Successful partnership is possible, under the right circumstances. Source: McKinsey In May, McKinsey released a report of their latest findings and advice on potential improvements in banking and payments. The report points out that the threat of disintermediation looming over banks can be neutralized through the implementation of judicious partnerships and white-labeling of technological products […]
This is the first in a series of recommendations on who to follow in fintech social media. Stay tuned for more. #FintechFollowFriday Financial technology is like a busy intersection in a huge city. Banking and finance runs east to west; from the venerable past into the unknown future. Traffic on that road isn’t as fast […]
Consumers are demanding faster payments in the UK. Photo: Flickr This is part 1 of our 2-part interview series with Jeremy Light on the future of payments. Real-time payments is the hottest topic in Europe if not globally, says Jeremy Light, a managing director at Accenture and payments industry expert. When you think of influential authorities […]
WiredMoney 2015 was held on July 8 at the British Museum in London, and as audiences have come to expect, the event attracted presenters and speakers from power players and new entrants to the world of finance. Incumbents like Visa shared the stage with disruptors like Bitcoin, and Ripple Labs presented on the integration of […]
In its comprehensive report on the impact of emerging payment schemes, the message of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is clear—the industry must integrate legacy systems with new technologies in order the leverage the best of both worlds. The report, which had a mandate to “explore the transformative potential of new entrants and innovations is […]
An open marketplace has expanded both supply and demand for taxi services. Photo: Daniel Horacio Agostini One unique feature of Ripple is the open nature of the network, which has numerous benefits for banks, market makers, regulators and ultimately consumers. Given that the idea of an open value network is somewhat of a new paradigm, […]
Photo: Christina/Flickr Since the beginning of recorded history, the process of standardization has set the stage for immense gains in collaboration, productivity, and innovation. Standards allow us to find collective harmony within a society that grows increasingly complex. Naturally, the first standards were ways of measuring time and space—from the Mayan Calendar to King Henry […]
We’re proud to announce the first release of our new Gateway Guide, a comprehensive manual to operating a gateway in the Ripple network. Whether you’re trying to understand how a gateway makes revenue, or how to use the authorized accounts feature, or even just what a warm wallet is, the gateway guide has you covered. […]
So I’m not sure if this kind of development methodology has ever been applied to such an extreme before so I figured I’d document it. In a nutshell, it’s sort of like test-driven triplet-programming development. While speed-developing our alpha codebase, four of us sat around a table in the office in Berlin. Three people (Vitalik, […]
I’m Vinay Gupta, the newly minted release coordinator for Ethereum. I’ve been working with the comms team on strategy, and have now come aboard to help smooth the release process. I’ll be about 50/50 on comms and on release coordination. A lot of that is going to be about keeping you updated on progress: new features, […]