Last week the big news was the regulation initial coin offerings, one of the year’s hottest cryptofinance and investment rends. This week, it’s the split in the bitcoin community, leading to two varieties of the digital currency. "It looks like ICOs, shorthand for initial coin offerings, are about to undergo a lot more scrutiny. The SEC has concluded that the digital … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 8/1/17
Payments Innovation 2017
Payments Innovation 2017 John Chaplin, Chairman, Global Payments Innovation Jury Payments continues to experience unrelenting innovation worldwide, with established players trying to defend and grow their existing business and new market entrants aiming to grab a share of the market for themselves. While operating margins are under pressure, the payments sector remains … [Read more...] about Payments Innovation 2017
Payments Power
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 07/24/17 The payments sector of the FinTech ecosystem heats up this month. Recent developments in the largest and most mature FinTech sector include release of the final report of the U.S. Faster Payments Task Force, major consolidation among worldwide payments processors, and reports of high growth in person-to-person (P2P) payments. Last … [Read more...] about Payments Power
BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/24/17
London Stock Exchange to start using blockchain “London’s Stock Exchange is set to start using blockchain to improve transparency for shareholding information among unlisted businesses,” ITProPortal reports. This new use of blockchain is being implemented with the hopes of achieving a higher level of confidentiality and security for users that traditional exchange methods … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/24/17
What FinTech Means
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 07/16/17 "When you think of FinTech, do you think of it more as a product or a service?" It was a question asked by a member of the audience at the Incubate Illinois FinTech panel sponsored Wednesday by the Chicago law firm Freeborn & Peters. It occurred to me that I take it for granted professionals in finance and technology understand what … [Read more...] about What FinTech Means
BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/16/17
When blockchain stops being a big scary word. It seems we are nearing the point where blockchain won't be explained as a technology but accepted simply as a business tool, writes London-based investment writer Vered Zimmerman. Today, it takes more time to convince stakeholders of the benefits than it does to deploy the technology, and the discussion is starting to shift toward … [Read more...] about BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 7/16/17