Mexico’s Largest Bank Acquires Fintech Payments Startup Openpay
(By Samburaj Das, www.cryptocoinsnews.com)
BBVA Bancomer, the largest financial institution in Mexico, has acquired Openpay, a payments Fintech startup based in Mexico that enables real-time...
Mc Kinsey: How blockchains could change the world
Ignore Bitcoin’s challenges. In this interview, Don Tapscott explains why blockchains, the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency, have the potential to revolutionize the world economy.
What...
63 Companies Shaping Africa’s FinTech Ecosystem
(by Elena Mesropyan, LTP)
Africa is the largest unserved market that has dropped out of sight of the global financial system. Some estimates suggest that...
IBM Research: Cognitive Credit Risk
Overview
We are at the beginning of a revolution in financial services fueled by new technologies in blockchain, cognitive computing, mobile and cloud—collectively referred to...
Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and central banks: Opportunity or threat?
(bu World Economic Forum, in collaboration with VoxEU)
While excitement about Bitcoin appears to have subsided, the blockchain technology underlying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is...
Another Nation Has Developed a National Currency That’s Entirely Digital: Senegal
(by the Futurism.com)
The country of Senegal has announced it will be issuing its own national digital currency based on blockchain technology, the same technology powering...
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