Why and How Banks Should Embrace Blockchain Tech
William Mougayar is a Toronto-based angel investor and four-time entrepreneur who advises startups on strategy and marketing. In the first of this three-part series, he discussed how banks dealt with the emergence of the Internet and how blockchain technology is causing these institutions a whole new headache. Here, in part two, he looks at why and how banks should start embracing blockchain technology. Build on-ramps, not barriers. Banks can't really pick and choose a small subset of use cases and claim they are embracing the revolution. If you use "blockchains without bitcoin" just to....
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