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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The Alabama Securities Commission on Tuesday (Nov. CORO says its app is designed to fend off cyberattacks through the use of hashgraph distributed ledger technology (DLT). The company – and its gold trading app – just expanded its reach in the United States with the addition of a license to operate in Alabama.

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Elavon Spends $300M For Sage Pay

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payments gateway Sage Pay for $300 million, according to reports on Monday (Nov. The acquisition of Sage Pay is part of Elavon’s strategy to help its customers streamline and leverage the global economy, according to an Elavon press release on Monday (Nov. Bancorp subsidiary Elavon is acquiring U.K.

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Is ‘Embedded Regulation’ The Key To Stablecoins’ Success?

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In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov. At a high level, according to the findings, authorities must consider how “best to apply regulation” so that “similar economic and financial risks emerging from varying technologies and participants are treated similarly, avoiding regulatory arbitrage.”.

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Basware Integrates Solutions With SAP App Center

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Source-to-pay solution provider Basware now offers its business automation resources on the SAP App Center , the digital marketplace for systems applications and product (SAP) partner offerings, Basware announced on Tuesday (Nov.

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Bitcoin Daily: SWIFT India Teams With Blockchain Startup; Giga Watt Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

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SWIFT India , a joint venture between SWIFT SCRL and several banks, plans to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) in partnership with blockchain startup MonetaGo , Cointelegraph reported. To bolster security and efficiency, SWIFT India’s banks plan to tap into a shared distributed ledger network with the pilot.

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Tech Giants Make Their Blockchain Bets For 2018

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According to reports in Cointelegraph this week, payments technology firm Mastercard filed a patent related to real-time payments using blockchain technology. Reports said the filing, dated Nov. HPE said its distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution is faster and more secure than bitcoin or Ethereum blockchains.

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Against The Odds, A Few Blockchain Projects See The Light Of Day

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Even some of the largest proponents of blockchain agree that distributed ledger technology (DLT) is still in its early days, and its impact on the financial services market probably won’t be fully understood for some time. Yesterday (Nov. 27), reports also surfaced of a new blockchain project in the works.