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

[Barrack Otieno]

Great Insights Elizabeth,

The banks will catch up when the Tsunami arrives, Technology waits for no one.

Regards

On 8/4/16, Elizabeth Rossiello via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 4 Aug 2016, at 6:44 AM, Tony White via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> 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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