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44% of those surveyed said they would rather use cash then a central bank digital currency and 57% said they would prefer to use a debit or credit card than a CBDC, the bank's survey showed. origin »
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Subsidiary of top Ripple partner, SBI Group, has joined forces with the Japanese Lawson Bank to use the bank’s 13,400 ATMs in Japan for remittances via a new product
2021-1-12 14:02 | |
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The Australian central bank is considering the use of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to be launched on the Ethereum Blockchain. The bank is already working on a project in collaboration with the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual, and blockchain technology company ConsenSys to look into the use of a CBDC based on […]
2020-11-3 17:28 | |
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The bank also wants to use the platform to extend its business into China.
2019-3-1 21:08 | |
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Activist group Blockchain Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has sponsored a bill in California’s 19th State Assembly District, set to allow legal cannabis businesses in the district to pay their state taxes using cryptocurrency.
2019-3-1 20:16 | |
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CoinSpeaker Japanese Banking Giant Mizuho Unveils Its Own Crypto on March 1 Mizuho Bank will partner with over 60 financial institutions to use its J-Coin Pay platform while serving over 59 million customers.
2019-2-27 18:43 | |
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CoinSpeaker SBI CEO: ‘Every Bank In Japan Will Use Ripple’s XRP By 2025’ Ripple‘s XRP token currently bears further uplifting news as SBI, which is a Ripple enthusiast, has planned to have a few banks in Japan and utilize the token by the 2025 Osaka Expo.
2019-2-27 17:01 | |
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Almost a fortnight since JPMorgan unveiled its own cryptocurrency and nearly three years after conducting tests, Japanese financial giant Mizuho Financial Group has announced a launch date for its digital currency, J-Coin.
2019-2-27 13:15 | |
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Fresh from being listed on Coinbase Pro, Ripple’s XRP token now bears further good news as SBI, a backer… The post SBI CEO Wants Every Bank in Japan to Use Ripple’s XRP appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-2-28 10:17 | |
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Fresh from being listed on Coinbase Pro, Ripple’s XRP token now bears further good news as SBI, a backer… The post SBI CEO Wants Every Bank in Japan to Use Ripple’s XRP by 2025 appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-2-27 10:17 | |
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Wall Street titan and noted bitcoin basher Jamie Dimon said that JPMorgan’s controversial cryptocurrency could one day be used for consumer payments. Jamie Dimon: JPMorgan Cryptocurrency Could Target Consumer Use “JPMorgan Coin could be internal, could be commercial, it could one day be consumer,” Dimon said at the bank’s annual investor day in remarks quoted by CNBC.
2019-2-27 22:03 | |
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It’s Monday, you know what that means. It’s time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s cryptocurrency and blockchain news. By no fault of our own, this week, things are a little different.
2019-2-25 12:48 | |
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Ripple's very famous objective is to use cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology (preferably, its own cryptocurrency, XRP, and its own blockchain technology and network) to make the world smaller by eliminating the friction prevalent in international money transfers.
2019-2-23 20:16 | |
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At the Ripple Regional event in London, blockchain utility was on display. Leaders from Euro Exim Bank, Mercury FX, and TransferGo explained exactly why more and more will begin to use blockchain and cryptocurrency.
2019-2-23 10:39 | |
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On February 21, 2019, peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced a partnership with trading platform BitMart for the purpose of vastly increasing the latter’s liquidity and scalability.
2019-2-23 00:36 | |
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The global remittance industry is huge. World Bank data shows that over $148 billion was sent abroad from the U. S. alone in 2017. As people leave nations gripped by hyperinflation, or simply move to look for better opportunities abroad, sending cash back home becomes a necessity.
2019-2-21 16:05 | |
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The Bank of China will reportedly become the first banking organization to use a new blockchain platform for home buyers
2019-2-21 02:30 | |
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Justice Wood has appointed legal counsel to represent some 115,000 creditors in incipient legal proceedings against seemingly insolvent cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, documents published today, February 19, 2019, from the Halifax, Nova Scotia court reveal.
2019-2-20 00:52 | |
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At Mt Pelerin, we believe that an evolution of banking is long overdue. With the global enthusiasm for FinTech and the ever growing success of blockchain technologies, we now have all the right tools to make this evolution happen.
2019-2-17 16:47 | |
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It’s only February and already, we’ve had one of the biggest announcements in the crypto industry. JP Morgan announced yesterday that it had successfully trialed the JPM Coin. It will use it for its $6 trillion wholesale payments business as well as securities transactions.
