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RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations

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PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. For some, that means embracing solutions built atop existing rails, or exploring new ones altogether. RTP Expands Across FI Base. Financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S.

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Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain

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In the age of blockchain, all manner of physical assets are making the leap to bits and bytes. Blockchain can track transactions of all sorts and create a connected record — and that blockchain is rapidly cleaving from the cryptocurrency clamor to which it was once inextricably linked. percent pure.

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Blockchain’s Inroads Through National Frameworks And Trade Finance

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Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. To that end, reports came this week that Germany has put a consultation and commentary period in place that will focus on blockchain, with a goal of having a strategy outlined by the summer, Reuters said.

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B2B Services, Blockchain, APIs Gain Currency In Africa

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In the continuing swirl of headlines that seem to blur and blend cryptos, blockchains and developing nations, a number of collaborations between large tech firms, traditional financial institutions (FIs) and FinTech upstarts stood out. That system is called World Wire and is to be run on the Stellar network.

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B2B Use Cases Drive Up Real-Time Demand

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Plus, blockchain projects move closer to launch in the U.S. The company connects banks to the technology so they can offer instant currency exchange across 18 currencies, with the ability to loop into an array of payment rails including SEPA, SEPA INSTANT, CHAPS, ACH, wire and more around the globe. and abroad.

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The Many Faces Of Employee Fraud

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This week, IBM announced a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to develop a blockchain solution to address supply chain fraud in the seafood industry, including cases of incomplete documentation and mislabeling. Fifty-three percent of U.K.

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Credit Unions Find Opportunity In Payments Disruption

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Esser highlighted three key areas with major opportunities for improvement in the credit union market, with CULedger finding blockchain a promising technology to address them. The CUPay solution will initially support EFTs — which include ACH transfers and wires — between credit unions. Payment Rail Agnostic.