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2.0KBlockchainIBM Testing Lygon Blockchain Platform To Streamline Property Leasing
ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, IBM, Scentre Group and Westpac have announced they are partnering to launch a live pilot for Lygon, a new...
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6.8KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Tech Disrupts The Corporate Payments Status Quo
Blockchain seemed to be stuck in pilot phase in 2017, but in 2018, the financial services industry finally saw a stronger flow...
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5.9KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: SEC ICO Enforcement Is On The Rise; Israeli Startups Raise $600M Through ICOs
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed in its annual report that it brought enforcement actions upon more than a dozen...
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5.8KCryptocurrencyXRP Revenues Double For Ripple In Q3
Ripple said that its revenues related to the sale of the digital asset known as XRP gained ground in the third quarter...
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7.9KBlockchainIBM/Maersk Blockchain Shipping Initiative Hits Rough Seas
Might there be challenging times afoot for TradeLens, the distributed ledger technology platform effort geared toward supply chains and backed by IBM...
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3.2KBlockchainGary Cohn Will Become An Adviser To Spring Labs
After leaving the Trump administration in March, former White House Economic Adviser Gary Cohn will serve in an advisory role for Spring...
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5.7KB2B PaymentsWEF Throws Weight Behind Blockchain For Trade Finance
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has thrown its support behind blockchain technology to expand trade finance availability across the globe, touting the...
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8.7KBlockchainCutting Through The Blockchain Fog
Is there a buzzier word than blockchain? Attempting to cleave hype from hope and reality from the headlines, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster spoke...
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3.8KB2B PaymentsCorporates Go For The ‘Coopetition’ Model Of Blockchain
Corporates are now in a race to develop and deploy blockchain tools — and sure, part of the momentum behind that effort is...
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4.3KBlockchainLedger Wallet Glitch Tricks Users Into Sending Money To Hackers
After a report indicated that a bug in Ledger Wallet’s software could allow users to be duped into sending cryptocurrency to hackers,...
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5.9KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Begins Earning Some Bitcoin-Like Skepticism
For years, throughout the volatility of cryptocurrency values, some industry experts have assured investors and innovators that blockchain is the disruptor in...
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6.8KB2B PaymentsShell Strengthens Blockchain Focus With Startup Investment
Royal Dutch Shell is boosting its position in the world of blockchain through an investment in distributed ledger startup Applied Blockchain. According...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsThe Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing
Just like the volatility of bitcoin, the world of blockchain is no stable place. Hype over distributed ledger technology (DLT) has certainly...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsCorporates Continue To Develop Their Blockchain Plans As Expectations Rise
Investors are slated to provide a lot of support for the blockchain industry in 2018, but analysts largely agree that the technology...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsCiti Begins Using Distributed Ledger Tech In Its Own Back Office
Citi has implemented what it calls a “blockchain-inspired” distributed ledger technology in its back-office to manage collateral in its ledger and send...
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7.5KB2B PaymentsB2B Payments Surpasses B2C In Profit Potential, Experts Say
In terms of innovation and profits potential, B2B payments are surpassing those in B2C according to a new report. The report was...
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5.3KData DiveChipotle Hacked, Wells Re-org’ed And Canada Just Says No To The Blockchain
With the comings and goings of Memorial Day, the time has come to kick back, relax and try not to work too...
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2.8KBlockchainBlockchain Tracker: Impacting The Sharing Economy?
Within the past few decades, we’ve seen the rise of the sharing economy, with companies like Lyft, Airbnb and countless others. At the...
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11.8KB2B PaymentsThe One Industry That Stands To Gain The Most From Blockchain?
This year could be the year that blockchain emerges from its current status as a largely hypothetical game-changer to one that’s put...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsEU Banks Link To Pull SMEs Onto Blockchain
Top financial institutions around the globe are going in on blockchain in a big way, with massive investments in R&D and beyond....
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9.0KB2B PaymentsDeloitte Chooses NYC As Blockchain Hub
Deloitte has made clear its ambitions for blockchain, most recently by revealing it had invested in blockchain startup SETL, based in the...
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5.8KB2B PaymentsSWIFT Now Looking At Blockchain For Interbank Payments
Financial messaging firm SWIFT made its first public embrace of blockchain technology last year with a whitepaper exploring the use of the...
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11.2KB2B PaymentsVisa’s Massive Bet On B2B Blockchain Payments
The FinTech space is oversaturated with talk of blockchain technology. Today, industry players seem to agree that innovators are slowly moving from...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsMisys Places Its Blockchain Bets
With the overexcitement of blockchain technology beginning to quiet down to talk of more practical use cases of the technology, some industry...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsDistributed Ledger Tech Does eProcurement
FinTech innovators and financial institutions the world over are exploring how to steer blockchain and distributed ledger technology in various directions, indicating...
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7.3KB2B PaymentsDistributing Distributed Ledger And Cross-Border Payments
In the continued march to bring international payments to a streamlined process, platform remains key and so does geographic focus. Ripple, the...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsEarthport Offers Distributed Ledger Portal For FIs
As cross-border payments technology firm Earthport progresses towards linking banks to distributed ledgers, the company announced Tuesday (Jan. 12) the rollout of...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsBanks Pioneer Distributed Ledger Tech For Invoice Finance
Banks in Singapore have reportedly pioneered a first-of-its-kind solution to enhance the security of trade invoice financing. Reports by FTSE Global Markets published...
