PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Jim Cunha, senior vice president, secure payments and FinTech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston — discussing joint efforts between the Fed and MIT to explore infrastructure that might underpin digital dollars — said, “Anywhere where you have a cash transaction can be a possible use case.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

For instance, there are startups using blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, for supply chain tracking and transparency. Rather, their goal is to put pressure on the industry giants in the same way that nimble FinTech startups have put pressure on traditional banks and financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

And in an interview with Karen Webster, Jim Cunha , senior vice president of secure payments and FinTech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said that joint efforts between the Fed and MIT are focused on exploring the infrastructure that would underpin a CBDC — and, at the same time, will probe various use cases.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Toward that end, and more mainstream use cases, getting the rails in place to speed and streamline transactions, regardless of the cryptocurrency used, remains key. As spotlighted in this space , Ternio said it has joined Visa’s Fast Track as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

There were two jumbo rounds: $50 million to cryptocurrency startup Circle and $30 million to multiple Finovate Best of Show winner MX (formerly Money Desktop). HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. The post Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1 appeared first on Finovate. Digital currency provider.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

For the 12th consecutive week, there were 20+ fintech fundings worldwide. The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. Here are the fintech deals by size from 19 March to 25 March 2016: Open Lending. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

It was a blockbuster week in fintech with more than $6 billion in new funds flowing to the sector. HQ: Boston, Massecheusetts. The post Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Tags: Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency. The vast majority, $5.9 billion) and First Data ($2.6 Total raised: $4.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The issue is that, Facebook aside, many of these coins, which are in the process of being launched or even yet to be conceptualized, will be “minted” by a slew of smaller FinTech and non-bank companies (including those focused on blockchain ), with relatively limited resources to devote to hurdling regulatory challenges.

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