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AllianceBlock Building Bridges Between DeFi, Traditional Spaces

Some ideas make so much sense, they have to happen, and one of those is AllianceBlock. Launched late in 2020, Alliance Block is a multifaceted, blockchain-agnostic protocol enabling banks and clients to safely and legally trade any crypto product. Founder and CEO Rachid Ajaja began his career as a quantitative risk analyst at Barclays, BNP Paribas and Moody’s Analytics. He began investing in cryptocurrencies in 2016 and immediately saw problems; the lack of investor protections...

Can Cryptocurrency Save Small Businesses from COVID-19 Financial Hardship?

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it unprecedented business challenges that hit small businesses the hardest. Facing shutdowns if not deemed “essential” and dealing with mandated...

Governments Must Strike Right Regulatory Balance for AI to Succeed

As governments address the various issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), they must be mindful to not stifle an important technology through over-regulation. Hani Hagras...

ASTRALABS Lets Everyone Be an Investor

Andrew Ryan knows first-hand how damaging COVID-19 can be and he’s using the lessons he’s learned to help businesses around the world thrive both during...

SmartSearch Bringing its AML Technology Stateside

Martin Cheek’s goal is to build an anti-money laundering and identification platform which covers both individuals and corporations anywhere in the world and he is...

Fed Up With Capital Gains Taxes On Property Investments? Try These 3 Countries

Open Banking Expo Awards Finalists Announced

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Diem’s Stablecoins May Shape up Crypto Space Without Being Part of it

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Is It Time To Expand Your Target Market?

Struggling to attract enough customers? One possible reason for this could be...

World Mobile Token Ltd Looks to Raise $40M in Cardano-Based Native Token Sale

World Mobile Token Ltd, which is enabling a new global mobile network...

ThreeFold’s Green Technology Strategy to a Fairer, More Sustainable World

The following article was provided by ThreeFold. ThreeFold recently announced a rollout...

Making Your Business an Online Success

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that for a business to succeed, it needs...

How Financial Institutions Deal With Compliance in a Post-Covid World

Changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have made the already complex...

Three Ways Banks are Failing to Meet the Expectations of Corporate Customers

When it comes to onboarding new customers, taking care of their needs...

EQIBank’s a Truly Global Digital Bank

When he set out to build the world’s first truly global digital...

Clausematch Makes Human Element Much More Effective

Adding technology doesn’t mean eliminating the human element, it means using technology...

Unique Network, RMRK Partner to Showcase Next Generation NFT Technology

Unique Network, an NFT chain for Polkadot, have formed a strategic partnership...

2020 Revolutionized Conduct Fines – Compelling a Wholescale Reevaluation of Compliance Approaches for Corporates in 2021

This article was provided courtesy of ClauseMatch, a policy management, regulatory change...

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) points to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (C) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) after signing the the financial reform bill into law during a ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center July 21, 2010 in Washington, DC. A sweeping expansion of federal financial regulation in the wake of the worst recession since the Great Depression, the bill will create a consumer protection agency, lay out a blueprint for disassembling financial entities considered "too big to fail," as well as many other reforms. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

RPA will liberate community banks

The number of U.S. banks has almost halved since 2007, from 8,400 to about 5,500 in 2017, and...

EU’s PSD2 a flop: Forbis Group founder

The following commentary comes courtesy of Andrej Zujev, the founder of Forbis Group, a Lithuanian IT financial solutions...

From transactional to experiential: Banking for Generation Z

For banks, investment firms and insurers, Generation Z – defined loosely as the cohort born in or after...

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