South African Fintech Firm to Launch Blockchain-based Identity Verification in 2017
South African fintech company ThisIsMe (TIM), which focuses on identity verification, has announced that it will be adding blockchain technology to boost its services and is expected to go live in 2017. More companies are turning their attention to bitcoin’s underlying distributed ledger, the blockchain, as they realize the potentials it can deliver. Only recently, the major Spanish energy company Endesa revealed that it is planning on opening a blockchain laboratory in a bid to boost development of blockchain-based solutions for the energy industry. It’s also being used in other areas....
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The year 2017 is predicted to push fintech and blockchain segment in South Africa. The next fintech and blockchain revolution is waiting to happen in South Africa. The country is already home for some of the most innovative startups, and with the new fintech wave catching up, more startups are expected to raise their heads by the end of this year. According to a leading regional startup news platform, most of the innovations in the year 2017 will be focused on mobile payments, digital banking, Bitcoin, SME financing, data analytics, real estate and automation solutions. Incidentally, all....
A South African university has said starting this year it will issue blockchain-based certificates to students graduating from the learning institution. University administrators argued that a blockchain-based certification system will help prevent fraud and end the production of fake documents. QR Code for Each Certificate A South African learning institution, the University of Johannesburg (UJ), has said it will issue blockchain-based certificates to its graduates starting this year, a report has said. According to the report, each qualification document issued by the university will....
The South African Reserve Bank may be willing to introduce blockchain based, digital version of its fiat currency. The use of cryptocurrencies as legal tender is one of the most discussed topics among the cryptocurrency community members. The very thing may soon happen in South Africa. One of the South African financial magazines has recently reported about the willingness of the South African Reserve Bank to issue digital version of its fiat currency. The new currency referred to as the “national digital currency” is expected to be based on blockchain technology. The publication, in its....
South Africa’s Inter-governmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) recently accepted Mercury FX, a UK-based e-money firm, into the first cohort of its regulatory sandbox. The firm, which harnesses the Ripplenet blockchain, says it wants to demonstrate its technology’s ability “to shorten the money transfer window to only minutes.” Fast and Low Remittances Further, Mercury FX, which claims to have piloted the use of this technology in the Philippines and Mexico, says its solution, aided by the XRP token, will enable low-cost cross-border remittances. In addition to....