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Mastercard's faster blockchain
That would make it easier to verify a large number of blocks and shorten the time required for a new node to participate in the blockchain.
Mastercard has been
Opening up
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The companies say the expansion of real-time payments and mobile apps is driving the trend toward open APIs, which are designed to make it easier for banks and mobile commerce companies to communicate and share data.
The study also showed an emphasis on real-time payments has doubled to 62% from 31% over the past year.
New Southeast Asian ride hailing wallet
Bangladeshi ride-hailing app Pathao plans a mobile wallet that's designed to reduce cash payments, reports local news service
Pathao hopes to replicate the success of
Bangladesh is tough market, where The World Bank estimates extreme traffic costs country 3.2 million working hours each day.
Former Swift exec joins Mansion
Mansion House Consulting, which specializes in fintech and payments technology, has hired former Swift executive Jitu Parmar as a strategic advisor.
Parmar will be based in MHC's London headquarters, but will work globally.
His tenure at Swift included work on customer security, cyber protection and foreign exchange technology and risk for the Americas, U.K. and Nordics.
From the Web
Reuters | Mon Apr 30, 2018 - Italian banking services provider Nexi sees a future market listing as a likely outcome, although this will not happen in the immediate future, its chief financial officer said on Monday. The company, which runs electronic payments for credit card operator CartaSi, said earlier it had received the go-ahead to split in two — one company to manage payments and the other to concentrate on traditional depository and settlement bank business.
Reuters | Mon Apr 30, 2018 - Mexico’s central bank said on Monday it was investigating an apparent attempt to hack into the payment systems of at least three local financial institutions, but no funds were stolen. Connections to the central bank’s payment system at two banks and a brokerage were compromised, said Lorenza Martinez, head of the central bank’s own payment system.
U.S. News & World Report | Mon Apr 30, 2018 - Indiana's oldest city will soon accept debit cards as a way to pay parking tickets, rental fees and city services. Vincennes officials signed a contract last week with PayGov, an online service that lets government entities process electronic payments, The Vincennes Sun-Commercial reported.
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