American Banking Sector Sees Increase in Blockchain Technology Jobs
Companies are stepping up their recruitment process by offering a number of blockchain technology related jobs as companies realize the potential of the blockchain. According to Yahoo Finance, IBM recently announced that it was undergoing a major internal reorganization to focus on the blockchain. IBM has created a new unit called Watson Financial Services, which includes Watson, cloud, and blockchain-related strategy. Searching for Blockchain Technology Jobs. A search for blockchain jobs on sites such as Indeed and Monster.com bring up postings from companies such as Bank of America,....
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Banking sector creates hundreds of job openings for experts in blockchain technology. There is no escape from the blockchain revolution. Banks and mainstream IT companies have realized it and they are making preparations to face the new wave. According to reports, companies have stepped up the recruitment process for blockchain technology related job positions. Online job portals are flooded with requirements from most of the leading banking, financial and technology firms. Surprisingly, most of the requirements are for newly created job profiles which were unheard of until now. With some....
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Increased automation in banking and financial sector by implementing blockchain technology based smart contracts may not have a significant impact on employment opportunities in the sector. Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology has already expanded from just being a ledger, keeping a record of all transactions happening over the network to a widely adopted technology across industries. Smart contracts based on blockchain technology can be used to automate various process across industries. The major application of blockchain technology currently lies in the banking and financial....
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....
Indian software services giant Infosys is looking to double its existing staff in Ireland by adding 250 new jobs in areas such as blockchain and analytics. A new expansion plan by Infosys will include new jobs at the company's first dedicated, product-centric research and development lab outside India in its endeavor to expand operations in Ireland. The company notes that 95 jobs will be added to the facility while a second Irish facility is expected to gain 155 new jobs. The R&D center is specifically positioned to focus on Fintech research and development. The center will embrace an open....