Blockchain technology has been touted to modernize several different sectors over the past few years, such as payments, trading, and many others. Now a consortium led by IBM is hoping to unleash blockchain’s power to revolutionize supply chain management.
Read MoreTen years after the UK launched Faster Payments, the US is partway through the launch of a real-time payments network run by The Clearing House, a private corporation owned by 25 of the largest banks in the country. It will be the first new rails in electronic payments in four decades.
Read MoreThe Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.