2019-2-15 21:06 | |
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JPMorgan is already facing severe criticism from the cryptocurrency industry just a day after it announced it would launch its own token, ‘JPM Coin. ’ Garlinghouse: JPM Coin ‘Misses The Point’ The plan, which would ostensibly make JPMorgan the first US bank to issue a token with a verifiable use case, surprised commentators when executives revealed it to the press this week.
2019-2-15 18:00 | |
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A group of lawyers from some of Canada’s top law firms convened in a court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, today to secure the right to represent creditors in the ongoing QuadrigaCX litigation.
2019-2-15 01:45 | |
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Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) is the latest bank to integrate Ripple’s technology and join the ever expanding Ripple Net, The Arabian Business reports. The bank, announced hours ago that it shall in days ahead use Ripple’s solution to improve customer experiences as they transfer their funds in and out of Kuwait.
2019-2-14 20:31 | |
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In the current freelancing industry, many platforms only allow independent contractors to use one bank account. In addition to restricting freelancers to the use of fiat only, this can also cause significant lag times when employees work with companies overseas.
2019-2-15 20:14 | |
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JP Morgan Chase has created the first bank-backed cryptocurrency in the United States. Dubbed the JPM Coin, the new crypto will target the instantaneous transfer of payments between institutions.
2019-2-14 19:51 | |
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JP Morgan has a new digital asset, JPM Coin. It’s not really a cryptocurrency, and it’s not quite a stablecoin, but it does use a blockchain. It’s mostly referred to as a digital coin. Still, JPM Coin is set to square off against all the other redeemable bank tokens in the market, eventually.
2019-2-14 19:03 | |
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IBM is set to provide technological solutions, including blockchain and AI, to the Spain’s largest bank, Santander
2019-2-15 15:59 | |
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International investment bank and notorious Bitcoin skeptic JPMorgan Chase will be the first US bank to issue its own cryptocurrency. JPMorgan: ‘Endless’ Use Cases For Cryptocurrency In a surprising move, Umar Farooq, head of JPMorgan’s blockchain operations, told CNBC trials of JPM Coin would start in the coming months and that three use cases had already emerged.
2019-2-14 15:00 | |
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Switzerland is an international bitcoin and blockchain mecca, known for its crypto culture and concentration of crypto businesses. Now, it is the new home to 21 Lectures, a school for bitcoin developers founded by Lucas Betschart.
2019-2-12 00:24 | |
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The UnionBank of the Philippines, one of the leading financial institutions in the country, has launched a two-way bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM), according to a story in local media outlet Philstar.
2019-2-12 00:10 | |
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According to local publications, Union Bank of the Philippines, one of the largest commercial banks in the Philippines, has launched the country’s first crypto ATM. The bank said in an official statement obtained by Philstar that the purpose of the ATM is to provide local users an easy way to convert cryptocurrency to fiat and vice versa.
2019-2-11 10:52 | |
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Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has decided to promote a technological evolution and make the country a regional reference in the adoption and use of blockchain and digital assets to optimize the control and design of public policies.
2019-2-9 05:23 | |
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A report from Bank of Korea (BOK) published this Thursday suggested that the use of central bank issued digital currencies could cause problems in the South Korean financial system. The report claims that the launch of such a currency could push interest rates up and cause a liquidity shortage.
2019-2-7 18:59 | |
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According to a recent report, Joel Ortiz, the 20-year-old student from Boston who was indicted by prosecutors in Santa Clara, California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in what is believed to be the very first SIM swapping conviction in the United States.
2019-2-6 01:17 | |
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Another country that faces a financial crisis due to the US sanctions issues its own national cryptocurrency. A group of Iranian banks presented a PayMon pegged to gold. Islamic revolution in digital Four Iranian banks (Bank Mellat, Bank Melli Iran, Bank Pasargad, and Parsian Bank) presented PayMon cryptocurrency, each coin of which is backed to gold reserves.
2019-2-8 17:22 | |
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Switzerland-based crypto bank Seba Crypto AG has reportedly partnered with a Swiss mortgage provider to use its core banking system called Finstar. The report comes from the German version of Cointelegraph, which reported the news last week.
