Thinking about making your own digital money? It sounds pretty complicated, right? Like something only tech wizards ...
SoFi Technologies is using blockchain technology to bring cross-border remittance payments to its customers. The digital bank announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with Lightspark, a payments ...
In the formative years of blockchain, decentralization was seen as the ultimate goal that defined the ethos of the entire movement. Bitcoin embodies this principle well. However, in recent years, the ...
This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The panel included Toby Brown of Google Cloud, Victoria ...
For years, banks have tip-toed around blockchain. They’ve explored pilots, commissioned research, partnered with fintechs, and debated tokenization strategies—all while waiting for regulators to ...
According to a 2022 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) study (1), roughly 600,000 Canadians are “unbanked,” meaning ...
Enterprises are still hesitant to adopt blockchain because most blockchain projects today require committing to a single chain — and single-chain strategies create costly risks. Interoperability is ...
Some of Switzerland’s largest banks completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) that tested blockchain technology and smart contracts for interbank payments, marking what they said was the first legally ...
AMINA Bank, a FINMA-regulated crypto bank based in Switzerland, has partnered with Tokeny, a blockchain platform owned by Apex Group, to create a regulated infrastructure for institutional ...