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Visa Seeks Patent On System To Turn Government Currencies Into Digital Blockchain Versions

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patent on a computer system that would convert physical dollars and other fiat currencies into digital versions, complete with denominations and serial numbers and recorded via blockchain. The system would then remove the paper currency from circulation. A central entity may be associated with a government of such a region.”.

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Currencycloud Links Regional Banks To X-Border B2B Tech

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To provide regional and community banks with a full-scale solution to manage and grow their FX programs, FinTech firm Derivative Path, Inc. Our industry-leading rates platform now combined with Currencycloud’s capabilities will make our offering even more powerful for our regional and community banking clients.”.

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Nigeria launches national payment card

The Paypers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) have launched a national payment card aimed at boosting financial inclusion in the region.

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Bitcoin Daily: HSBC Issues First Yuan-Based Letter Of Credit; Sierra Leone Gov’t To Launch Blockchain ID System

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While the platform has predominately been used in individual pilot cases, Ajay Sharma, HSBC’s regional head of global trade and receivables finance for Asia-Pacific, said it is getting closer to full proposition. “We NDIP, a collaboration between the United Nations and San Francisco-based nonprofit Kiva , is being rolled out in two phases.

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MoneyGram Teams With LuLu Money To Power Asia-Pacific Transactions

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Adeeb Ahamed, managing director of LuLu Financial Group , which is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, said the collaboration with MoneyGram “will revolutionize” how remittances are handled in the Asia-Pacific region, “changing the way people approach digital transactions.”. ” Launched in 2009, Lulu Money has five million users processing 1.1

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Eccrine Systems’ $5.5M For Sweat-Sensing Wearable

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Eccrine Systems, Inc. million for its noninvasive wearable system that focuses on sensing — yes — sweat. The announcement revolves around its Series A funding with participation and support from CincyTech Fund IV and other sources within the CincyTech local, regional and national investor community. just raised $5.5

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The Recency Trap and Building Deposit Balances

South State Correspondent

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. There is a reason for this.

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