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For IBM, Blockchain as ‘Team Sport’

In the blockchain realm, IBM has said that it may join a team effort with Facebook to develop distributed ledger technology (DLT). Elsewhere, Cisco moves ahead on its own blockchain projects and the electric grid may get a charge from decentralization.

Cross-Border Payments

SWIFT Loops gpi Into Existing Rails For Global Payments

Build or borrow? For today's cross-border payments service providers, it can be a mix of building new infrastructure, or making use of existing rails. This week, SWIFT announced the ability for its gpi service to link into existing rails for faster cross-border payments. Meanwhile, JPMorgan's blockchain initiative to accelerate global transactions gained a new member, while Form3 Financial Cloud debuted its new service to link banks with global SMB payment capabilities via application programming interface (API).

Fundbox CEO: How To Fix The ‘Net Terms’ Economy

Trade credit is the status quo for how buyers and suppliers do business, and for SMBs extending it can have a crippling effect on their businesses. But as Fundbox CEO Eyal Shinar tells Karen Webster — fresh off a $326 million funding raise — new business credit platforms can turn credit into a strategic decision, instead of one that’s only about filling cash flow holes.

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