George Samman

George is the former CMO of Fuzo which is using blockchain to bring financial inclusion to the developing world. He is also Committee Chair of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) for blockchain and financial services. George is a contributing writer to bitcoin exchange itBit and formerly of CoinTelegraph. George also co-founded BTC.sx, now magnr, a bitcoin trading platform. He is also a former Wall Street Senior Portfolio Manager and Market Strategist as well as a technical analyst. George holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.

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809, 2016

The trend towards Blockchain privacy: zero knowledge proofs

George Samman|2016-09-08T00:00:00+12:008 Sep 2016|News|

One of the bigger trends in the blockchain world, particularly when it comes to financial services and specifically capital markets operations, has been a need for privacy and confidentiality in the course of daily business. This has meant that blockchain solutions are being designed with this primary need in mind. This has led to all the private blockchain solutions being developed today.

1612, 2015

A Blockchain can help improve CAC and CLV for Banks

George Samman|2023-11-28T23:48:18+13:0016 Dec 2015|News|

This article is inspired by a question I asked to Bradley Leimer, Head of Innovation at Santander Bank. The question asked the following, "What are the onboarding costs of new customers for banks when opening new accounts?"

212, 2015

Yuan joining the IMFs basket of reserve currencies bullish for bitcoin

George Samman|2023-11-28T23:48:28+13:002 Dec 2015|News|

The Chinese Renminbi has been approved by the IMF for inclusion in the basket of currencies that make up Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The other currencies include the US Dollar, the English Pound, the Japanese Yen and the Euro.

3011, 2015

Regulation is propagating financial exclusion, and blockchain technology is a key solution

George Samman|2023-11-28T23:48:29+13:0030 Nov 2015|News|

According to a recent [report](http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/CGD-WG-Report-Unintended-Consequences-AML-Policies-2015.pdf) by the Center for Global Development, extreme regulatory and cost pressures caused by regulation has caused financial institutions to stop servicing areas which are deemed extremely high risk.

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