Blockchain

'Existential requirement for banks': Comments of week

07/07/17

Readers this week highlighted the need for banks to upgrade payments systems, debated a small bank’s decision to ditch its legacy core vendor, lamented populist initiatives of the GSEs, and more.

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Study shows 30% gender pay gap in financial services

07/06/17

PwC reports a modest improvement in its gender pay gap. A study finds a big gender pay gap in the U.K’s financial services industry. Plus, female founders speak out about sexual harassment and explain why they kept quiet before.

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Who owns what, really? In securities, Delaware may soon clear things up

07/05/17

Delaware corporations will soon be able to issue shares on a blockchain. Beyond the capital markets, the move has implications for the way banks stake their claims to collateral.

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Breaking Banks: EU fintech superheroes

06/30/17

Interviews with entrepreneurs and techies at the Money2020 Europe conference.

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Small banks deemed ill-prepared for coming payments revolution

06/30/17

Though they face an array of competitive threats — from digital currencies to peer-to-peer payment apps — the vast majority of community banks do not have a payments strategy, according to a recent survey.

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How a crisis made innovation easier at Wells Fargo

06/28/17

Out of the ashes of the fake-accounts fiasco, heads of business lines became more open to change, an executive at the bank’s innovation group said Wednesday.

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Happy 50th birthday, ATM; Cryptocurrency bloodbath

06/27/17

Cash machine makers are working to make them work with, not against, smartphones; prices of digital currencies crashed on Monday, possibly sparked by a hoax that an Ethereum co-founder had died.

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Death hoax involving Ethereum creator sparks panic cryptocurrency sell-off

06/26/17

The incident shows that cryptocurrencies may be vulnerable to market manipulation—and may not be ready for prime time.

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Bitcoin firm's $40M round signals confidence in digital currency

06/22/17

One of the best early bitcoin companies, Blockchain survived a period marked by scandals and shutdowns to become a market leader and attract new investment for expansion.

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Ethereum network backlog points to growing pains

06/21/17

Initial coin offerings seen causing bottleneck in the network; exchanges halt ethereum transactions.

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