LINK TO SORAMITSU (BLOCKCHAIN)
A link to Japanese blockchain IT provider Soramitsu.
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RESEARCH REPORT: CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES
An article showing growth in the use of contactless payments and digital wallets.
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SORAMITSU BETS ON BAKONG’S SUCCESS TO CREATE CROSS-BORDER PAYMENT SYSTEMS – KHMER TIMES
An article describes how Japanese fintech firm Soramitsu has joined an initiative to build a cross-border payment system in Asia.
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ANALYZING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS TO UNDERSTAND AND ESTABLISH FACT PATTERNS | CORNERSTONE RESEARCH – JDSUPRA
This article describes blockchain, identifies Which wallets are most active, and gives recent examples of U.S. regulators’ push into digital asset enforcement.
FEDERAL RESERVE ANNOUNCES “NOVEL ACTIVITES SUPERVISION PROGRAM” (CRYPTO, NEO-BANKS, DLT, BANKING-AS-A-SERVICE)
A short post announcing the US Federal Reserve’s plans to supervise crypto, neo-banks, banking-as-a-service, and other emerging areas more closely.
HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
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A WORLD TOUR OF DIGITAL CURRENCY PROJECTS
This article looks at central bank efforts in Asia, Europe, and North America to support digital wallets and payments, through digital currencies.
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A NEW PUSH FOR PUSH PAYMENTS
This white paper by Mastercard explains that as real-time payments increase globally, Card-based push payments (push-to-card) enable participants to send funds directly to consumers and small businesses via their payment card accounts. Receipt of funds via a payment card, typically a debit card linked to a deposit account, makes for a seamless consumer experience,
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