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Distributed Ledgers Expected to be Most Prominent Financial Technology in 2019, Poll Finds

Bank Innovation

Distributed ledger technology will be crucial to innovation in digital banking this year, according to a poll conducted by Bank Innovation. For the December poll, Bank Innovation asked readers to name a technology, aside from the obvious - artificial intelligence, that would be most prominent in 2019.

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Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under

PYMNTS

An idea that may get a splash of cold water is that the development of a digital fiat (at least, in Australia) would lead to a groundswell of payments at the retail point of sale — in other words, through a boost in use cases. There are inherent risks, too.

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Mersch: ECB Will Focus On ‘Game Changer’ Retail CBDC

PYMNTS

Speaking at a virtual conference about the future of money, European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Yves Mersch said a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a game-changer. “A However, a retail CBDC, accessible to all, would be a game-changer, so a retail CBDC is now our main focus.”. We have to be ready.

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Why Australia’s Digital Coin Efforts Target Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments

PYMNTS

An idea that may get a splash of cold water is that the development of a digital fiat (at least, in Australia) would lead to a groundswell of payments at the retail point of sale — in other words, through a boost in use cases. There are inherent risks, too.

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Inside The FIS Innovation Process With EVP Bruce Lowthers

PYMNTS

The basis of innovation is not the desire to create something new or even the inspiration to do so. Innovation occurs where there is a problem and a person with the tools to solve it. Anyone can have a good idea,” Lowthers said; innovation is about what you do with it. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

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BNY Mellon’s recent hires tasked with pursuing 3 key technology areas

Bank Innovation

BNY Mellon's three key financial technology executives added last month were given the directive to pursue investments and fintech partnerships in natural language processing, rule-based automation systems and robotic process automation (RPA), Bank Innovation has learned. The initiatives had previously not been disclosed.

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Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation

Celent Banking

Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. Want to hear more about the Celent Model Bank winners for payments product, lending product, open banking, and product innovation? Join us for the 10 th annual Innovation and Insight Day on April 4 th in Boston.