The Banking Sector’s Interest in Blockchain May Translate to Job Cuts
The banking sector is enthusiastic to implement blockchain technology in order to automate most of the processes, This may lead to future job cuts in the sector. The banks were never charmed about Bitcoin for multiple reasons. For starters, when the digital currency was first introduced following the collapse of the US banking system, it was hailed as the killer of the traditional banking sector. As time passed, the digital currency gained enough traction to actually threaten the traditional banking industry with its easy and fast transactions at literally no transaction costs. The fierce....
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