As mobile banking systems become increasingly popular, some fintech startups have partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to reach the underbanked in developing nations. Dwolla, a Des Moines payments network, and Ripple, a blockchain network based in San Francisco, were among five companies that recently worked with the Seattle organization to develop a free, open-source banking […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s largest telecoms operator MTS is betting on financial services as one way to stop its customers from hanging up in a highly-competitive market. Although most of its investment will be in communications, 10 percent has been earmarked for “fintech” and other digital services, MTS’ chief finance officer Alexei Kornya told Reuters. […]
This has led the industry to take a fresh look at how technology–in particular, cloud computing and distributed ledgers–can help them achieve these … RSS-5