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3.9KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: ID Verification Rules Coming To Crypto Companies; Spring Labs To Expand Blockchain Verification Network
New rules by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), which will require cryptocurrency businesses to verify the identities of...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsSeveral Banks Eye Blockchain For Trade Settlement
A group of 14 banks, led by UBS, is eyeing blockchain for trade settlement use across borders in a process that uses...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsPanxora Safeguards ICO Capital For Treasurers
Cryptocurrency consortium Panxora is rolling out a new solution aimed at helping organizations preserve the funds they have raised through Initial Coin Offerings...
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3.5KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Electrum Hackers Steal $4M With Bitcoin Phishing; US Crypto Startup Chainalysis Raises $6M
eToroX — the blockchain division of social trading platform eToro — is launching a new cryptocurrency-only exchange desk for pro traders that...
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4.4KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Trustology Debuts iPhone-Controlled Crypto Vault; FINMA Says $90M ICO Illegal
Trustology has launched an iPhone-controlled crypto vault that is reportedly safe enough for financial institutions (FIs). TrustVault is now available in the...
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3.8KBitcoinBIS Bitcoin Critic Says Banks Shouldn’t Create Crypto Tokens
Agustin Carstens, the general manager at the Bank for International Settlements, said that banks shouldn’t issue their own bitcoin-like tokens because it...
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3.4KBlockchainOverstock CEO: Earnings Report Will Reveal Blockchain Ambitions
Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne wants to make it perfectly clear that his company’s future is in blockchain. “It’s still confusing to most...
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6.1KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: FBI Searches For BitConnect Victims; Commerzbank Completes Blockchain Test
Japanese internet giant Recruit Holdings launched a $25 million blockchain fund, which closed in November and only became public after the company revealed...
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4.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: QuadrigaCX’s Crypto Moves To EY; Samsung Unveils Smartphone With Built-In Crypto Key
Most of the wallet contents from digital currency exchange QuadrigaCX have reportedly been sent to Ernst & Young (EY), a monitor appointed...
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4.1KInvestmentsBanco BTG Pactual To Raise Millions Via Security Token Offering
An investment bank located in Brazil is raising millions of dollars via a security token offering, as reported by CoinDesk. According to...
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3.5KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: HSBC — Blockchain Makes FX Trade Cheaper; QuadrigaCX Representation Delayed In Court
HSBC‘s blockchain-based system has helped the bank save 25 percent on foreign exchange (FX) trades. The bank facilitates payments across its American,...
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12.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Binance Accepts Credit Cards For Crypto; Bitcoin Set For Six Straight Months Of Declines
Binance is allowing users to buy digital currencies with their credit cards, according to an announcement from the crypto exchange. Through the...
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5.1KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Ripple, Chinese University Debut Blockchain Scholarship; UK Reg Drafts Crypto Assets Guidance
The Institute for FinTech Research at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (THUIFR) has unveiled a blockchain scholarship program with Ripple’s help, Cointelegraph reported. Through the...
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6.2KSecurity & FraudEmergent Technology Develops Shariah-Certified Gold Supply Chain
Emergent Technology (EmTech), a finance and technology company, announced on Monday (Jan. 21) that its blockchain-based gold supply chain ecosystem (RG SCA)...
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8.4KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Tries To Jolt B2B eCommerce Into The Digital Age
The complexities and demands of B2B eCommerce can be significantly greater than those of the consumer digital shopping realm. While that characteristic...
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5.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: IBM Unveils Blockchain Projects; ICOs Notch $12.8B In ‘Team Profits’
IBM is planning to use blockchain to help monitor supply chains in the metals industry, CoinDesk reported. In one case, the technology...
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10.6KB2B PaymentsBlockchain Makes Inroads Into Banking
Banks are giving the nod to blockchain to aid in speeding trade finance, especially in Asia, where the government and industry associations...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsFactris Consolidates Factoring Market With Acquisition
Netherlands-based factoring company Factris has announced the completion of its takeover of Lithuanian firm DEBIFO, the companies said Monday (Jan. 14). According...
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3.9KCryptocurrencySEC Accepts 287 Form D Filings For ICOs
Fundraisings accepted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that were related to initial coin offerings (ICO) soared in 2018: According...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsIreland Crypto Regulation Looms
The volatility of cryptos — and the emergence of any number of blockchain and tokenization projects through the last year — has...
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2.7KBitcoinBitcoin Surpasses $4K For The First Time In Two Weeks
Bitcoin, the leading digital currency, is having a bit of a resurgence this week. Surpassing $4,000 for the first time in two weeks,...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsCryptocurrency Auditions For Role In Hollywood’s Financial Supply Chain
The allure of blockchain was its potential to be a catch-all solution, but as innovators take a more practical approach to introducing...
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5.0KBlockchainEthereum Co-founder Sounds Off On IBM Blockchain
Ethereum’s co-founder doesn’t seem impressed with the IBM blockchain. The company has been among the firms investing both money and mind power...
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5.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsCommunity Banks Debut FinTech Alliance
In the United States, a consortium of collaborators across FIs and FinTech firms has taken shape. Across the Pond, joint efforts among...
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8.7KLegalRipple, XRP Investors Lawsuit Heads To Federal Court
Ripple, the cryptocurrency startup behind the XRP tokens, and its affiliated defendants have filed documents to move a consolidated class action lawsuit to...
