Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan claims the company has “hundreds” of blockchain patents. The issue in deploying the technology behind those patents? The all-important fact is that there exists little regulation in the crypto and blockchain space and that Bank of America says it sees even...
Silicon Valley’s Ripple, a blockchain payments startup, has filed a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for PayString, which will likely be a new offering, according to a report in CoinDesk on Friday (Nov. 13). Since its founding in 2012, Ripple has...
Amazon Technologies Inc. is seeking to create supply chain trust with “verifiable tracking of an item through a supply chain using a distributed electronic ledger,” FreightWaves reported. The company wrote in its United States patent application that it can be challenging, if not impossible, to ascertain...
From a playing field that was nearly empty five years, the world of voice-activated personal assistants has filled up and rounded out rapidly on a global scale in the last half-decade. Apple, Google, Amazon, Alibaba, Xiaomi and Samsung make up a short list of the...
September 04, 2019
Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. Also, Apple has gained three separate patents related to the Apple Watch. And Amazon is testing out a new payment system that uses handprints for checkout instead of a card or an app. Apple Patents Biometric Watch Band Apple has gained three separate […]
June 28, 2023
B2B firm Boost Payment Solutions has received patents for two pieces of payment technology. The New York company announced Wednesday (June 28) patents for its Boost Intercept and Dynamic Boost products, arriving at a time in which the need for faster B2B engagement has become increasingly important for businesses. “These patents are a testament to […]
November 13, 2020
Silicon Valley’s Ripple, a blockchain payments startup, has filed a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for PayString, which will likely be a new offering, according to...
February 26, 2020
Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle donated between $25,000 and $99,999 to the project...
February 14, 2020
A new Apple patent application outlines the way a truly independent smart home would function. The patent application — titled “Object tracking and authentication using modular wall units” — is...
