Blockchain Reports You know you love them. Here are three recent ones you can mine over the month of August for that salient blockchain and cryptofinance insight. Coin Desk released its Q2 blockchain report, which notes that "while bitcoin's bear market continued, development activity carried on without distractions." Increased use of payment channels "in which small, … [Read more...] about Crypto Currents 07-30-2018
Research and Restart
THE WEEK IN FINTECH v3.18 This newsletter marks the end of the longest hiatus I’ve taken from FinTech Rising since I started it in October 2014. In the midst of a large client acquisition, I’ve taken the time to review the newsletter, plan some forthcoming content, and complete our initial product, FinTech Rising 2018: Toward a Golden Age of FinTech (use code FTR-SUB). By … [Read more...] about Research and Restart
Crypto Currents 07-08-2018
Blockchain isn’t a revolution: it’s two big innovations and one promising idea Kevin Werbach provides a tutorial on the three key concepts that tend to be grouped under the word that increases stock prices: blockchain. It isn’t a revolution, he writes, but "two big innovations and one promising idea." The truth is that there isn’t a blockchain phenomenon to be for or … [Read more...] about Crypto Currents 07-08-2018
Payments Potential
THE WEEK IN FINTECH v3.17 From realtime to person-to-person and crypto, digital payments continue to change the payments landscape in the United States. Even so, cash is back, to the detriment of one growing business, as covered in this issue's links. Corporates are paying attention to realtime payments "RTP is poised to reshape how U.S. businesses make and receive … [Read more...] about Payments Potential
Crypto Currents 04-27-2018
"Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history," writes Bill Harris, former CEO of Intuit and founding CEO of PayPal and Personal Capital, in ReCode. Tired of telling investors to be careful, he decided to lay out his unvarnished argument: "The losers are ill-informed buyers caught up in the spiral of greed. The result is a massive transfer of wealth from ordinary families to … [Read more...] about Crypto Currents 04-27-2018
Online Lending Collaboration
How INTRUST Bank collaborates with Funding Circle Banks can collaborate with FinTech and other firms in a wide variety of ways. INTRUST Bank is looking toward a shared purpose and vision to make a long-term collaboration work for everyone. “We are looking for partners with like-minded philosophies, not just in terms of how to underwrite, but in terms of mission and vision … [Read more...] about Online Lending Collaboration