Assessing the Impact of Blockchain on Business Models
Blockchain does not need to be used for it to be disruptive — simply the threat of usage might be sufficient to disrupt existing markets and undermine long-established businesses...
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Artificial intelligence versus regulation: friends or foes?
Regulation is the most frequent knee-jerk response to any such question of ‘what if...’. However, many regulators are cautious about imposing regulation in a vacuum, seeking to prescribe or proscribe technologies rather than focusing on particular applications of technologies...
Currency volatility combated with new monetary system
International trade is growing at an astonishing rate, which has a direct impact on currency. Kinesis, a digital yield-bearing currency, could provide a solution to currency stability that goes beyond centralised or monetary banks...
India undecided on Bitcoin, but bullish on blockchain
Investor and government sentiment is still divided over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but its underlying technology blockchain is what’s making inroads with India’s highest bureaucrats and governments...
How blockchain mirrors Islamic Finance
In value and in principle, the technology annihilates a fear of corruption and a risk of human error-that is true to the core of Islamic finance...
Bancor provides Kenyans a viable currency alternative
A blockchain solution to the big catastrophe the people in Kenya are facing as a result of rising poverty and no possibility of sustainable living...
Equifax Analytics partners with Finesse to drive digital banking in the Middle East
Finesse with its strong presence in the Middle East and Asian markets has strategically aligned with Equifax to leverage the fast growing predictive analytics opportunities...
Iran prepares to launch cryptocurrency ‘to overcome US-led financial blockade’
Its collective effort toward building a state currency is led by the Post Bank of Iran in association with the country's Central Bank...
JP Morgan hired Google’s senior executive to boost its artificial intelligence
In addition to Silicon startups and tech giants, banks are seeking AI experts to build an automated future in finance...
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Creates Global Alliance for Fintech Innovation Collaboration
The global initiative was created to improve collaboration on fintech innovations – like blockchain – between regulators and companies...