Bussman Advisory

DECEMBER 3, 2022

IBM, Maersk shutter shipping blockchain TradeLens. Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance? Porsche unveils plans for 911 NFT collection in web3 push. More information on www.bussmannadvisory.com.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In the ongoing move to embrace blockchain, Facebook may have its allies. As reported, the social media giant has some support from IBM. IBM has said it is “willing” to work with Facebook on blockchain, as noted by an IBM executive. Separately, other tech giants are getting into the blockchain fray. Cisco, Too.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Russia-based diamond producer ALROSA is partnering with technology firm Everledger and Tencent’s social platform WeChat to sell diamonds to Chinese retailers using a blockchain platform, ALROSA announced in a press release on Tuesday (Dec. The Mini Program will help set brands apart in China’s luxury market. “We

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MAY 8, 2019

Facebook is shoring up its secretive blockchain team with hires from PayPal, according to a report by Bloomberg , and the company might be planning to release its own type of cryptocurrency, which could be announced as soon as the next quarter. The hiring is being driven by David Marcus, former PayPal leader.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This time, South Korean blockchain company Pure Bit has reportedly stolen $2.7 According to The Next Web , hours after moving all raised funds out of its wallet, the company shut down its website, deleted its social media accounts and kicked all users off its chat group. Another exit scam has hit the crypto world.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Blockchain technology has the potential to impact nearly every industry involving money. However, earlier this week, we reported on a virtual insurance agent company partnering up with Facebook to offer quote comparison shopping via the social media giant’s Messenger chatbot. SR: Impact is slow but expansive.

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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. Blockchain applications like smart contracts can help transactions to be completed faster and more efficiently.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Two watch sellers are diving into a pilot that will test whether social media and blockchain can power alternatives to Amazon and eBay for e-commerce sales, shopping, payments, risk management and marketing.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet won’t be available in certain markets. The social media giant shared its plans for both projects, which aim to transform financial services worldwide by empowering the more than 1.7 billion people around the world who currently do not have a bank account.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

For years, throughout the volatility of cryptocurrency values, some industry experts have assured investors and innovators that blockchain is the disruptor in which the market should place its faith. Bitcoin and blockchain creator Satoshi Nakamoto developed these tools nearly a decade ago, he said.

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JULY 1, 2019

Haiti has seen a blockchain boom. Another initiative, the Blockchain Cotton Project (BCP), is set to help the country produce millions of pounds in cotton. Plastic Bank has partnered with IBM to launch a recycling initiative via blockchain. Plastic Bank has partnered with IBM to launch a recycling initiative via blockchain.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Blockchain is one of the hottest movements in the financial services industry, but people continue to question where it exists on the hype cycle at every major conference I attend. Also, stop by booth 535 to see live demos and speak with blockchain experts. Digitizing the Flow of Goods, Information and Money with Blockchain.

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JULY 3, 2019

The FCA explained that the products are a risk to consumers because cryptos’ value and risks cannot be reliably assessed due to extreme volatility, market abuse and financial crime, among other reasons. million a year. million a year. “As

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Thai state-owned oil and gas company PTT and blockchain energy nonprofit Energy Web Foundation (EWF) have announced that they are teaming up to build a blockchain-based renewables platform. Tom Grundy, founder of crowdfuded media outlet Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), complained on social media Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

But Taqanu and its founder have a novel idea on that identify issue — which is simply to point out that these refugees have smartphones, regular access to the internet and leave a long list of digital clues in markets that make it quite broadly possible to create an identity profile for them. The Power of the Blockchain.

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MAY 23, 2019

We have learned valuable lessons about our customers and the crypto market, and on how to design blockchain and crypto applications,” they said. In other news, Thailand‘s oldest bank, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), will be experimenting with blockchain technology, powered by Ripple.

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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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Bussman Advisory

MAY 12, 2022

Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance? The post Instagram to start testing NFTs | Visa, Google bring virtual cards to autofill | More than $200 billion erased from entire crypto market appeared first on Bussmann Advisory AG.

