CB Insights

AUGUST 23, 2018

HSBC, Standard Chartered, and others belong to a range of consortia that have had successful pilots using distributed ledger technologies (DLT) to process live trade finance transactions. Benefits of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) . Live briefing: Consumer Banks in The Digital Age.

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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. And New Zealand private bank ASB has launched a shipment of meat from its home country to South Korea through the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

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. In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

In 2018, SWIFT launched a consultation with the community to enable the full vision of ISO 20022 — an open, international standard that defines critical business processes and data and is compatible with both mature and emerging technologies like distributed ledger technology (DLT) and APIs.

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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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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Goldman Sachs is reportedly setting up a cryptocurrency trading desk in New York that will be running by the end of June 2018, if not earlier. Swiss bank UBS is leading a pilot that aims to automate regulatory requirments for the MiFID II/MiFIR rules that take effect in 2018. GOLDMAN SACHS IS SETTING UP A CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING DESK.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

According to news from Cointelegraph , venture capital funding for blockchain and blockchain-adjacent startups (which use technologies like bitcoin, Ethereum and other virtual currencies) this year is on track to exceed 2017 funding in this industry. To date, an estimated 130 deals have been inked in 2018, valuing about $400 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The nation’s excitement over distributed ledger technology (DLT) cannot be ignored. The companies expect to launch the platform in the first quarter of 2018. According to reports in Singapore Business Review , $2.71 Nearly two-thirds of that funding will go toward blockchain startups, reports added.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

percent, as measured from 2018. According to the report, distributed ledger technology (DLT) will continue to rise, along with what BIS touted as “the myriad” number of benefits that accrue with that technology. billion by 2026. That represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 65.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

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. Companies have dabbled in the lab,” wrote PwC.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. billion in 2018 from $945 million in 2017 and will grow more than 80 percent year over year to reach $9.7

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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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

2018 will be a crucial stage for enterprises as they make a huge leap from proof-of-concept projects to full blockchain deployments. Its latest Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide also calculated a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of blockchain spend of 81.2 percent from 2016 to 2021. Microsoft IDs Its Next Blockchain Use Case.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Cross-border B2B transactions generated about $125 billion in revenue in 2018, leading more FIs and FinTechs to seek to update their infrastructures and better serve the needs of this sizable and growing sector. The latest Faster Payments Tracker examines developments in real-time payments with an emphasis on B2B cross-border transactions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

If 2017 was the year of blockchain experimentation, 2018 is the year that makes or breaks some of those projects, with a lucky few emerging from pilot tests and into the real world. Only a handful of working blockchain applications are live today. Earlier this year, the U.K.’s However, executives may not be convinced just yet.

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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 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

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

JUNE 13, 2018

The industry’s budget for blockchain jumped 67 percent last year, researchers found, with a tenth of financial services companies reporting that they spend more than $10 million on distributed ledger technology (DLT). ” The job opening is for a Sales Coordinator, reports said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The first part of the initiative will be completed at the end of September and should be fully available by May 2018, allAfrica reported. The Kenyan central bank said in an August report that there are risks involved in embracing distributed ledger technology (DLT) — among them, the risk of fraud.

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CB Insights

APRIL 7, 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 and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) projects aim to unite data from a company’s various processes and stakeholders into a universal data structure.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 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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Fintech News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Unlike firms that pursued blockchain for novelty, HSBC prioritized customer needs when developing the solution, integrating golds cultural and financial appeal with advanced distributed ledger technology (DLT) to democratize gold investment. A similar trend is observed in Malaysia and Hong Kong.

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