Tag: Transactions

Dare Okoudjou of MFS Africa

FintechAugust 2, 2017

This week on FinTech Profile, we talk to Dare Okoudjou, founder and CEO of leading Pan-African fintech company MFS Africa. Operating the largest...

Ultracold molecules hold promise for quantum computing

QuantumJuly 27, 2017

Researchers have taken an important step toward the long-sought goal of a quantum computer, which in theory should be capable...

A rational take on cryptocurrencies

BlockchainJuly 17, 2017

What they are and what they’re not. Probably.Here at Coin Sciences, we’re best known for MultiChain, a popular platform for creating and deploying...

The 4th of July and the State of Online Security

Cyber SecurityJuly 3, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fourth of July is an opportunistic time for shoppers to buy products that are currently in season with the...

MultiChain 1.0 beta 2 and 2.0 roadmap

BlockchainJune 15, 2017

Where we are today and where we’re going tomorrowToday we’re delighted to release the second beta of MultiChain 1.0 for Linux, Windows and...

Memorial Day 2017 – State of Online Security

Cyber SecurityMay 29, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesMemorial Day holiday starts the beginning of a busy vacation season in the United States. As people get ready for...

A closer look at Unbabel’s award-winning translation quality estimation systems

AIMay 23, 2017

We have a huge vision for Unbabel — to provide human-quality translations at the scale of machine translation. But how do we know...

Blockchain use cases proliferate, but to whose benefit not yet clear

Big DataApril 28, 2017

When Brian Behlendorf learned that blockchain technology was being applied to a land registry project in Honduras,... the proverbial lightbulb went on. Land...

Google Chrome: “Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in existing Symantec-issued Certificates”

Cyber SecurityApril 16, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you might have seen from recent news headlines, Google Chrome has announced a proposal to deprecate certain Symantec certificates....

Credit Cards & Crowdfunding – Some Considerations

CannabisApril 10, 2017

The industry, at long last, has a credit card processor willing to service equity and debt crowdfunding. As portals, brokers and other people...

Jack Dorsey’s Square launches in the UK

FintechMarch 28, 2017

Square CEO Jack Dorsey. Image: Richard Drew/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Gianluca Mezzofiore2017-03-28 15:14:48 UTC Mobile payments company Square, founded by Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey,...