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Bussman Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter with over 40’000 subscribers across different social media channels, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies: UBS scraps $1.4

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Bussman Advisory

MAY 6, 2022

Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance? The post Inside Elon Musk’s big plans for Twitter | Western banks prepare for $10B hit in retreat from Russia | EU accuses Apple of market abuse with NFC appeared first on Bussmann Advisory AG.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

CNBC recently reported that blockchain technology – the very tech that brought us the decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin – is set to go mainstream. This change could fundamentally disrupt financial marketing as we know it. But consider how marketers felt when the Internet first became a thing, or email, or social media.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The afternoon session brought on the blockchain. The morning session at BBVA Open Talent Challenge was all about artificial intelligence. From these sessions, two winners were chosen that will have the chance to engage with a global bank — perhaps the ultimate prize for a fintech startup today. The challenge was part Read More.

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JULY 23, 2019

The social media giant is now compelled to address a growing number of fabricated exchanges associated with its digital asset, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday (July 23). The fake communications reportedly feature Facebook’s logo, branding, photos of Mark Zuckerberg or Libra’s official marketing imagery.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Yao’s hiring was anticipated because of his contribution to the development of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) and his deep understanding of FinTech and blockchain, according to Caijing. 11) with defrauding investors in an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised more than $42 million from hundreds of investors.

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MAY 30, 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday (May 29) that it has obtained a court order to stop a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) allegedly run by Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc. which has raised as much as $21 million from investors in and outside the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Libra Association is petitioning the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned Libra cryptocurrency, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. The social media giant wants to move forward and launch Libra in June despite global questioning and hesitation.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

The social media giant’s plan has brought out a multitude of regulators, lawmakers and leaders around the globe who are concerned that the cryptocurrency won’t be regulated closely enough and could potentially upend the global financial market. Facebook has said it will release Libra sometime in 2020. lawmakers, led by Rep.

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JULY 13, 2020

” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. Celebrities including Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled backed the project on social media. They falsely claimed to have a Harvard-educated CEO backing them. And, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Emergent Technology, the blockchain technology company, announced on Tuesday (Sept. “Across our business, we strive to facilitate greater financial inclusion in emerging markets, and identity is a central component,” said EmTech’s Chief Commercial Officer Mitch Davis.

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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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MAY 26, 2020

Tencent Executive Vice President Dowson Tong said in an interview with state media that the company also wants to put money into experimenting with blockchain, servers, big data centers, supercomputer centers, Internet of Things (IoT) operating systems, 5G networks and quantum computing.

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MARCH 14, 2019

In surprise announcements, two senior Facebook executives said they are leaving the company just days after CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was shifting the direction of the social media giant, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The company’s chief marketing officer, Antonio Lucio, will report to COO Sheryl Sandberg.

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JULY 23, 2019

The Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) said it still hasn’t heard from Facebook regarding its supposed oversight of Libra, the social media giant’s proposed cryptocurrency. . Libra has already faced stiff scrutiny from regulators and policymakers all over the world.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

In June , Byrne was ready to welcome Facebook’s entry into the cryptocurrency market. At the Fortune Brainstorm Finance conference in Montauk, New York, he said the social media giant’s launch of its own digital currency validates the space, and that Overstock would be open to partnering with Facebook on the project.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This year’s blockchain craze has pushed a huge amount of new money into cryptocurrencies, private blockchain projects, and companies holding initial coin offerings (ICOs). As of now, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies stands at more than $220B — a huge leap from where it started the year at $18B.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2019

Changes to the insurance code via the Pact Act now allow for life insurance contracts investing in specialized professional funds (SPFs) to include blockchain-backed assets. The life insurance market in France makes up 40 percent of financial assets among local households. We are determined to continue transforming our economy.”.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Crypto startup RSK will buy Spanish social media network Taringa in a bid to expand and to gain access to the platform’s 20 million users, according to a report by Forbes. The RIF token, which was introduced in November of last year, has a market cap of $46 million. That’s exactly why we chose this social network.”.

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