European Commission launches a blockchain regulatory sandbox
The Paypers
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The European Commission has launched a new regulatory sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT).
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B2B Use Cases Drive Up Real-Time Demand
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
In this week's roundup of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS finds B2B payments use cases serve as an important driver of adoption, with FinTechs and financial service providers embracing payment rails old and new to enable real-time B2B payments and foreign exchange. Plus, blockchain projects move closer to launch in the U.S.
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80+ Companies Shaping The Blockchain Landscape
CB Insights
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Blockchain companies raised more venture capital and private equity funding in H1’21 than any full year in history. download our best of blockchain research. download our best of blockchain research. But blockchain’s potential extends well beyond crypto and NFTs. First name. Company name. Phone number.
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The Corporates Betting On Blockchain To Reshape Capital Markets Infrastructure
CB Insights
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees.
RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. In a statement, First Horizon noted that the service addresses the growing demand for accelerated payments across a range of use cases, including payroll and commission payouts.
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The Blockchain Companies Poised To Transform Capital Markets Infrastructure
CB Insights
OCTOBER 29, 2020
This massive market, which includes a broad range of financial “plumbing” services, could be poised for a blockchain shake-up. But a growing number of companies want to employ distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to offer a simpler, streamlined way to verify transactions — to upend this status quo.
World Blockchain Trade Consortium Launches With FinTech Platforms
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
The World Blockchain Trade Consortium (WBTC) officially launched this week in Singapore with the aim to utilize blockchain technology to lower costs, reduce risk and increase funding to SMEs. and Portal Finance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico). Additional members are expected to be announced soon.
Real Time Heats Up In B2B, While Blockchain Gains Traction
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Plus, blockchain makes new inroads in the B2B arena. TOMIA and Clear Embrace Blockchain for Telecom B2B Payments. As more payment use cases emerge from distributed ledger technology (DLT), some solution providers are looking toward industry-specific applications of blockchain.
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Bitcoin Daily: Italy's Banks Test Digital Euro On DLT
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The digital currency in trial is supported by distributed ledger technology (DLT), and the two-part experiments also aim to examine the use cases of a DLT-enabled currency. Any bank can participate in the digital currency initiative, Ledger Insights reported.
The Enterprise Headache Of A Decentralized Blockchain
PYMNTS
JUNE 13, 2019
For blockchain technology, the crux of many of its purported benefits for the enterprise is its decentralized nature, which, proponents of distributed ledger technology (DLT) have said, promotes visibility and makes it more difficult for data to be manipulated.
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Eurosystem Completes First of Many Experiments To Test DLT Central Bank Money Settlements
The Fintech Times
MAY 18, 2024
Eurosystem , the monetary authority of the eurozone, has been exploring the possible use cases of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to conduct wholesale settlement in central bank money. Looking to the future Preparations for further trials and experiments are ongoing and will cover a variety of use cases.
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Cross-Border Payment Efforts Look To The Blockchain And Beyond
PYMNTS
APRIL 3, 2019
It may seem that cross-border payments were in the … well … crosshairs this past week, with a number of country-by-country and company-by-company initiatives using blockchain and other methods to speed payments and lower fees. Some see distributed ledger technologies (DLT) as having the potential to drive industry-wide change.
SC Ventures and G+D Complete Pilot on Different Types of CBDC Systems
Fintech News
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The project tested the feasibility of conducting multilateral cross-currency transfers through the UDPN, involving both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and non-DLT-based CBDC technologies. The PoC explored two models.
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Blockchain To Link Hong Kong, Singapore Trade
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Hong Kong and Singapore have reached an agreement to link their perspective trade finance platforms using blockchain technology, according to news from Reuters on Wednesday (Oct. In April, the group said it had completed a proof of concept.
Basware Integrates Solutions With SAP App Center
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Customers can tap into about 1,800 partner resources at the SAP App Center, sorted by product, industry and use case scenarios. The SAP App Center is a fully digital enterprise marketplace where people can try, buy, manage and deploy trusted partner applications that extend existing SAP technology and solutions.
Blockchain Finds More Commercial Uses, Telecom Among Them
PYMNTS
JULY 25, 2018
The move to bring blockchain beyond cryptocurrency confines — and toward more commercial use cases — continues, with far-flung projects making headlines. In the telecom world, South Korean firm KT said it has applied blockchain to its commercial network. Blockchain As City Initiative.
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Blockchain Slowdown Coming Down The Block?
PYMNTS
AUGUST 1, 2018
To put it another way, might the additions of links to the blockchain be slowed a bit? Forrester Research noted that some projects may be winding down, and some pilot tests of the technology may be walked back a bit, illuminating at least some isolated cases of tempered enthusiasm or expectations of blockchain potential.
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Blockchain Goes Local (A Bit, Anyway)
PYMNTS
AUGUST 8, 2018
Use cases are growing with blockchain, and while the headlines may focus on large-scale government initiatives and where distributed ledger technology (DLT) might be headed, the fact remains that smaller projects are gaining traction. Ballots Over Blockchain. Blockchain … And Big Bucks.
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Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 1, 2018
In the age of blockchain, all manner of physical assets are making the leap to bits and bytes. Blockchain can track transactions of all sorts and create a connected record — and that blockchain is rapidly cleaving from the cryptocurrency clamor to which it was once inextricably linked. New Use Cases. percent pure.