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5.4KCryptocurrencyIs The UK’s Mulling Of Crypto Derivative Ban A Sign Of Things To Come?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies trade at levels far off peaks, a bit above lows. There is hope that new trading opportunities — such...
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4.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: JD.com Unveils Blockchain Lab; Crypto Ticker App May Be Targeting Macs
JD.com is teaming up with two schools to study distributed ledger technology’s (DLT) implications on business, Cryptovest reported. The Chinese eCommerce retailer...
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4.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Sony Launches Digital Asset Wallet; UK Shelves Digital Gold Plan
The Royal Mint in the U.K. has put plans for a digital gold token called Royal Mint Gold (RMG) on hold, Reuters...
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4.2KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Oracle Unveils ‘Blockchain Applications Cloud’; Coinbase And Circle Start ‘CENTRE Consortium’
HTC is bringing an early iteration of its Exodus 1 blockchain phone to “cryptographers and developers from all over the world,” according...
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8.3KMastercardMastercard Digital Commerce Suite To Make Every Card ‘Token Ready’
Mastercard said Wednesday (Oct. 17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce...
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12.0KDigital PaymentsVisa Adds 20 Partners To Fast Track ‘Credentials On File’ Tokenization
Visa announced today the commercial expansion of its Visa Token Service for “credential-on-file token requestors.” This expansion involves adding 20 acquirer gateway...
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4.1KRegulationSingapore Eyes ‘Bringing Together’ Banks And FinTech Firms
FinTech and FI collaborative efforts are getting a leg up and support from regulatory bodies. In Singapore, the goal is a balanced...
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9.1KB2B PaymentsBanco Santander Settles On Ripple For Settlement
Banco Santander will use Ripple's ledger through OnePay FX, expanding XRP's presence. In Singapore, cross-border efforts gain traction as Wallex gets funding.
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10.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Rising Electric Rates Challenge Bitcoin Mining Profits; Bitwala Plans Blockchain Account With solarisBank
Bitwala is teaming up with Germany-based solarisBank to roll out a blockchain bank account, CoinDesk reported. While the service is targeted for...
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5.6KBlockchainGold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
Can blockchain help improve transparency of — and even the ethics surrounding — the gold supply chain? Emergent Technology Holdings helps track...
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4.8KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Google Nixes Ban On Crypto Ads; Crypto Firm Sponsors Houston Rockets
Google has decided end its ban on advertising related to digital currencies, CNBC reported. Beginning in October, regulated crypto exchanges will have...
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7.3KCryptocurrencyRipple Co-founder Dumps XRP Tokens, XRP Takes $9B Hit
Easy come, easy go? For XRP, the maxim holds true into a new week. Bulls are no doubt looking wistfully at last...
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5.6KCryptocurrencyThe Rippling Debate Over “Security” Whipsaws XRP Token
Is Ripple – specifically the XRP token – the platypus of the crypto world? Turns out the debate over whether it is...
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4.6KBlockchainThe Case For Blockchain-Backed AI Capabilities
This might be an interesting way to earn some digital income: Become a part of Skynet and help spread the gift of...
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3.1KBlockchainOverstock Shares Fall Amid Token Sale Probe
After a U.S. regulator asked Overstock.com for information related to its planned sale of digital tokens, the eCommerce retailer’s shares tumbled more than...
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5.4KBlockchain$400 Million Of NEM Coins Vanish From Coincheck
Four years after the collapse of Mt. Gox, Coincheck, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has said that about $400 million worth...
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9.6KBitcoinBitcoin Processing Fees Skyrocket
Bitcoin’s value isn’t the only thing topping the charts: New data by BitInfoCharts shows that people are currently paying $28 on average...
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4.2KPayments InnovationToken Certification Fast Tracks Global Open Banking
Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of payments and message integration software, announced its VolPay Hub is now fully tested, qualified and...
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15.9KInvestmentsFor ICOs, Smoke, Sizzle, Or SoS?
The 1960s TV show “Lost in Space” featured a robot that would stand pat, robot arms akimbo, shouting in its robot voice,...
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6.3KB2B PaymentsDBS Tokenizes The Smartphone For Corporate Payments
Singapore’s DBS Bank is doing away with physical tokens for some corporate payments. Reports on Wednesday (Oct. 12) said DBS is nixing...
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3.6KMerchant InnovationBitScan Partnering With Waves To Launch Crowdfunded Loyalty Program
BitScan, a merchant-backed loyalty program, has announced a partnership with Waves, a custom blockchain tokens platform, to implement a new type of...
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2.0KNewsTokenization Solution Accelerator Debuts
To help enterprises, issuers and issuer processors establish their own EMV-based tokenization systems, global business consulting firm Virtusa launched its vToken solution...
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2.4KControversialThe Big Buy-In Edition: How Visa, Google and Greece Are Investing In The Future
We at PYMNTS like to imagine that while the markets wait, watch and speculate today about the future of PayPal as an...
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3.0KNewsVerifone: “EMV Is No Cure-All”
The payments industry is the midst of a sea change, with EMV looming and new regulations mandated by the third iteration of...
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EMVCo Membership Grows With Eight More Members
EMVCo, the industry governing body that oversees standards related to the EMV chip cards and payments including tokenization and 3D Secure, said...
