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Banking on customer experience and security via technology-based innovation

CIO

Customer experience and security But as in most industries, customer expectations and security challenges continue to grow along with technological advances. Banks continue investing in technologies that make the customer experience seamless, including mobile apps and peer-to-peer payments. Security and privacy.

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The Blockchain battlefront: Technology, business, and regulation

CIO

Comedian John Oliver quipped that cryptocurrency is “everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about technology.” The great regulatory bureaucracy has awakened to the significance of blockchain-enabled technology, led by the SEC. . The ongoing battle.

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Customer centricity: How Mashreq Bank is placing its customers at the forefront of its operations.

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Mohamed Salah Abdel Hamid Abdel Razek, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Tech, Transformation & Information, Mashreq explains how the bank is integrating advanced technologies and expanding its digital footprint. This approach has significantly enhanced the customer banking experience.

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Using the blockchain to enhance KYC processes for web3 businesses

TechCrunch

Nim has over 20 years of experience in delivering technology solutions and previously worked for Goldman Sachs and Source Capital AG. There’s no way for blockchain-based businesses, financial service providers or banks to bypass Know Your Customer (KYC) processes. Not your run-of-the-mill KYC solution.

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Aztec Network takes on encrypted blockchains with $100M round led by a16z

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Encrypted blockchains provide transparency for the protocol but privacy for the users, so people aren’t required to show their identities when transacting, Williamson said. We have this exciting new technology and opportunity to transform the lives of everyone in the world, but we need encryption to make it a reality.”.

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Arpeggi Labs banks a16z funding to build web3 music software

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Arpeggi Labs , a new crypto startup focused on using blockchains to make music creation more collaborative, has scored $5.1 This is a functionality that may not innately require the blockchain, but Arpeggi’s founders say the technology simply makes it easier. and web3 music platforms. .” and web3 music platforms.

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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

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The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Project Ubin, the Singaporean money authority’s blockchain initiative, moves closer to commercialization.