Blockchain

IMF: Digital currency could remake 'cumbersome' cross-border payments

06/21/17

Just as we call letters "snail mail," in the future people may consider bank transfers snail money.

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'Bubbles and busts are sometimes good'

06/21/17

Vinny Lingham, founder and CEO of Civic, discusses the froth in cryptocurrency markets, the mania for "initial coin offerings," the right way to do token sales, the future of digital identity and the banking system's security failings.

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Two big names turn to blockchain in digital ID chase

06/19/17

Microsoft and Accenture have unveiled a blockchain-based digital-identification system in connection with the ID2020 international initiative.

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Breaking Banks: Watson and regtech; crazy cryptocurrency

06/16/17

IBM's Marc Andrews discusses AI and compliance; Dave Birch, Charlie Shrem and Anthony Di Iorio debate bitcoin and all that it's spawned.

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‘Fannie and Freddie never needed a bailout’: Comments of the week

06/16/17

Readers chime in on the GSE conservatorships, bitcoin’s future, regulatory relief for regional banks, a recent Supreme Court ruling on debt collection, and more.

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Delaware blockchain measure seeks to change 'very base' of financial system

06/13/17

Private companies incorporated in Delaware could start issuing and tracking shares of stock on a distributed ledger this summer.

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Citigroup casts wide net on blockchain

06/13/17

A recently announced partnership with Nasdaq is one of multiple investments Citi has made in ventures related to distributed ledger technology, its chief financial officer said Tuesday.

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Small banks shying away from tech at their own risk

06/13/17

The Florida Bankers Association recently canceled a fintech conference due to a lack of interest. Such aversion could prove costly for bankers in the future.

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‘We’re in production’: Bank execs on the state of play for blockchain

06/13/17

While banks are in various stages of development when it comes to distributed ledger technology, the industry is farther along than many would assume, big-bank technology executives say.

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How I missed the point of bitcoin

06/12/17

The world needs faster and cheaper international payments, but more than that it needs censorship-resistant ways to transact.

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