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JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Regulatory News, of the Global Type. of India.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Recent filings show that China’s central bank will use its new verification system — the Certification of FinTech Products — on all of the products that could be used in digital payment technologies, including point-of-sale mobile terminals, embedded application software, user front-end software and security carriers and chips.

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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

MARCH 23, 2018

To take stock of the cryptocurrency market, take stock? News came Friday that the wild west of cryptocurrencies — where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye, and where regulations are less than regular — might be well-governed by the stock market when it comes to governance. The debate still hinges on what a security is.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general. Last year saw ICOs rake in a remarkable $3.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

B2B Pay plans to roll out API-enabled banking services, the ability to create an unlimited number of International Bank Account Numbers (IBANs), credit card processing and solutions related to cryptocurrency. The company was among 40 FinTechs accepted into the Accelerator. At the time, B2BPay supported payments to and from 34 nations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Financial crime is a pervasive threat to banks, credit unions, FinTechs and other financial institutions (FIs) the world over. Senior citizens are the demographic group most vulnerable to identity fraud, as they are often not as digitally savvy as their younger counterparts nor as adept in online security best practices. billion ($8.9

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JUNE 16, 2018

Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, reports in CoinDesk said Friday (June 15). Russia’s FinTech Association and 14 of the nation’s largest banks collaborated on the development of Masterchain, reports noted, citing a white paper.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

They tie in to public key storage offerings, and the tech giant has said that the offerings apply to smartphones and software The site maintained that the trademarks may be tied to offering storage for cryptocurrencies. The value of the transaction was not disclosed, reported Coindesk last week.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As bitcoin stabilized in the wake of an election upset, the fervor formerly surrounding competitor cryptocurrency Zcash has all but faded. It’s set a due date for the report on clarifying the legal treatment of cryptocurrencies: the end of 2017. Until now, bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency available to use on the service.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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. Banks will have the scale, security, and sophistication to be a trusted guardian of this information.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Fiserv To Acquire FinTech Ondot Systems. The daily lives of consumers look very different in the present day then they did one year ago, as consumers throughout the nation have hunkered down at home. Businesses Re-Evaluate Web Security After Attacks On US Government Sites. a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a $1.6-billion

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

The rise of the global economy and the demand for swift and secure cross-border payments is driving the development of more efficient infrastructures, and spurring financial institutions (FIs) to experiment with emerging tech. Many still have hopes for blockchain, but it’s still very much a work in progress.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

And we’re not talking about the myriad of cryptos that have popped up hither and yon, offered by private companies across what is still a Wild West for issuance (with no real set of security principles, yet) and scattered use cases. Beyond that, national efforts are piecemeal. Fed, the Swiss National Bank and others.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

This example is just a hypothetical illustration, and there remain significant hurdles to such a vision becoming a reality: computational technology (eg interoperability between virtual worlds, transaction speeds, network security), hardware (VR/AR glasses) and infrastructure (connectivity speeds) improvements are all required.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

. “Think globally, act locally” may be a useful strategy to further improving the global payments market: According to Kohli, national markets have the opportunity to adopt faster payments in their domestic payment systems, and national regulators can promote security and efficiency within national infrastructures.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In Berlin, where last week saw a two-day meeting of financial officials from Europe, central bankers discussed digital payments and the confines of digital, national currencies. At a high level, officials said that the European Central Bank should be the only one that should issue digital currencies.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission issued scores – the tallies varied depending on where you got the news, but The Wall Street Journal estimated “dozens” – of requests for information and subpoenas from companies who have dipped, or are dipping, corporate toes in the initial coin offerings pool. A velvet hammer? A helping hand?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The latest news from the country comes from its government: Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Sopnendu Mohanty, said the central bank is about two years out from being able to assess the impact of its current blockchain project, Ubin. United States. On the federal level, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The bet against those companies, through a process known as “short selling” and a focus on credit default swap, means that Icahn (and others) are betting that the CMBX 6 Index, which tracks roughly two dozen commercial mortgage-backed securities, will fall. The index and the securities, the report said, are in turn tied to loans made in 2012.

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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. Alas, there is no such thing as a sure bet, especially in the world of FinTech. That is the theory,” he continued. Clearing the Air.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This might spur greater data security/national security concerns in cross-border deal making – exactly the type of thing that has fueled opponents of cross-border transactions, where Chinese firms would take stakes in U.S. FinTechs and EU Banks: Unleveled playing field? companies or buy them outright.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. As has been widely reported, 80 percent of 66 central banks queried by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said they were working on CBDCs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The latest arena for money laundering is through cryptocurrency , a burgeoning market expected to be valued at $1.4 Experts estimate that cryptocurrency-related crimes totaled $4.3 billion in laundered money , with this problem only expected to grow as cryptocurrencies grow more popular. billion by 2024.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

And there is no shortage of interest in the region in that ability, with particular interest coming from the financial services sector, the cryptocurrency markets and in the healthcare vertical. Opportunity, he noted, abounds. But in markets like Mexico , the challenges are quite different.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. Oh, what a mere 12 months can do.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The UK-based independent fintech industry group attracted 100 entries resulting in 22 finalists across 8 categories, 8 category winners and one overall champion. Digital money solutions for both personal and commercial use, integrating traditional and cryptocurrencies to support multi-currency accounts, transfer and exchange services.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

Instead, they have either (1) been directly owned by retail investors through crypto exchanges or decentralized apps, or (2) been packaged and secured for safe handling by newly buy-side funds for the largest endowments and family offices in the world. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. Second, Fintechs (e.g.,

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

Instead, they have either (1) been directly owned by retail investors through crypto exchanges or decentralized apps, or (2) been packaged and secured for safe handling by newly buy-side funds for the largest endowments and family offices in the world. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator. Second, Fintechs (e.g.,

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NCR

AUGUST 18, 2017

Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology as it is sometimes called, is a database that is distributed across a network and cryptographically secured, such that records become immutable. Adopting blockchain technology in this area could not only reduce costs, but enhance security and efficiency. The hurdles to be overcome.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

How are you handling partnerships, and are you part of any fintech consortiums to assist are now common questions. Deposit Volumes, Mix & The Impact of the Fed’s Balance Sheet Reduction: The Fed started “Quantitative Tightening” in June and has decreased the Nation’s balance sheet by $735B. and beyond.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

Indian FinTech Cashaa and the country's United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society teamed up to launch what they say is the world's first cryptocurrency bank branch through a joint-venture bank called Unicas, according to a release. The operation also will provide traditional banking services, according to the backers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

That brief was filed on behalf of the entities Retail Litigation Center, the National Retail Federation, the National Association of Convenience Stores, the National Association of Shell Marketers and others, including Walmart and Home Depot. Last month, retail associations filed a joint amicus brief in the case.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics (INEGI) reports that only around 44 percent of its people have a bank account. The prognostication is based on conjecture largely and what might soon happen with the cryptocurrency. can continue to secure its stance as the global leader of ingenuity.”. Harsh words. But while U.S.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

There’s a lot to say about the overlap of Fintech and blockchain, but let’s find the very edge of the frontier and focus right there. Other things like Compound are essentially a securities lending marketplace?—?you See Staking Rewards and the chart below, and Coinbase for an example of a large Fintech providing the service.

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