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Could Britcoin Change the UK’s Payments Balance of Power?
CBDC // April 06, 2023

Programmability has been pegged as one of the major draws of digital currencies and one of innovative services that central bank digital currency (CBDCs) could help facilitate. But there is a distinction to be made between programmable payments — setting predefined terms for a payment...

Quant Taps JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley For U.S. IPO
Fintech Investments // August 30, 2017

Quant, a FinTech that has backing from movie stars in China, has tapped JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley to serve as advisors to its initial public offering in the U.S. According to a report in Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter,...

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Could Britcoin Change the UK’s Payments Balance of Power?

April 06, 2023
Programmability has been pegged as one of the major draws of digital currencies and one of innovative services that central bank digital currency (CBDCs) could help facilitate. But there is a distinction to be made between programmable payments — setting predefined terms for a payment to be initiated — and programmable money. In fact, at […]

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Quant Opens Blockchain Infrastructure Platform to Businesses

June 26, 2023
Blockchain-for-finance firm Quant has opened its infrastructure platform to business customers. The company’s Overledger Platform — used in the Bank of England and Bank for International Settlements’ retail central bank digital currency (CDBC) project — is now available via software-as-a-service (SaaS), Quant said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Monday (June 26). “Until now, […]

Quant Taps JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley For U.S. IPO

August 30, 2017
Quant, a FinTech that has backing from movie stars in China, has tapped JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley to serve as advisors to its initial public offering in...