[kictanet] How Barclays Aims to Bring a Billion Unbanked into the Fold

[Elizabeth Rossiello]

Yes!  Barclays has incubators in every major global hub, including Cape
Town.  These incubators have included blockchain and bitcoin companies in
each graduating class for the last few years.

They have partnered with Circle, the Goldman Sachs-backed, giant that
dominates US, European and soon Chinese retail payments using Blockchain.

They are working with extremely small start-ups, like Stellar, and very
well-funded start-ups.

It is crazy that other African banks have been so slow to start their own
research!  It does not cost a lot to do this, as many start-ups would
partner for free.   The only cost is opening your mind.

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Tony
>
> Interesting. Barclays definitely seems to be taking Blockchain Technology
> seriously. I understand they are even incubating a Blockchain startup in
> South Africa. We should however note that the applications of Blockchain
> Technology go beyond Finance.
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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> On 4 Aug 2016, at 6:44 AM, Tony White via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> http://goo.gl/rcL1Yz
>
> Competition for mpesa?  It appears blockchain technology will feature
> prominently in this.
>
> Who would have thought that Barclays would be the disruptive 'uber' of
> banking?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Tony White
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