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Microsoft, Comcast Remain In Blockchain Exploratory Mode
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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In Land Down Under, Blockchain Comes To Bonds
PYMNTS
AUGUST 15, 2018
Will the bond be the bond between blockchain and the (corporate) masses? News came this week from the world of distributed ledgers that the World Bank seeks to offer bonds underpinned by blockchain, to be offered through Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA). In China, a Blockchain Primer – and Some Use Cases.
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Global Automotive Blockchain Revving Up?
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 Patent and Trademark Office that would leverage blockchain to secure user authentication efforts and boost security initiatives.
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Wells Fargo’s Stablecoin Pilot Targets X-Border Corporate Transfers
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
financial institution Wells Fargo has announced plans to pilot an internal settlement solution that operates on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The digitized cash, in the form of a tokenized dollar, operates on Wells’ first blockchain platform. In a press release on Tuesday (Sept.
Blockchain’s Inroads Through National Frameworks And Trade Finance
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. The newswire said that Berlin exists as a “hub” for the industry, where roughly 10 startups focus on blockchain, and end markets span energy, pharma and transportation.
Corporates Go For The ‘Coopetition’ Model Of Blockchain
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Corporates are now in a race to develop and deploy blockchain tools — and sure, part of the momentum behind that effort is the recognition that blockchain technology can lead to greater efficiency and speed in an array of business processes. The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance is not only a Wall Street conversation,” he said.
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Is ‘Embedded Regulation’ The Key To Stablecoins’ Success?
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
“Today, authorities around the world are grappling with the rise of digital currencies and decentralized finance based on both emerging technologies — particularly various combinations of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain and advances in traditional centralized systems underpinning finance,” according to the report.
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Tech Giants Make Their Blockchain Bets For 2018
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Every day the world hears about another blockchain project in the works or another distributed ledger technology consortium forming. Just last week, Deloitte found that in 2016 alone, nearly 27,000 new blockchain projects surfaced on the market. “The Mastercard. Reports said the filing, dated Nov. 9 with the U.S.
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2024 Might be Full of Central Bank Digital Currency Launches, Know How
CoinRemitter
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
It operates on a blockchain network and is issued and backed by the central bank of the respective country. CBDCs exist only in digital form and can be stored using compatible electronic devices, unlike physical and paper-based cash. Unlike cryptocurrencies, they’re issued by centralized authorities and can be used as legal tenders.
Visa, Mastercard, Amex Stake Their Bets On B2B
PYMNTS
JANUARY 2, 2019
Visa ended 2017 with a B2B payments focus that it kept rolling early in 2018 as it began testing and expanding B2B Connect , its cross-border corporate payments solution that integrates distributed ledger technology (DLT). American Express Bets On Blockchain In B2B.
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Blockchain – a Revolution for the Patient
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 5, 2017
The excitement surrounding blockchain or the somewhat less jazzy sounding Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT – in all its forms and incarnations) has been much discussed and taken up many column inches over the past few years. Written by Lisa Moyle, Director of Strategy, Finovate.
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Hong Kong’s SFC Lays Out Regulatory Pathway for Tokenisation
Global Fintech & Digital Assets
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Tokenisation refers to the process of digitally representing an asset (or ownership of that asset) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) through the use of digital tokens. subscriptions and redemptions, and intermediaries can distribute such tokenised products to end-investors).
Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?
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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73 Blockchain’s Real-Time Payments Use Case
PYMNTS
JUNE 26, 2019
Players in payments and commerce keep trying to get their heads around blockchain technology, seeking out use cases and striving to determine if the reality can ever live up to the hype. That said, blockchain is no silver bullet, to put it mildly. Answers are relatively slow in coming, and skepticism abounds.
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SIA’s Third-Party Approach To RTGS
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2018
De Lorenzo said that he expects blockchain to become more important, and, as such, SIA’s offering enables integration with solutions based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). “At At the moment, the [DLT] is still not mature,” he explained. “It
Adjoint CEO On Why Treasury Management Needs Blockchain
PYMNTS
MARCH 6, 2019
Blockchain is increasingly garnering headlines and attention for its use cases beyond cryptocurrencies. Distributed ledger technology (DLT), in essence, is a distributed database that securely stores and organizes data. Real-Time Window To Treasury Management.
World Bank Sees DLT Potential For Cross-Border Transactions
PYMNTS
APRIL 1, 2019
At heart of the matter, of course, is the place (or choice) of using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to underpin the transactions — especially B2B transactions. Some see distributed ledger technologies (DLT) as having the potential to drive industry-wide change.
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Blockchain Makes It Out Of Piloting — Now What?
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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Blockchain Weaves Throughout The Private And Public Sectors
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Nearly every day, it seems, another technology company announces its vision for blockchain. But highly specialized startups aren’t the only ones playing around with distributed ledger technology (DLT). One of the largest question marks plaguing blockchain is the uncertainty over incoming regulation.
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Visa’s Approach To Simplifying Cross-Border Payments
PYMNTS
JULY 31, 2019
You have to make sure the colors match up across a myriad combinations of markets, currencies and use-cases. Some payments providers are leveraging blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to meet these needs, dramatically expediting the cross-border payment process.
The Future Of The Factory: How Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing
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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