 3, 2018

But working with the cryptocurrency taught the payments company quite a bit about blockchain technology, and how it ends up employing that knowledge may be the true payoff […]. Square made a splash when it announced it would sell bitcoin in its Cash app, but failed to make much money doing so, it was revealed yesterday.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 3, 2021

Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel Alan Kaplinsky hosts the conversation. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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