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B2B Use Cases Drive Up Real-Time Demand

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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. In the latest show of support for distributed ledger technology, J.P.

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Bitcoin Daily: Italy's Banks Test Digital Euro On DLT

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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. The European Central Bank has been a vocal supporter of a digital euro, advocating for a CBDC.

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 World Bank Sees DLT Potential For Cross-Border Transactions

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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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Bitcoin Daily: Caymans Introduce Digital Asset Regulatory Framework; Reserve Bank Of Australia To Test CBDC; Huobi Expands Support For Visa And Mastercard

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Their research will begin with a proof-of-concept for a CBDC operated on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to test the proposed coins’ use cases in payment settlements, the release stated.

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The Corporates Betting On Blockchain To Reshape Capital Markets Infrastructure

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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. Category Breakdown.

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RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations

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Researchers found that 70 percent of demand deposit accounts are managed by FIs with access to the RTP network. Yet even more FIs have access to RTP as a result of third-party technology partnerships, a press release said last week. Financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S. Mastercard Leads Central Bank Digital Currency Test.

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The Blockchain Companies Poised To Transform Capital Markets Infrastructure

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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. Categories are not mutually exclusive, and companies are mapped according to their primary use case.