Banking as usual is NOT an option
I’ve blogged quite a bit about adapting to change lately, and will continue to do so as banking-as-usual (BAU) is not an option. It’s similar to standing in the middle of the road. If you stand there for long enough, you’ll get run over. This is as true in banking: if you stop changing, you die. Now banks know this – they’re not stupid – and have been changing a lot over the past decades.
Blockchain & Financial Services: The Fifth Horizon of Networked Innovation
This is an excerpt from a longer series paper on Blockchain
Financial Stability In The Digital Age – English
Innovation shapes the evolution of the financial system and plays a crucial role in economic development. Yet innovative technologies may also make more questionable contributions, like during the 2008 financial crisis.
Israel: A Hotspot For Blockchain Innovation
As a firm which is committed to develop, lead and promote innovation, we are delighted to launch the "Israel: A Hotspot for Blockchain Innovation" report". This report is the first of its kind, offering a laterally overview of the blockchain technology - the ecosystem, benefits & challenges and the blockchain startup landscape in Israel.
Bank of Canada – Innovation,Central-Bank Style Report
The Bank of Canada was itself an innovation when it was created during the Great Depression to support the economic and financial well-being of Canadians. Over the past 80 years, the Bank has done exactly that by carrying out four main lines of business.
Innovation in Payments: The Future is Fintech
This paper examines the growing capabilities of fintech in both the consumer/retail and wholesale/corporate payments arenas, and discusses the monumental role fintech â and the array of solutions it presents â will play in shaping the course of the payments industry as a whole.
Blockchain: Understanding the potential
Bitcoin, heralded by many as the single biggest breakthrough since the arrival of the internet, has proved to be something of a moving target since its launch in 2009. However, it continues to be the focus of significant investment and innovation with the industry predicting that more than $1 billion in venture capital funding will have been ploughed in Bitcoin and its future by the end of 2015.
The Future of Financial Services: How disruptive innovations are reshaping the way financial services are structured,provisioned and consumed
The creation of this report involved extensive outreach and dialogue with the financial services community, innovation community, academia and a large number of financial technology startups. The dialogue included numerous interviews and interactive sessions to discuss the insights and opportunities for collaborative action.
Emerging Risk Report – Innovation series
This report presents two expert contributions which investigate the key risk factors for the insurance of Bitcoin operations.
Gem Increases Security
The multi signature security platform has announced the addition of custom hardware security modules (HSM). For decades, the payments industry has mandated the use of HSMs to keep private keys secure.
Circle Goes Live. Buy And Sell Bitcoin With Your Credit Card
A step in the right direction and a phenomenal tool for Bitcoin mass adoption. We had a quick look and compared it to previous solutions
The Advent of Tipping and Reddcoin
The first of a two-part feature analysing the range of online tipping platforms that are now available, including the infamous Reddcoin.
Moneero Announces Miguel Santos To Join The Board Of Directors
Moneero allows anyone with a mobile phone or social media account to receive funds. They recently announced a key acquisition for their board of directors.
Banking The Unbanked – Catalyst For Bitcoin’s Mass Adoption?
With an estimated 2.5 Billion people worldwide having little or no access to traditional banking facilities, its easy to see why Bitcoin could make a huge difference
Bitcoin Undercuts Remittance Sharks
If you want to understand if Bitcoin has value remittance is a great place to start. The frictionless transfer of money globally will transform our world faster than anything
A New Kind Of Law: Interview With Thomas Spaas
Ethereum is a platform and a programming language. With Ethereum it is possible for any developer to build and publish next-generation distributed applications. Ether, Ethereum's cryptofuel, powers the applications on the decentralized network.
