Former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, aka "crypto dad," and Lykee, a digital asset marketplace, announce launching The Open Initiative, a project to help governments use applications of the blockchain to digitize the supply chains.
Read MoreAsset managers, wealth managers, insurance companies, and fintechs say they want data. But in reality, what they really want is answers.
Read MoreNew life may be breathed into facial ID due to the coronavirus — no cards, no phones, no touching.
Read MoreThree’s not a crowd for Episode Six, which was founded by CEO John Mitchell, CTO Futeh Kao, and CFO Chermaine Hu. The team discusses its work to help companies around the world with digital transformation, enabling them to easily adapt to shifts in market demand.
Read MorePlenty of consumers now believe fraud is simply a cost of the digital economy. It’s roughly a 50/50 split among those who accept and reject this premise, according to a new survey by the card-issuing platform Marqeta.
Read MorePre-COVID, there were tailwinds for proptech. While the forecast calls for headwinds and more friction in the next year or so, dealmaking hasn’t dried up.
Read MoreFIS Ventures plans to invest $150 million in fintech start-ups over the next three years.
Read MoreA Mastercard survey found 46% of respondents have shifted from cards to contactless, and the figure grows to 52% when you look only at people under 35.
Read MoreBoss Insights has been addressing the need for faster, digitized lending platforms since long before the coronavirus outbreak. CEO and co-founder Keren Moynihan shares how collaboration — with the media, accelerators, and Oracle — has helped her company tailor its offering specifically to Paycheck Protection Program applications.
Read MorePost-COVID-19 opportunities can come from thinking big and acting boldly now.
Read MoreLending tech has — and will — be crucial for small businesses to access U.S. stimulus funds.
Read MoreU.S. Bank has been at innovation for 10 years and has seven teams working on it. Stephanie Hammes-Betti heads up one of those groups, Innovation Design. She describes her work as the front end of innovation, looking for new ideas to bring to the bank to evaluate.
Read MoreAre banks the tortoise in this financial-crisis-to-coronavirus-era race?
Read MoreThe current economic situation is the first true test for fintech companies born as a result from a previous global crisis: the Great Recession.
Read MoreAs negative headlines and gloom-and-doom opinions swirl about the future of start-up investment, the well-known venture capital firm 500 Startups has gone to the source by surveying nearly 140 early-stage investors.
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