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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It’s also the start of another football gambling season — one that involves mobile commerce and digital payments, and companies trying to innovate their way to success in this growing field of transactions. These casinos have begun to accept deposits in the form of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and others,” that site reported.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

The FinTech startup has already created several financial services products, including cryptocurrency and stock trading, savings wallets, junior accounts and rewards. Storonsky said Revolut wants to develop “many more innovative products” that will advance “innovation and competition” across the financial services sector.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […]. Each year, we poll the industry to find out.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

The road to mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies will still have its bumps, its potential roadblocks set in place from regulators. News came this week that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against Ripple over its XRP cryptocurrency. The SEC has charged that Ripple held a $1.3

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The initial coin offering (ICO) has emerged as a corporate financing trend just as volatile as many of the cryptocurrencies themselves. It marked the first drop in ICO funding in more than a year, according to Bloomberg reports, citing a correlation between ICO funding declines and drops in cryptocurrency values. ICO market.”

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Starting with some of the most recent changes — and a sign of what’s to come — earlier in the month, the European Commission offered up its initial draft of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. The watchdog would be known as the Digital Markets Unit. In the nascent and burgeoning cryptocurrency space, the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

We hope that this partnership will ignite the next wave of applications and innovations for the development of sustainable and smart cities,” said Dr. Enrico C. In other news, OKEx , the world’s largest futures cryptocurrency exchange, announced four major partners for OKB, its global utility token.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. Part of the initiative includes the SBA’s guidelines to the nation’s traditional financial services market on how to service these industry players while maintaining compliance.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 21, 2018

Cryptocurrency is going mainstream, or rather, banks and cryptocurrency exchanges are growing more enmeshed.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs and some of its executives, alleging the company illegally skirted laws by classifying its XRP cryptocurrency as a commodity rather than a security, a Missouri man has sued Coinbase over its role selling XRP. A week after the U.S.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, has raised a fresh round of funding that gives it a valuation of more than $8 billion. The latest round of funding implies investors are still interested in the cryptocurrency market despite the steep declines in the price of many of the digital tokens. ”

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. But financial incumbents are also making waves.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. When most people asked “what’s next?”

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to “modernize” the regulation of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a bid to make those investment vehicles more innovative, and give them quicker entrance to the market. Might that pave the way for the emergence of cryptocurrency ETFs?

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MARCH 22, 2019

It could potentially alter how interest rates affect demand for money, and it could produce larger central bank balance sheets, a consequence that would make it necessary for asset buildup which could affect market liquidity. Central banks do not put a brake on innovations just for the sake of it.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Cryptocurrency exchange ErisX announced that it has raised $27.5 The funding will be used to hire staff, “build out our infrastructure and secure the appropriate steps are taken to develop a regulated market for digital assets,” said ErisX Chief Executive Officer Thomas Chippas, according to Reuters. A new document shows that the U.S.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard Accelerate works with FinTechs “through all stages of growth and transformation — market entry, expansion, product development, diversification and innovation,” the firm said. Mastercard is thrilled to partner with some of the world’s most innovative startups to transform the future of commerce.”.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Together, Bitfinex and Tether manipulated a market that, by design, is supposed to be decentralized,” states the lawsuit. In other news, $10 billion worth of bitcoin — or almost 7 percent — is currently held in the wallets of eight major cryptocurrency exchanges. Coin Telegraph reported that Token Analyst found that almost 1.2

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The Geneva-based, Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency will have to adhere to stringent regulations, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Sept. Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker told Geneva reporters that all cryptocurrency projects operating in the U.S.

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JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. The new banking options are largely built around blockchain technologies. ”

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JANUARY 28, 2020

When it comes to payment rail innovation, transaction speed is often the catalyst driving change. The Clearing House, which operates one of the U.S.’s Outside of the mainstream financial services market, blockchain continues to introduce some intriguing opportunities and challenges in the B2B payments arena.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Coca-Cola’s supply chain operations are run by an IT firm called Coke One North America (CONA), and the company recently had such a successful run with blockchain software provider SAP that it’s going to expand the program from two to 70 manufacturers, according to reports. . Those manufacturers deliver about 160,000 bottles a day.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Their research will begin with a proof-of-concept for a CBDC operated on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to test the proposed coins’ use cases in payment settlements, the release stated. RBA expects to finish the project at the end of this year.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Manual work won’t be as necessary and businesses will be able to access expanded payment operations, the release says. The company says Mastercard Track can aid suppliers and buyers in tackling the systemic challenges of the B2B payments, and innovating the ways which companies can send and receive funds.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 27, 2020

cryptocurrency custody services on behalf of customers, including by holding the unique cryptographic keys associated with cryptocurrency.” It makes the “suggestion” to confer first with the OCC before onboarding any cryptocurrency clients. The key phrase above is “any lawful business.” The letter states that the OCC.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

22) on the sidelines of a financial innovation conference hosted by Thomson Reuters. While other countries are warning against cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs), Japan has been embracing digital currency and has become a leader in the FinTech market. It’s too far off,” he said, in an interview with Reuters.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Not even a month has passed since Julie Demarigny, a veteran in digital entertainment industry having served Warner Bros. and Sony Music, has joined West Coast focused Union Bank as its head of digital banking. In her new role, Demarigny will lead all digital strategy for the bank and its savings-only platform PurePoint Financial as […].

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

How do you navigate the constant churn of innovations or disruptors? Cryptocurrency. A barrage of new payments potential has shaped the market since the start of the pandemic. That’s when experts recommend assembling an internal team to evaluate customer feedback and provide input on new innovations. By Colleen Morrison.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Cryptocurrencies tend to be exceptionally vulnerable to this form of attack, as coins are often heavily concentrated in the hands of a comparatively small number of individuals, whose market activities can dramatically impact the coin price,” noted the An.Chain researchers, according to Coin Telegraph.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

New York is the center of both innovation and consumer protection, and the department must strive to deliver speed to market and continually adapt to keep pace as the financial services industry continues to rapidly evolve,” said Lacewell. The DFS has issued 24 licenses and charters to virtual currency firms since 2015.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Starbucks is not accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method, despite media reports that alluded to that. The company said the Bakkt ecosystem is expected to include federally regulated markets and warehousing, along with merchant and consumer applications. dollars for use at Starbucks. “As

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OCTOBER 14, 2017

We have come to spread the goods news of the latest financial services innovation. In the ever-proliferating wave of cryptocurrencies and ICOs, Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah hopes to raise $30 million in a digital coin sale in November of this year. What does Ghostface Killah know about financial services or cryptocurrency?

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Bank Innovation

MAY 8, 2019

Those people said that its product, which Bloomberg earlier reported will be a type of cryptocurrency, could be announced as soon as next quarter. The inner workings of Facebook Inc.’s s blockchain team are still shrouded in secrecy, but it’s staffing up, according to people familiar with the group.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. The role of Alex Jimenez, senior vice president and director of digital and payments innovation at the $7.2

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