CapGemini to Develop Blockchain Loyalty Tech Amid ‘Aggressive’ Hiring Push
Technology consulting firm CapGemini took its latest step on its bid to dramatically increase its investment in blockchain tech this week, announcing a partnership with industry startup Ascribe that would find it using the startup's solutions to create a real-time rewards system. The project comes amid a larger push by the Paris-based company that has seen it go public with its desire to hire 100 blockchain professionals for its financial services department by the year’s end. The move positions CapGemini as among the more aggressive global consulting firms in seeking a market share in....
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Capgemini has partnered with Ascribe to create a blockchain database solution built on BigchainDB. The consulting, technology and outsourcing services provider operates in more than 40 countries and employes around 180,000 people worldwide In a bid to continually improve its consulting services, it seems as though Capgemini has caught the blockchain bug. In November, the company published a report advising clients that financial service firms could “no longer afford to ignore blockchain tech.” Not long after that, in mid-April, Capgemini introduced a range of blockchain consulting services....
Blockchain loyalty platform Chain of Points has appointed iPayYou CEO and ex-Amazon executive Gene Kavner to its board of advisors. In a press release issued Tuesday, Kavner, whose startup facilitates Bitcoin payments with merchants including Starbucks, said he was “honored” to join Chain of Points. “Chain of Points is the clear leader in the Blockchain-loyalty market and has realized tremendous growth over the past few months,” he commented. “I look forward to working with the company's management team to drive Chain of Points in the market as an essential component of the retail and....
Amazon’s Payments Acceptance & Experience team is hiring a digital currency and blockchain expert to develop the company’s digital currency and blockchain strategy and product roadmap, including a launch strategy. “We’re inspired by the innovation happening in the cryptocurrency space and are exploring what this could look like on Amazon,” the company’s spokesperson said. Amazon Developing Crypto Strategy Amazon has posted a job opening for a “Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead.” The job posting explains that “The Amazon....
A new report from consulting and technology services firm Capgemini advises financial services firms that they can no longer "afford to ignore" blockchain technology. Released on 13th November, the paper argues that the blockchain and distributed ledgers have the potential to broadly impact traditional financial services providers. It proceeds to outline steps affected institutions can take to evaluate various platforms and players currently available. Overall, the report argues that traditional financial providers will look to the technology as a way to reduce costs related to data....
Blockchain has already demonstrated its ability to disrupt many industries. There is a whole load of companies playing around with Blockchain only the laziest haven't thought of new applications for it. Obviously, Blockchain is not a panacea for every problem. Does it have the potential to deal with challenges in the loyalty rewards industry? Blockchain certainly has a potential to bring changes to the industry but perhaps it would be fairer to consider it as a system facilitator rather than a replacement for a current system. Besides, the success of the undertaking would largely depend on....