News
BitGo has bought Lumina, a company that provides tax and portfolio management solutions for institutional investors.
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Financial Services News
Financial services are services provided by money-managing businesses like banks, insurance companies, stock brokerages and others. Financial services evolve and grow alongside the economy of the country they are in. Modern developed economies have various financial services like foreign exchanges, investment services, insurance, venture capital, etc. The efficiency of financial services largely depends on developing technology. New technologies like telecommunication, the internet and, now, blockchain, have made financial services much faster and more secure. Blockchain financial services are currently the most efficient and cheap way for transferring assets and for performing deals through smart contracts. Future financial services may include implementing even more blockchain into their structure — for example, into their organization structure and information security system.
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The lack of institutionalization within the crypto space is the main obstacle for its further development and mass adoption.
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Apifiny’s GlobalX is being released today, and is set to connect global crypto markets to provide a unified liquidity pool and new strategies for institutional investors.
2256 - Review
Alex Tapscott discusses his recently released book Financial Services Revolution with Cointelegraph.
2978 - News
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a global financial market infrastructure giant, says traditional IT security frameworks must be updated to tackle the blockchain.
2971 - News
Former Coinbase COO Asiff Hirji will be leading the expansion efforts of Figure, a financial services company using blockchain to replace paper documents.
2826 - Video
Cointelegraph travelled to London to learn how the biggest names in finance — including IBM, Accenture, and McKinsey & Company — are adopting blockchain technology.
2995 - Sponsored
A platform has developed token protocols that enable blockchain developers to add options like income verification and “geofencing” at the token layer.
1472 - Sponsored
A company is creating a network of self-service kiosks driven by blockchain, where consumers can pay bills, book airline tickets and make purchases.
4555 - News
The Japanese financial regulatory agency has sent business improvement orders to 7 crypto exchanges, including Coincheck, and halted activity at 2 more.
24239 Japan is leading the way in integrating Blockchain into financial services; Fujitsu and Japanese Bankers’ Association announce partnership.
12470Blockchain is only a part of fintech. It’s not a synonym for fintech. Here are some other important innovations of the industry.
31011- Fat Cats
Despite growing interest in South Africa, its central bank says digital currencies are too risky to be issued at the moment.
6307 55% of Nigerian Finance Industry Leaders Put Fintech “At Heart of Strategy”: PwC Survey
508Brexit has created uncertainty. How does the UK maintain the lead? 2017 is the year when UK fintech must go mainstream.
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