Fintech
Apr
17
2018
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde approached the topic of crypto assets for the second time within a few weeks. One month ago, she expressed the possible drawbacks of crypto currencies market, focusing on the potential use for money laundering and the financing ...more »
Conferenza “From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance”
Posted in: Segnalazioni
Apr
11
2018
Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la conferenza From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance La conferenza si rivolge al mondo accademico e a quello ...more »
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Apr
06
2018
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) recently completed work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), analysing their potential implications for payment systems, monetary policy implementation and transmission as well as for the structure and stability of the financial system. We summarize here the main findings of ...more »
What to expect from fintech in 2018? A brief global outlook
di Federico Cinque e Alessandro Di Lullo
Posted in: Articolo
Mar
19
2018
The year 2017 was definitely a record year for Venture Capital-backed fintech featured by $16.6bn raised (Figure 1), 1128 deals executed worldwide and 8 new unicorns (companies with market valuation of $1bn+). While North America surpassed Asia and confirmed its leadership in terms of money ...more »
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ESA: the benefits and risks of Big Data
Posted in: News
Mar
18
2018
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its final report on Big Data, analyzing their impact on consumers and financial firms. The report results from a consultation conducted between December 2016 and March 2017. The objectives of the report were firstly to map the ...more »
Mar
14
2018
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the Markets Committee at the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) issued a report resuming the major entanglements of digital currencies on central banking. The possibility of issuing digital currencies must be supplemented by a careful weigh of ...more »
Mar
11
2018
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for securities (ESMA), banking (EBA), and insurance and pensions (EIOPA) issued a pan-EU report to warn consumers on the risks of buying virtual currencies. The ESAs’main concern is the increasing demand of virtual currencies by etherogeneous customers, often unaware of ...more »
Il Fintech sperimenta nuove soluzioni blockchain per il mercato obbligazionario
di Marco Boaro, Giancarlo Giudici e Andrea Steiner
Posted in: Articolo
Feb
26
2018
La rivoluzione fintech, dopo aver sparigliato le regole del gioco nell’ambito dei sistemi di pagamento, della consulenza e del trading, inizia a volgere il proprio sguardo verso le emissioni obbligazionarie. Nel corso del 2017, in Asia, Europa e Nord America, si sono riscontrate diverse iniziative ...more »
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Feb
20
2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a contribution where they assess the impact of technology-driven innovation in financial services, or “fintech”, on both the banking industry and the activities of supervisors in the near to medium term. The increasing presence of new business model based ...more »
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Feb
19
2018
La notizia non è una sorpresa nel mondo delle criptovalute: un furto di ben 17 milioni di Nano monete, del valore di circa 160 milioni di euro. Il furto (via rete) sarebbe avvenuto presso la società di exchange BitGrail. Gli investitori coinvolti dovrebbero essere circa ...more »
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