<div dir="ltr">Change before you have to change!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Great Insights Elizabeth,<br>
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The banks will catch up when the Tsunami arrives, Technology waits for no one.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
On 8/4/16, Elizabeth Rossiello via kictanet<br>
<span class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> Yes! Barclays has incubators in every major global hub, including Cape<br>
> Town. These incubators have included blockchain and bitcoin companies in<br>
> each graduating class for the last few years.<br>
><br>
> They have partnered with Circle, the Goldman Sachs-backed, giant that<br>
> dominates US, European and soon Chinese retail payments using Blockchain.<br>
><br>
> They are working with extremely small start-ups, like Stellar, and very<br>
> well-funded start-ups.<br>
><br>
> It is crazy that other African banks have been so slow to start their own<br>
> research! It does not cost a lot to do this, as many start-ups would<br>
> partner for free. The only cost is opening your mind.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<br>
> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Tony<br>
>><br>
>> Interesting. Barclays definitely seems to be taking Blockchain Technology<br>
>> seriously. I understand they are even incubating a Blockchain startup in<br>
>> South Africa. We should however note that the applications of Blockchain<br>
>> Technology go beyond Finance.<br>
>><br>
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>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking<br>
>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<br>
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>> On 4 Aug 2016, at 6:44 AM, Tony White via kictanet <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> <a href="http://goo.gl/rcL1Yz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/rcL1Yz</a><br>
>><br>
>> Competition for mpesa? It appears blockchain technology will feature<br>
>> prominently in this.<br>
>><br>
>> Who would have thought that Barclays would be the disruptive 'uber' of<br>
>> banking?<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>> --<br>
>> Tony White<br>
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