PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Amid the announcement of a new cryptocurrency – that would be Libra – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which operates as global regulatory firm based in Paris with a membership roster of countries such as China and the United States, has said it will boost its examination of digital currencies with an eye on money laundering.

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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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Bobsguide

AUGUST 25, 2022

Australian creative technologies business Two Bulls and Thailand’s Translucia Global Innovation are developing a Metaverse R&D Center in Australia. Located in Melbourne, Victoria, the US$100 million centre will be one of the largest in the world when operational. Developing a new interactive world.

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PYMNTS

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. Never use @BitPay, folks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney said Facebook’s newly-announced cryptocurrency, Libra, can’t be the same unregulated type of service that Facebook is, according to a report by Reuters. Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

The August Faster Payments Tracker details this new development, as well as other major developments hitting the world stage, from SWIFT’s instant cros s-border payments trial to Facebook’s cryptocurrency foray. Around the Faster Payments World.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Cryptocurrencies continued to dip on the heels of various regulatory actions focused on trading activities and exchanges. As of the end of the week, at least one firm, Mattervest, said it had shuttered operations. Although the firms had advertised across social media, none of them had registered to offer or sell securities.

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

Reuters , citing a 92-page analysis by the SEC of the bitcoin ETF — which was created by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who started Gemini Trust , a cryptocurrency exchange — reported the SEC wasn’t convinced the ETF couldn’t be manipulated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Or does it?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

“As new technology advances bring innovation, we need to be careful that the impact of this is progressive and does not create barriers…”. The first 3,000 of those new moderators were announced last spring, in the days and weeks that followed a rash of suicides that were posted on the social media site. “If

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

CNBC recently reported that blockchain technology – the very tech that brought us the decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin – is set to go mainstream. But consider how marketers felt when the Internet first became a thing, or email, or social media. This change could fundamentally disrupt financial marketing as we know it.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Time is running out to apply for Bank Innovation’s DEMOvation Challenge, in which fintech startups demo before a crowd of conference attendees in hopes of earning their vote and walking away with prizes. The application deadline is Friday, February 8. Apply here.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The notion that Facebook is going to launch and ignite a global payments network, at scale, based on its own branded cryptocurrency and achieve global merchant and consumer acceptance is as likely as the predictions a decade ago that bitcoin and blockchain would, by now, become the internet of money. A Cryptocurrency Play in Three Acts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2017

Regulatory safeguards are absent from the cryptocurrency and this means that manipulation may be easier to conduct than might be seen in other corners of the market. “Protestors can disrupt sales at our stores, or use social media or other campaigns to sway public opinion against our products. The reason?

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Company Description: Operating out of Santa Monica, California, GoodRx offers a cost-saving platform for prescription drugs. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Award – goes to CNBC’s Jim Cramer , who lamented that banks should have been innovating offerings like those delivered by PayPal and Square. The Holy Crap Operational Risk Award – goes to the growing threat of ransomware with bank technology vendors. The “What the Hell Are Bankers Doing?” The poor payroll and benefits coordinator!

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

It has been about a month since Facebook pulled back the curtain on its vision for Libra – a blockchain-backed cryptocurrency with the lofty aim of connecting the 1.7 The concept behind the project is to draw a hard and fast line between the Libra rails and the currency they support – and the social media network that is Facebook.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 19, 2020

Now, in 2020, with a few years of licensed banking operations, we can take a sober look at what the data is really worth today. For all purposes, Monzo is competing with both Barclays for banking and Apple for the operating system of apps. Take the counter example. People just might switch phone brands for Facebook. Sell to Facebook.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

There has been no summer slowdown for regulatory overtures toward technology firms, spanning social media, antitrust concerns and the cryptocurrency arenas. Back then, Facebook said the FTC was examining “areas of social networking or social media services, digital advertising and/or mobile or online applications.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Instead of piling on, though, I’d rather be constructive and lay out what we’ve learned from the Libra experience that may be helpful to other innovators who have big ideas to change the world. Some innovators the world over are solving the real problems of these 1.5 One: Solve A Solvable Problem. Two: Be Clear About What You Are.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

Social media firms count subscribers in much the same way. News came this week from Ripple, which has a presence in both the cryptocurrency and blockchain realms, that 13 more financial institutions have signed on RippleNet. The same mindset holds true, too, as businesses grow.

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