PYMNTS

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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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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain. With its solution designed to address friction in supplier commercial card acceptance, Nium ‘s InstaReM brand announced the expansion of BizPay into a new market: Australia. InstaReM Expands BizPay.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Blockchain-based lodging reservation platform Travala.com has unveiled a merger with TravelbyBit, a Binance-backed “cryptocurrency-friendly” flight reservation site, according to an announcement on Wednesday (May 20). ” The firms will cross-market each of their travel services as the initial step of the merger.

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PYMNTS

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. The sheer volume of transactions makes this a national security threat,” the party wrote in a post on its website.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon unveiled a $108-million plan to make the capital into a blockchain-enabled smart city, Coindesk reported. He said that multiple public services such as elections and labor welfare will use the blockchain technology. The research is described as “a project that uses blockchain technology to improve U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

China’s Tencent will take the lead in helping the global blockchain industry standardize invoices sent on distributed ledger technology (DLT), China’s Global Times reported on Tuesday (Oct. According to reports, a recent report by asset management firm Guosheng Securities found that “as of Aug.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. The involvement of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange comes as the government cracks down on such firms.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

Bitcoin doesn’t necessarily have the blessing of government agencies, but what about blockchain? It seems governments are a bit more open to distributed ledger technology (DLT), though that doesn’t mean blockchain companies get a free pass with regulators. government isn’t the only jurisdiction going hot and cold on blockchain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

When Deloitte published its “ Blockchain: Opportunities for health care ” report in 2016, the consultancy identified three key pillars of potential blockchain disruption for the industry: smart contracts, value transfer and information authentication. Blockchain technology can facilitate these requirements.”. In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Two top banks in the United Arab Emirates and India are spearheading blockchain initiatives in their perspective markets thanks to a new collaboration with software conglomerate Infosys, reports said Monday (Nov. They’ll use the EdgeVerve Blockchain Framework for Financial Services product, reports added.

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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. Digital enterprises are going regional and instant payments are going national (and earlier than originally scheduled). But before partaking in blockchain bacchanal …. The Blockchain Bonanza.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Cambridge Global Payments , a FLEETCOR company working on cross-border payments, has partnered with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple on a cross-border payment solution for B2B customers, according to a press release. The firm has also worked with the National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (NBF) in order to enable them.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Asia-Pacific region is a rising star in FinTech innovation, but this week, the blockchain spotlight landed on Singapore as more distributed ledger initiatives from the private and public sectors took major steps forward. Nearly two-thirds of that funding will go toward blockchain startups, reports added. Visa Tests B2B Connect.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

HSBC has completed its first trade finance transaction on blockchain technology — and claims it’s the first to do so in the market, due to its single-system solution. The technology has come a long way,” said the FI’s senior innovation manager Joshua Kroeker in a media call in March about the pilot. “We’re

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2020

Senator Nathan Dahm (R-OK) is sponsoring a bill that would establish a new state-chartered financial institution (FI) centered around blockchain technology, Cointelegraph reported on Saturday (Jan. 13, Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Project Management launched a “cryptocurrency mining pool.”. Russia and Kazakhstan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 Cloud storage subscription providers are required to offer payment experiences that would-be consumers in both developed and underdeveloped nations find convenient and compelling. Blockchain is very familiar to them.”.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 22, 2020

Blockchain companies have lost a step in the private markets. GET the 47-page blockchain TRENDS report. Download the free report to learn about the biggest emerging trends in blockchain and strategies to watch for 2019. One of the reasons for this slip is that many products are still trying to find product market fit.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, PYMNTS finds a slew of new markets around the world adopting entirely new payment networks that can support their demand for real-time transactions. Hungary announced earlier this month that its new instant payments system is now live across banks in the nation. Qatar Embraces SWIFT gpi.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2019

At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Khalil Sediq, governor at the Central Bank of Afghanistan, told The Asia Times that Afghanistan might issue a sovereign crypto bond that uses blockchain technology. The goal is to raise $5.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Countries with the most sizable count of BTMs are developed nations like Britain, Canada and the United States. But they have grown in popularity in markets that are not stable. There, people need to change a nation's money for cryptocurrency that isn’t regulated by a government or connected with it.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

House Committee Eyes Blockchain for SMBs. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business is ready to hold a hearing this week to discuss the potential impact and benefits of blockchain for the nation’s small businesses, Yahoo! Finance reported last week. Brazil Nears Instant Payments Launch.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In India, payments and banking technology firm Cashfree recently revealed its initiative to open up the nation’s real-time payment network to corporates with the launch of its UPI (Unified Payments Interface) stack, a solution designed to enable businesses to onboard to the rail. Clear Embraces Blockchain For High-Volume Transactions.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

While historically a “pen and pencil” business, technology has begun to push the global real estate market into digitized approaches. Blockchains are becoming a key enabler of this digital transformation (in a similar way to how the emerging tech is disrupting other long-established industries like banking and insurance ).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . The country’s Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) reportedly said Uber went against market rules. Behind Sysco’s Spend Management Switch To Cards. Did Blockchain Peak In 2019?

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JUNE 5, 2017

Last week we saw hackers prove there’s no such thing as vacation when there’s consumer data to steal, Wells Fargo continued its great rebuilding with a round of executive reorganization and Canadians said “no thank you” to the blockchain — but very politely, as is their custom. Canada Takes a Pass on the Blockchain. Here’s the rundown.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Xero, for instance, recently struck a FinTech-to-FinTech-to-Bank integration agreement, while Australia’s National Australian Bank demonstrated the opportunities for API connectivity and FinTech partnerships to address banking friction for larger corporates, too. Plaid’s Global Expansion. Plaid’s Global Expansion.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

New initiatives, platforms and applications to fight fraud are being introduced on a regular basis, ranging from Visa’s fraud prevention suite, to Fujitsu’s blockchain-based DocumentFlow application. Businesses are turning to a variety of solutions to fight fraud, including leveraging blockchain technology.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. With the treasury market for S&P 500 companies valued at $2.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And with the ability for even the smallest of businesses to step into an international market, and to both source and procure from business partners around the world, the expansion of cross-border B2B transaction volume is only slated to accelerate. A Borderless Blockchain. However, he noted, global payments friction runs rampant.

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MARCH 6, 2018

s exit from the bloc next year, the EU’s executive is set to propose a draft law aimed at boosting the FinTech market throughout the region. According to news from Reuters , a document by the European Commission revealed that the law would enable the FinTech sector to grow through crowdfunding and common blockchain technology standards. “An

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While real estate, airplanes, boats, and automobiles have a transparent chain of title, that title and associated purchase information are stored in various forms in various counties and cities across the nation. The blockchain record protects the car’s residual value while also increasing initial demand.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

Supply chain management is one of the most promising applications for blockchain technology, thanks to distributed ledger technology’s promise of heightened transparency and streamlined data exchange — two areas of significant friction for global supply chains today. million in funding from investors).

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

This represents almost 20% of the global online ad market, and is expected to grow in coming years. Blockchain and Identity: Building a New Internet. We dive into blockchain and identity in this research briefing. How blockchain could shift control back to users. Persistent and living with the user from life to death.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The overall theme, reported the site, is to look into how “digital central bank money could be used in the settlement of tokenized assets between market participants.”. SIX, for its part, has reportedly been developing a digital exchange that will use blockchain to underpin those transactions. By reducing the influence of the U.S.

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