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Mastercard files patent for blockchain-powered system to provide secure card payments
MasterCard remains bullish on blockchain but continues to identify its “use cases,” the company’s vice chair has said.
Mastercard says a decrease in customers purchasing cryptocurrencies resulted in a slight drop in growth in the first quarter of this year.
MasterCard has published a patent for a ‘fast track’ blockchain system, which would enable new nodes to verify blocks at greater speed.
Follow up
Mastercard continues to denounce cryptocurrencies while aggressively exploring and developing Blockchain based systems.
MasterCard has filed a patent for a private Blockchain system to store and verify identity data.
Mastercard Ireland will hire 175 new employees, including Blockchain specialists, to “drive payments innovation.”
Sources say that JPMorgan is mulling over making its Blockchain and smart contracts platform, Quorum, into its own company
MasterCard has repeated earlier claims that the company will get on board with any government-backed digital currencies.
ING has created a new solution for anonymity, claims better efficiency than Ethereum.
KPMG joins the #WSBA for Blockchain technology, becoming the first of the ‘big four.’
Mastercard continues pro-Blockchain stance with new payment patent.
Adoption
Bitcoin is a successful store of value, but it is struggling to execute its core function as a currency.
Saudi IDB creating new sharia-compliant Blockchain technology options
Blockchain-based B2B payment plans announced by MasterCard, as the company follows along with the rest of the industry.
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