How has software evolution influenced banking? - Decoding: Banks - Episode 7

From 11:FS. The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s. But in the decades since, advances in software have left banks out in the cold. Then, in the 1990s, the Internet changed everything.

DeFi - Definancializing Productive Activity

As software and hardware engineers around the world are untangling the centralization of the internet, a vocal portion within the enclave of blockchain-based solutions - generally referred to as decentralized finance - or DeFi for short - has emerged. While blockchains provide the building blocks for reliable information and - to a lesser extend value - transport functions - a layer of middleware to the larger concept of cryptographic primitives mapped by protocols, current developments are largely focused on digitally native assets, and their derivatives.

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Tech Trends 2017 Overview

Technology has moved far beyond desktop devices and software upgrades: to data analysis, augmented reality, and reimagining products as services. In fact, the range of recent advances—from nanotech to robotic process automation—can seem overwhelming. But CIOs can look ahead to help shape their company’s future.

Bitcoin – Which Way?

From The Economist -

“On August 15th two of its main developers released a competing version of the software that powers the currency. With no easy way to resolve feuds, some are warning that this “fork” could result in a full-blown schism.”

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