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India’s Federal Bank Teams Up With Blockchain Co Ripple For International Payments

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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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Facebook Wants Engineers And Researchers For Blockchain Team

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Social media giant Facebook is looking to grow its blockchain team, according to a report. The company posted on its careers page that it’s looking for data engineers and scientists, software engineers and a product marketing lead for its blockchain team. In the post, Facebook laid out the tenets of the employees it is seeking.

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Transactions: SAS acquires risk management company Kamakura Corporation

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Analytics software company SAS has completed its acquisition of risk management company Kamakura Corporation, the companies announced Monday. Hawaii-based Kamakura creates data and software solutions for banks and banking enterprises, with a focus on risk management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Bitcoin Daily: Signal Messaging App Testing Crypto Payments; Gemini Adds 20 Tokens To Exchange; SIA, WizKey Partner For Credit Market Based On Blockchain

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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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IBM Launches Blockchain Platform Aimed to Transform Bank Guarantees

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Four banks have signed on for the pilot, mostly in Australia Technology Tech Management Blockchain Fintech Feature Financial Trends Feature3 Cards Security Cyberfraud/ID Theft Retail Banking Risk Management.

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Top Colleges Are Offering Crypto and Blockchain Classes: Should Your Bank?

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This training could be a draw to both present and future employees Technology Payments Compliance Risk Management Blockchain Security Tech Management Human Resources Feature Management Feature3.

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Microsoft, Comcast Remain In Blockchain Exploratory Mode

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Spending on blockchain technologies will ramp up to $9.2 Its latest Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide also calculated a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of blockchain spend of 81.2 2018 will be a crucial stage for enterprises as they make a huge leap from proof-of-concept projects to full blockchain deployments.