PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Blockchain trade technology firm XREX has rolled out a cryptocurrency Exchange-as-a-Service (EaaS) technology called MyXchange. GUUD has sizable operations throughout Asia, and GUUD leaders have publicly announced intentions to grow in the region.

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MAY 21, 2020

As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is likely to gain increasing traction. As reported in this space last month, the efforts are still nascent.

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JULY 10, 2020

It noted 25 countries or regions among its members — and virtual asset service providers — have made progress in implementing its standards. From January through May cryptocurrency thefts, hacks and frauds totaled $1.4 Last fall, FATF raised concerns about how stablecoins could be used for illicit purposes. “It

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A former cryptocurrency exchange and its founder are facing charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency announced in a press release on Wednesday (Feb. Montroll operated an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded its users by misappropriating their bitcoins.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Also in Europe, the European financial markets regulator has said that it wants to spend one million euros to promote market stability in the region as pertains to cryptocurrencies and FinTechs. That document focuses on budgets and regulatory efforts across the region. community banks and small business lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Demand remains an Achilles heel for all cryptocurrencies because most people have soured on this investment class, and have no interest in putting in new money. Set to launch this year, AAX will be the first digital asset exchange venue to use LSEG Technology’s matching engine. Every bounce continues to be a selling opportunity.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co, said that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, is “ … a neat idea that’ll never happen,” according to reporting by Bloomberg. JPMorgan said it will spend upwards of $11 billion on technology this year, and Morgan Stanley said it will spend $4 billion. Dimon was speaking on Friday (Oct.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Automation, bots, blockchain — the deluge of technologies flooding the enterprise today can be overwhelming. Fifty percent of financial executives believe cryptocurrency will become somewhat common for business transactions in the next five years, according to a survey by Robert Half Finance & Accounting. In the U.S.,

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced late last week that it charged an individual and two companies with defrauding investors via two initial coin offerings that were supposed to be backed by real estate and diamond investments. Calamari, director of the SEC’s New York regional office, said in the press release.

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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.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

And, as the site further noted, the World Bank and the CBA are using blockchain without cryptocurrencies, reporting that “it’s fair to say that mainstream financial institutions have gone as far as divorcing cryptocurrency from blockchain, with the former seen as an unnecessary byproduct of the technology.”.

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JULY 17, 2019

China represents what he termed a “world of its own,” marked by mature and advanced technology unseen anywhere else in the world. Beyond the technological advances, of course, China’s push toward a digital economy comes as the government has also digitalized the national ID card, which must be wielded by every citizen over the age of 16.

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MARCH 20, 2019

To that end, Fabio Canesin, co-founder and lead developer of Nash, said that among the driving forces behind the platform is that idea that blockchain is the infrastructure for digital assets in the future (including currency, securities and other holdings). Blockchain for Trading .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

One microcosm of fraud and regulatory scrutiny is cryptocurrencies. Said Cohen: “Uncertainty is probably the word of the hour for the crypto environment, because cryptocurrency and crypto exchanges are still relatively nascent. The technology has to fit the process and not the other way around.”. How to Change.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2019

The New York State Attorney General ( NYAG ) Letitia James wants to see documents regarding an alleged deal made between cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin operator Tether that “misled their clients and investors.”. Mr. Kitao comes at a perfect time for Ripple as we look to deepen our customer base in Asia and beyond.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Only through continued collaboration and fundamental research will it be possible for this technology to mature and for policy-makers to fully understand its potential,” Scott Hendry, Bank of Canada senior special director of financial technology, said in a press release about Jasper-Ubin project3.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the trading of three companies based in Oregon after examining their balance sheets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. Check out the B2B payments, blockchain, logistics and data analytics firms that secured funding below. B2B Payments.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

21), on the “Energy Efficiency of Blockchain and Similar Technologies.” The focus will be on both how the technology might be used in the energy industry and whether “we should expect electricity prices to increase from [the] rising electricity demand in blockchain applications.”.