2019-2-5 11:41 | |
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Swiss crypto bank Seba signs agreement to use mortgage bank Hypothekarbank’s core banking system, Finstar
2019-2-5 23:36 | |
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In December last year, the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced the use of RippleNet in daily payments. However, it was unclear whether the bank would use XRP to process transfers and payments.
2019-2-1 19:17 | |
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The National Bank of Kuwait has started blockchain-based remittance services to Jordan using blockchain technology supplied by Ripple. The service will be expanded to other nations as well in the future.
2019-1-30 21:09 | |
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A new draft report has come to light from the Central Bank of Iran. The report, titled, “Obligations and Rules Regarding Cryptocurrencies,” outlines new regulations for the use of cryptocurrency, which is surprisingly restrictive.
2019-1-29 17:37 | |
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Iran has lifted the ban on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as it takes another step towards its own sovereign cryptocurrency amid talks with foreign nations as potential partners. Iran Unbans Bitcoin, ICOs Today, Iran’s central bank has released an early draft of its cryptocurrency laws, lifting the previous ban on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, and ICOs, reports to Al Jazeera.
2019-1-29 16:00 | |
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A Bank of International Settlements report concludes that bitcoin's liquidity is "set to fall dramatically" due to decreasing mining rewards and low retail use if it doesn't migrate to another consensus model such as proof-of-stake.
2019-1-30 15:00 | |
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Ripple’s ever-growing list of partners and rapid deployment of its solutions around the world is on the verge of… The post Ripple (XRP) Partner Euro Exim Bank to Enhance xCurrent to Use It as SWIFT Replacement appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-1-29 20:42 | |
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Euro Exim Bank, one of the financial institutions to employ the use of Ripple’s payment system and the first to adopt xRapid, has revealed plans to use the company’s xCurrent for a pilot of its new Trade Finance System.
2019-1-28 00:04 | |
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The future viability of Bitcoin’s use of the proof-of-work consensus has been called into question by a report from the Bank of International Settlements
2019-1-27 16:40 | |
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Stones are minor minerals and unless you want to engage more than 20 persons, or dig below six meters from ground and use heavy machinery, the permission to start a stone crushing is granted by the district collector (or on his behalf by the Sub Divisional Officer ) on recommendation of the Tahsildar.
2019-1-26 17:03 | |
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According to a Fortune report published on January 24, 2019, a consortium comprising of companies like Anthem, Aetna, and PNC Bank, has inked a partnership with IBM to utilize the latter’s expertise in blockchain technology to streamline the process of organizing medical data records.
2019-1-26 16:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency exchange of Bitstamp has partnered with Dukascopy Bank to enable crypto funding for the clients of the bank. The bank is a leading Swiss online bank and its clients can now send Bitcoin (BTC) to their accounts and the crypto will be converted to US Dollars which they can use to trade on […] The post Bitstamp Partners With Leading Swiss Online Bank to Enable Bitcoin (BTC) Funding and Withdrawals appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-1-26 10:24 | |
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Cryptocurrency mobile wallet provider BRD wants to accelerate its international expansion, and it has secured $15 million to do it. The Series B funding round was raised from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings.
2019-1-26 20:04 | |
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The healthcare industry seems to be one of the biggest sectors of the economy to potentially benefit from blockchain technology. Keeping this use case in mind, tech giant IBM decided to step in and help with improving the way that patient data is shared, health claims are processed, and every transaction is handled. To do […]
2019-1-24 23:17 | |
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The memecoin market continues to gain traction, with 85% of U.S. crypto holders now investing in these highly speculative assets. A new Kraken survey highlights that 76% of investors believe the potential rewards justify the risks, despite memecoins’ notorious volatility.…
More than half of Gen Z adults currently own or have previously owned cryptocurrency, according to Gemini’s 2024 State of Crypto report. The survey, conducted across five countries and shared with crypto.
Most people who read about cryptocurrencies know that Bitcoin, due to its characteristics, is often referred to as ‘digital gold.’ A new study reveals that more and more people in the U.S. prefer Bitcoin to gold. The GameFi platform ChainPlay…
A recent Kraken survey shows that attitudes towards crypto are changing, with 55% of Americans believing that crypto assets have real-world uses and 73% plan to reinvest in 2025. A survey conducted by the major crypto exchange Kraken on 2,537…
54% of respondents said they planned to invest in cryptocurrencies in the next three years and 25% of firms said they had a positive impression of digital assets, the study said.
A survey from crypto exchange Bitget featured more than 1,500 respondents across 20 countries.