Hyperledger at Money20/20 Brian Behlendorf, executive director at Hyperledger, will speak during the Oct. 25 blockchain panel, “All Together Now: How Bank & Tech Partnerships Are Shaping the Future of Blockchain” at the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas. For more updates, be sure to follow Collin Canright on Twitter for Money20/20 insider insights. IBM studies: banks, … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 10/23/16
Money20/20 2016
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 10/23/16 Collin and Christina Canright attend the annual Money20/20 FinTech conference in Las Vegas this week. Check the www.fintechrising.net blog and Collin's Twitter feed for updates. On to this week's links: Four banking business models for the digital age “The traditional universal banking model and the infrastructure provider model … [Read more...] about Money20/20 2016
THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 10/16/16
Bitcoin searches for itself As more transactions are done using bitcoin, the flood of traffic on the network has lead to problems. As author and New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper explained in a Techcrunch video, there’s a lack of consensus as to how to handle the sudden growth. Poland takes positive approach to bitcoin and blockchain regulation When the Polish … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 10/16/16
FinTech Articles of the Week 10/16/16
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 10/16/16 Future of FinTech report This week, the Financial Times announced its creation of the Future of FinTech awards, which will highlight the companies and projects aiming to bring long-lasting change to the financial services industry and has also dedicated a section of coverage to the emerging sector. FinTech is not a niche anymore, it’s a … [Read more...] about FinTech Articles of the Week 10/16/16
U.S. Faster Payments Update, Canadian Blockchain Experiment
Last week, I attended the 2016 edition of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Payments Symposium. As I listened to the presentations, it became clear to me once again how important internetworked technologies are to the future of the financial system in terms of individual empowerment and corporate control. Payment systems based on digital tokens rather than computer … [Read more...] about U.S. Faster Payments Update, Canadian Blockchain Experiment
FinTech Leaders
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 10/09/16 The leaders in FinTech and banking are featured as American Banker releases its annual list of FinTech companies to watch, and Burnmark releases an excellent and comprehensive report on challenger banks throughout the world. Take a look, too, at a future without cash in this week's links. 20 FinTech companies to watch From … [Read more...] about FinTech Leaders