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Blockchain

Blockchain is resistant to modification of the data. It is "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way.

By design, a blockchain is resistant to modification of the data. It is "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way".

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Barclays Makes First Blockchain Trade Finance Transaction
Barclays Makes First Blockchain Trade Finance Transaction
September 08, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Among the copious potential use cases for blockchain, trade finance has gained the confidence of many industry analysts. Barclays was one of the earlier FinServ...

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Visa To Invite Lenders To Test Out Blockchain System For Sending Money
Visa To Invite Lenders To Test Out Blockchain System For Sending Money
September 02, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Blockchain technology may have been the underpinning for bitcoin, but it’s not stopping there, with a slew of financial companies eyeing blockchain technology, including Visa....

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Google, Apple Eyeing Blockchain For Payments
Google, Apple Eyeing Blockchain For Payments
August 29, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Apple and Google haven’t shown much interest in blockchain technology, but that appears to be changing, with increasing interest in Ripple and the distributed ledger financial company’s Interledger...

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Loyalty Programs, The Blockchain Way
Loyalty Programs, The Blockchain Way
August 29, 2016  |  Blockchain

Loyalty programs are having trouble inspiring, well, loyalty. In the latest Topic TBD installment, Ron Quaranta, COO of loyyal, tells Karen Webster how new technology —...

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Banks Take Blockchain To Task With Settlement Coin
Banks Take Blockchain To Task With Settlement Coin
August 26, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Several major banks that have been exploring the use of blockchain are readying a test of a digital coin to settle transactions. The concept is...

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Verizon Communications Files Blockchain Patent Application
Verizon Communications Files Blockchain Patent Application
August 23, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Telecommunications provider Verizon Communications has been experimenting with blockchain technology, which is what powers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. According to Business Insider, which got ahold of...

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Ripple Guides Japan’s Venture Into Blockchain
Ripple Guides Japan’s Venture Into Blockchain
August 23, 2016  |  B2B Payments

A Japanese bank and its subsidiary have formed a consortium to explore potential use cases of blockchain technology, and the group will reportedly focus on...

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Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
August 19, 2016  |  Bitcoin

This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan...

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Ethereum Venture Claims Off-Blockchain First
Ethereum Venture Claims Off-Blockchain First
August 12, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

While the FinTech industry is exploring the potential of blockchain technology, some are taking another path and exploring how another distributed ledger, Ethereum, could also...

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