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Fintech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley Meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

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You may not have heard of the term “Silicon Alley,” but I am sure you are aware of the game-changing financial technology that is emanating from it. Silicon Alley” was initially coined in the mid-1990s as a way to group media startups housed around the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan.

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 FinTech Collaborations and Frameworks Gain Steam in Asia

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In China, the central bank has said that it will offer up a three-year development plan for the domestic FinTech sector. The reports state that the FinTech firms in that country “should take the approach of [Chinese president] Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide.”

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FinTech Firms On The New FinTech Charter

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Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability. FinTech Improvements.

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Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific

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Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29). The service, offered by a network of banks in the Nordics, has been adopted by more than 10,000 registered businesses, the FinTech company said.

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SIFMA Fintech Conference 2018

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Some important financial technologies are changing the way the world is doing business and that change is now reaching the securities industry. At the SIFMA Fintech Conference this week these powerful technologies will be on display in the Big Apple. IBM keynote.

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Tencent Steps Into Blockchain Trade Finance Space In B2B Push

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Chinese conglomerate Tencent is the latest to step into the blockchain trade finance space via its FinTech unit Tencent Financial Technology, according to reports in China Daily on Friday (Nov. Its focus on trade finance and SMB services marks Tencent’s recent restructuring and refocus on B2B operations.

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How Visa, FIS, TCH, SWIFT, Nacha and Circle See The Future of Faster, Real Time Payments Rails

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We've got a common messaging framework, this data rich environment where also we’re operating 24/7. So these traditional operating hours of payment networks are no longer relevant when people are in that 24/7 operating model. Waterhouse noted that FinTechs act as collaborators. “In So that is certainly an aspiration.

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