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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. The country’s initiative is well-known for its desire to harness both technology and information to make Singapore a better place to live. “A With an estimated population of just 5.47

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AUGUST 18, 2017

Over the past year or so, major banks across the world have begun investigating what blockchain technology can offer to their business, with many use cases now being piloted. It started out as the rails for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but has evolved as a technology that can transform many legacy business paradigms in the banking sector.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

” Such was the difficulty on the Ethereum cryptocurrency network this week, when a few hundred million dollars (no specific amount has been released yet) were frozen due to a vulnerability in the wallet. We’d say, don’t bank our future on cryptocurrency – but of course we already knew that. (Peanuts and sardines come to mind.)

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. Take cryptocurrencies, for instance. they can take place with tokens classified as securities.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Smarter Bank Technology Award. Semonovich leveraged his Ohio roots and first-hand experience with this fantastic workforce to partner with the State of Ohio to create a technology center of excellence for this Phoenix-based regional bank. THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS. The Technology of the Year – Cloud-Based Core.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Steve Traut, co-owner and SVP of Sales at Superior Press , recently spoke with PYMNTS about why the company is helping banks stay up to date with technologies to help manage paper check volume, despite ongoing talk of its eventual demise. banking system, too,” the executive continued, adding that the U.S.

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APRIL 18, 2019

China is a key player in the development of blockchain technology, and home to some of the world’s largest and most influential companies in the space. Earlier this month, news broke that Chinese regulators were considering a ban on cryptocurrency mining (China is currently the world’s largest region for bitcoin mining).

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AUGUST 20, 2015

If the last ten years has taught us anything it’s that disruptive technologies can shift the direction of travel in a way few would expect. Cash might diminish in use in some regions (Western Europe for example), but will elsewhere continue to be used for cultural reasons,” says the WPR 2014 from Capgemini and Royal Bank of Scotland.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

As an ex-PayPal-er herself, Mielke noted that she is happy for PayPal — as having a partner like UnionPay paired with the payments license it managed to secure with the GoPay acquisition late last year are an incredibly powerful combination. That doesn’t mean, she noted, that cryptocurrency or blockchain technology is dead or has no future.

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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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DECEMBER 23, 2020

It has also opened new doors for criminals, who have rushed to exploit the uncertainty in a pandemic world and devised new money laundering and terrorist financing schemes by taking advantage of loopholes in the regulations, new ways of working aided by advances in technology, and electronic payment innovations.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

“Binance is looking to create new alliances and partnerships with governments, corporations, technology companies, and other cryptocurrency companies and projects involved in the larger blockchain ecosystem, to empower developed and developing countries to spur new currencies,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

From fraud to fitness tracking, from cross-border to cryptocurrencies and from chargebacks to KYC, here’s how seven startups aim to change the game in 2018 (and how some of them already are). After cementing its presence in Europe during 2017, Emailage turns its focus to the Asia-Pacific region for 2018 expansion. Jewel Paymentech.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx is partnering with fiat infrastructure provider Simplex to make it easier for investors to purchase cryptocurrency, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday (March 31). Enabling fast and secure credit card payments is a key step to mass crypto adoption.

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FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

In our experience these technologies can increase the number of SARs by 20% while at the same time producing efficiency gains of 30% in alert investigation and case management. Technology has the power to significantly improve compliance efficiency, reduce costs, add brand value, and increase the customer experience. Why is it so hard?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The charges came three months after a previous legal action, where Holmes was on the receiving end of a civil lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), amid allegations of “massive fraud.” billion) for its investors in the biggest technology IPO Europe has seen as of this summer. Crytpo’s Big Flash Crash.

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MARCH 8, 2018

The UK, in particular, has seen the most challenger bank activity compared to other regions, as a result of progressive regulations enacted to promote competition and break up the banking monopoly. We define challenger banks as fintech companies leveraging technology and software to digitize and streamline retail banking.

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