| SWIFT gpi Makes Inroads Into Malaysia On the heels of the uptake of its global payments innovation initiative, SWIFT says it is working with Malaysian banks. Elsewhere in the payments infrastructure arena, scores of banks are signing on to blockchain via the Interbank Information Network. |
| Why The Blockchain Industry Is Eager For Regulation As a market that first surfaced as a way to hide from the law, the cryptocurrency and blockchain space has evolved into an industry that not only tolerates regulation, but is eager for it. From R3's latest research proposing regulation of blockchain-powered trade finance to Coinbase and Ripple urging Congress to set the rules, here's how the industry is working to get on the right side of the law. |
| | SMB Banking | | Big Bank Collaboration Not The Inevitable Path For B2B FinTech Firms, Qonto Says FinTech firms went from bank challengers to bank collaborators seemingly overnight, but it's not the case everywhere. In France, where challenger small business bank Qonto operates, the competition is still very much in play. Qonto Co-founder and CEO Alexandre Prot tells PYMNTS his views on where big banks go wrong with SMBs and freelancers, and why collaborating with big banks is not necessarily the only path forward for B2B FinTech firms. |
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