PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported. The firms are operating using distributed ledger technology (DLT), which has been growing — in 2018, the number of firms using it sat at only 27 percent by comparison.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

When the B2B payments industry began considering what to expect for 2018, commercial cards weren’t often on the radar. Yet, 2018 was certainly a big year for commercial cards, and for credit card giants’ B2B payments aspirations overall. American Express Bets On Blockchain In B2B. Visa Acquires Fraedom.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Travala.com , the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to CoinDesk. The license allows Currency.com to use DLT to store and transmit others’ value for the provision of dealer and custody services, the release states.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Blockchain technology is making ever-more inroads into various verticals to convey data and payments, according to a recent report from audit, assurance, consulting and tax services provider PwC, and appears to be moving away from cryptocurrencies in the process. Companies have dabbled in the lab,” the company wrote.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Asia-Pacific region is a rising star in FinTech innovation, but this week, the blockchain spotlight landed on Singapore as more distributed ledger initiatives from the private and public sectors took major steps forward. Nearly two-thirds of that funding will go toward blockchain startups, reports added.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In other news, an industry report has revealed that Israeli startups have brought in more than $600 million in funding from ICOs in the first three quarters of 2018. According to Coindesk , One Alpha found that 140 active blockchain-related companies in Israel received $1.3 billion worth of investments. Israelis are less than 0.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Blockchain beyond bitcoin. One estimate that debuted this week via Business Intelligence and Strategy Research (aka BIS Research) states that the global automotive blockchain market will reach $1.6 percent, as measured from 2018. percent, as measured from 2018. Blockchain an Apple of Apple Founder’s Eye?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Spending on blockchain technologies will ramp up to $9.2 Its latest Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide also calculated a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of blockchain spend of 81.2 As a leader in blockchain innovation and integration, the U.S. Microsoft IDs Its Next Blockchain Use Case.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Banks seem smitten by blockchain. PwC writes in its “Global Blockchain Survey 2018” that responses from 600 executives across 15 territories are embracing distributed ledger technology (DLT) with enthusiasm. Of those queried, as many as 84 percent of firms are involved with DLT.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The blockchain hype-machine is driven largely from the technology’s proponents that say they have an application of the tool for everything: payments, risk mitigation, contracts, KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance, financing, cloud storage, an alternative to foreign exchange, credit underwriting. Earlier this year, the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Blockchain. Blockchain. Take the blockchain. An alien landing on Earth and reading the popular tech press would be thoroughly convinced that blockchain is the biggest thing to have happened here since the invention of indoor plumbing. In short, there seems to be, literally, nothing the blockchain cannot do.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even some of the largest proponents of blockchain agree that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is still in its early days, and its impact on the financial services market probably won’t be fully understood for some time.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The average global cost was nearly 7 percent in Q3 2018, and remittances sent from sub-Saharan Africa incurred an average cost of nearly 16 percent. Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have also been considered for facilitating both P2P remittances and B2B cross-border payments. Mexico transactions in 2018.

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CB Insights

JUNE 15, 2018

In 2018, assembly lines are so lean they’re integrating a nearly real-time inflow of parts and assembling them as fast as they arrive. BLOCKCHAIN FOR RESOURCE TRACKING. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) aim to unite data from a company’s various processes and stakeholders into a universal data structure.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

It’s not entirely clear yet how — or if — blockchain will transform the financial services market, but that hasn’t stopped industry players from scrambling to get a leg up on the technology and ahead of the competition.

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CB Insights

APRIL 7, 2018

Resource Planning & Sourcing : On-demand decentralized manufacturing and blockchain projects are working on the complexities of integrating suppliers. Operations Technology Monitoring & Machine Data : A look at the IT stack and platforms powering future factories. Blockchain for resource tracking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In the continuing swirl of headlines that seem to blur and blend cryptos, blockchains and developing nations, a number of collaborations between large tech firms, traditional financial institutions (FIs) and FinTech upstarts stood out. Blockchain technology, he said, may boost transparency between trading firms.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The startup taps into blockchain technology to help banks exchange credit data, CNBC reported. In fact, PwC gives a sense of just how prevalent this is becoming, writing in its Global Blockchain Survey 2018 that responses from 600 executives across 15 territories indicate an enthusiastic embrace of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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Fintech News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Forrester expects the number of major banks issuing tokenized assets on blockchain to surge, driven by new digital asset regulations in jurisdictions including Hong Kong and Singapore. In Singapore, the proportion of consumers that switched main banks over a five-year period increased from 12% in 2018 to 26% in 2024.

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