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Blockchain’s Many Uses the Spotlight of Small Business Committee Meeting
- Monday, 16 March 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
The House Committee on Small Business examined how blockchain can play a role in reducing costs, strengthening small businesses and facilitating innovation during a recent Capitol Hill hearing, according to information from its ranking member, Rep. Steve Chabot, a Republican from Ohio.
Read more...Visa, Paga Partner to Bring New Payments Technology to Africa
- Monday, 16 March 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Visa is partnering with Paga, a Nigeria-based startup, to make payment technology available in Africa and abroad. So reports PYMNTS.
Read more...U.N. Looks to Blockchain As It Strives to Improve Humanitarian Efforts
- Saturday, 29 February 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by Fintech News Brief Staff
The United Nations, recently recognized on Forbes’ Blockchain 50 List, is increasingly looking to leverage the technology toward “global humanitarian efforts.” So reports Forbes.
Read more...Blockchain Education Group Adds Mastercard, Others to Its Ranks
- Saturday, 15 February 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by Fintech News Brief Staf
Blockchain accelerator MouseBelt welcomed 11 members to its Blockchain Education Alliance. So reports Coindesk.
Read more...Simba Chain Gets $9.5M Navy Contract to Develop Secure Messaging with Blockchain
- Friday, 07 February 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
The Naval Air Warfare Center gave Simba Chain, a software startup company, close to $10 million to create a secure messaging platform utilizing blockchain technology. So reports Cointelegraph.
Read more...Kenya Makes Big Blockchain Moves with the Bangla-Pesa
- Thursday, 30 January 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Kenyan non-profit foundation Grassroots Economics launched a virtual currency designed to facilitate the exchanging of services and goods called Bangla-Pesa. So reports the Africa Report.
Read more...Raonsecure, S. Korea Partner in Blockchain Biometric Authentication
- Saturday, 25 January 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
South Korea’s military has secured a partnership with Raonsecure to create a “blockchain-based biometric ID and authentication solution.” So reports Bitcoinist.
Read more...IBM Blockchain Traces Life of Coffee Beans from Farm to Mug
- Wednesday, 15 January 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
IBM is yet another company deploying its blockchain platform—Starbucks and Microsoft are working on a similar system—to track coffee beans from farm to consumer. So reports Computerworld.
Read more...U.N. Leadership Calls on Blockchain to Enhance Its Mission, Ups Funding
- Sunday, 05 January 2020
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, has urged the entity to “embrace blockchain” and has called for a 10% increased in funding to that end in his annual budget presentation. So reports the International Business Times.
Read more...Security, Revenue Gains Driving IoT, Blockchain Integration: Report
- Thursday, 12 December 2019
- Blockchain
- Written by FinTech News Brief Staff
Gartner, a tech analytics firm, said 75% of organizations measured have implemented, or are planning to do so in the next year, an integration of blockchain and the Internet of Things. So reports Tech Republic.
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