Bank Innovation

APRIL 24, 2017

The rise of insurtech is running parallel to the rise of regtech, as financial firms and startups apply artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other technologies to the dizzying world of financial regulation.

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JUNE 8, 2020

United Nations global blockchain expert Massimo Buonomo has foreseen a future where digital currencies could replace low-interest bank accounts, Coindesk reports. He said the regulators would need to have total control over a cryptocurrency-fueled system that replaced traditional banking.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand. The blockchain is here to stay – learn it, know it, live it. What’s Next?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Deribit , a popular global cryptocurrency options exchange, is moving to Panama in February to sidestep the Netherlands’ upcoming regulation changes on the industry, according to Bloomberg. Illinois’s Blockchain Technology Act went into effect on Jan. In other news, blockchain compliance startup Securrency has received $17.65

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Federal Ministry of Finance in Nigeria is said to be in discussions with the securities watchdog in the country to create a new digital currency and blockchain structure, Cointelegraph reported. In other news, The Australian Border Force (ABF) is holding a blockchain pilot with Singapore, according to an announcement.

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JULY 2, 2020

The blockchain has been touted as the solution for any host of information and asset transfer issues — due in part to the fact that data in a blockchain cannot be altered (i.e. Lack of access to banking is a significant issue for blockchain projects, even today,” Public Mint said. is immutable).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In other news, the World Blockchain Initiative (WORBLI) said its protocol eliminates any concerns that a token can be used for illegal activities. Compliance is actually one of the biggest barriers to entry for small businesses in any highly regulated industry,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Federal Bank in India has partnered with blockchain payments company Ripple to facilitate cross-border payments, according to reports. This is to inform Federal Bank has entered into a partnership with Ripple Inc, a blockchain supported global remittance company, for cross border remittance through its network, ” the announcement said.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Recently, some developers in the IoT space have been exploring the use of blockchain technology to secure connected devices, and bring transparency to transactions and data collection. Another recently introduced piece of legislation aims to protect individuals by regulating facial-recognition cameras. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

As the underpinning technology to the digital currency bitcoin, blockchain technology is still in its infancy stage. While companies learn more about the technology, various financial institutions are dipping their toes into the blockchain pool. It just announced it has recently joined the R3 blockchain consortium.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

The European Union has decided it won’t take a formal stance on regulating blockchain, at least for now. According to the EU parliamentary committee, now is not the time to regulate. And, according to reports out of the European Central Bank earlier this week, it said it was testing blockchain, as is the Bank of England.

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Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

I was thinking about this question of how to regulate global technology platforms that don’t recognise national boundaries, mainly in the context of crypto and digital currencies. How can you regulate a global currency that has no view of state or national laws?

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APRIL 5, 2019

A new blockchain association has been created to promote the adoption of the technology across the European Union. The group — the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications ( INATBA ) — officially launched on April 3 in Brussels and includes SWIFT, IBM, Ripple and around 100 other companies and organizations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Blockchain startup contests. With €15,000 in prize money ready to be handed out, BlockchainHub Graz and industry partners have announced a Blockchain Startup Contest. With the expansion of blockchain, this is likely not a one-off competition. The Blockchain Startup Contest is the very thing that the industry needs.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin , a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the privacy-focused app in that it is “more resistant to surveillance,” according to a 2017 Wired report.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The alliance, a Libra competitor, provides an avenue for developers to create decentralized apps based on Celo blockchain technology as well as U.S. According to reports, the biggest element that sets Celo’s network apart from other blockchains is that Celo Dollar stablecoin payments can be sent to phone numbers instead of complex addresses.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Regulators and lawmakers, however, can latch onto digital currency efforts as they must monitor and also supervise such stablecoins. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

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Payments Dive

JUNE 4, 2019

Even with FinCEN's new guidelines on cryptocurrency, there are still many gray areas. Misiala Jr., counsel at BakerHostetler provides some clarity in a Q&A.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Alipay’s Ant Financial announced that it is moving into the pilot stage for its blockchain network — Ant Blockchain Open Alliance, which was created to help small and medium-sized businesses. This is the company’s latest move in the blockchain market. There are then plans to go live three months later.

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Banking Exchange

JANUARY 6, 2023

Regulators have started 2023 with warnings surrounding investment in crypto for banks Risk Management Feature Feature3 Blockchain Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Digital Compliance Compliance/Regulatory.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 5, 2020

Blockchain technology should be regulated as data rather than a financial instrument, according to a panel of lawyers and policy consultants at a London Blockchain Week conference today. Panellists also said smart contracts as the future of regulation in financial services. “We have to.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I guess that this is logical as my last line was that government control of cryptocurrencies is “not so easy for cryptocurrencies that have … The post Regulating the cryptocurrency markets appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Ripple, the blockchain company that owns XRP, the digital currency, has joined forces with NEM, Fetch.AI, and EMURGO/Cardano to create a new association that represents the interest of blockchain and cryptocurrency business in Europe. Speakers at the event focused on the benefits of blockchain technology for companies and lawmakers.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Figure says it has already built out the capacity to reduce the time it takes to originate a loan by a significant amount, and has sizably cut expenses in financing, origination, servicing and capital services market execution with blockchain technology.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 17, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — Spanish banks, along with certain Spanish telecommunication companies, have come together to establish a national network based on blockchain. The consortium is called Alastria.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Albania’s Parliament has signed a comprehensive law to regulate the conditions for licensing all activity of cryptocurrency in the country. Charles Hoskinson, founder of IOHK , which makes Cardano, said in a recent Cointelgraph interview that the crypto-native chip is being created at the IOHK lab at the University of Wyoming.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. There is very much still this need to bridge traditional markets and regulation with this FinTech 2.0, For some, that means embracing solutions built atop existing rails, or exploring new ones altogether.

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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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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2022

On April 28, 2022 the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued its Guidance on Use of Blockchain Analytics , a document directed to all virtual currency business entities that either have a NYDFS Bitlicense or are chartered as a limited purpose trust company under the New York Banking Law.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Olga explicitly outlines the real use cases of blockchain and digital cryptography and how smarter regulation can promote innovation. bobsguide sat down with CEO of Smart Valor and 'Bitcoin Queen' of Switzerland, Olga Feldmeier. She also predicts the roadmap to bank disintermediation in the.

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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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

South Korean highways could see blockchain-based toll booths before the end of the year, according to a report from Crypto News. KEB Hana Bank , one of the largest banks in the country, is going to work with the Korea Expressway Corporation on blockchain-based services. They still have to inform NYDFS before using the coin, though.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Plus, Contour completes blockchain trade finance transaction, Liberis raises funding for SME financing, Pakistan eyes digitizing supply chains, and Ripple faces SEC charges. Contour Completes Blockchain Transaction Between Two Cos. Today in B2B payments, lenders land SMB relief support in U.S. pandemic aid package.

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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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DECEMBER 15, 2019

million from the VeChain Foundation, which is the group behind the VeChain public blockchain platform construction, Yahoo Finance reported. VeChain, which was started in 2015 in Singapore, showcases a lending platform based on the blockchain that aids clients in assessing the quality of items purchased via supply chain analysis.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Meanwhile, banks in Malta are skeptical of jumping on the blockchain bandwagon, according to Cointelegraph. regulators have not shied away from using long arm jurisdiction to go after exchanges and protocols allowing investments or participation by U.S. According to the report, many foreign exchanges may try different ways to ban U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

To that end, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a paper titled “Embedded supervision: how to build regulation into blockchain finance” that distributed ledger technology (DLT) could be a part of bank infrastructure and could be used to automate supervision.

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