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WEF: Blockchain to Form Foundation of New Financial Infrastructure

Distributed ledger tech will form the “foundation” of financial services infrastructure, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum.

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Payments Firm Qiwi Could Transition to Blockchain By 2021

Russian payments firm Qiwi now estimates it could upgrade its core database to a distributed ledger-based system by 2021.

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Credit Suisse Report Explores Blockchain Impact on 14 Public Stocks

Research from financial services giant Credit Suisse examines how the stock performance of incumbent financial firms could be impacted by blockchain.

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Citi: Bitcoin is an Opportunity for Banks, Not a Threat

A new research report by banking giant Citi asserts that it does not view bitcoin and other digital currencies as a disruptive threat.

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Why Focusing on Bitcoin's Customer Experience Matters

IBM's Martin Hagelstrom looks at how bitcoin can achieve growth in a market full of digital payments systems run by tech and finance giants.

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Payments Giant Qiwi is Building a Blockchain Replacement for its Core Database

Russian payments firm Qiwi is currently designing its own proprietary blockchain system in an effort to replace its central payments database.

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Is Blockchain a Better Payments Rail? Panelists Divided at Consensus 2016

Distributed ledgers are often referred to as a new database technology, but could they come to replace existing payments rails?

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Circle Then and Now: Bitcoin’s Early Champions Challenge a Blockchain World

CoinDesk interviews Circle founders Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville about their $76m blockchain payments company, its market strategy and its future.

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Payments Firm CGI Latest to Add Ripple Tech to Product Line

CGI Group has become the latest firm to integrate distributed ledgers into an existing payments product.

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The ‘Unsexy’ Way Earthport is Using Shared Ledgers for 'Blockchain' Efficiencies

Earthport discusses how it is achieving the efficiencies many associate with "blockchain" without using a digital asset or alternative currency.

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