Switzerland introduced the Blockchain Act mandate and it covers the groundwork on regulations regarding digital asset exchanges on the Blockchain. This include tokenization, cryptocurrency and tradable digital assets. Originally, the Blockchain Act saw a resolution as a law last year in 2020, and it took effect 1st of February 2021. As reported, market intricacies […]
2020 was considered a year of unparalleled disruption as the world was caught completely unprepared by the seismic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a also a year of innovation as a mitigating response to the pandemic disruption as technology allowed businesses and enterprises to quickly devise technology-aided measures for business continuity. If 2020 […]
2020 was the year of fintech. As the pandemic swept across the world and heavily affected the traditional commerce that was once heavily dependent on fiat, fintech enabled continuity of commerce, finance and basic transactions. At the height of the pandemic, we saw the rise of cross payments, digital wallets and digital currencies and mobile […]
Last month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) stated that it will be rolling out the early pilot of the Philippine National ID System that is otherwise known as PHILSYS. It is a national ID program that aims to register and provide legal identities to over 109 million Filipinos living in the country. It includes both […]
2021 was a year of unprecedented disruption due to the global pandemic. Businesses and enterprises have to grapple with the lockdowns, the possible infection, the economic slowdown and new frameworks involving operational functions between on-premise and off-premise. 2021 also proved how resilient businesses are due to the readily available technology has been adopted by businesses […]
The HIMSCON PH 2020 concluded with a message to its association, its partners and its members: Pivot and Prosper. 2020 was supposed to be a year of prosperity, as it was the doorstep to the second roaring twenty-twenties where leap economics will be fueled by rapid technological adoption and instead, it was a pivotal year […]
Despite the pandemic, the Blockchain industry is continuing its march to its main goal of transforming industries and large-scale economic participation through the vision of an unprecedented industrial efficiency. As for the concept of the “Great Reset” championed by the World Economic Forum on reimagining the purpose of technology in helping sustainable and ethical capitalism, […]
An alliance of Singaporean government agencies have launched a funded Blockchain program to promote innovation in the platform’s potential. Known as the Singapore Blockchain Innovation Program (SBIP), the infused capital is reported to be worth $8.9 Million Dollars in initial funding. The program is led by the alliance of Enterprise Singapore, Infocomm Media Development Authority […]
With the global pandemic having an adverse effect on the Philippine economy where it cut down growth projections and left an economic shrinkage on its wake, the banking side of things have experienced a digital boom in terms of signups and usage. During the lockout and the months leading to the cautious economy reopening, it […]
The year 2020 was widely heralded as the great year of leap in terms of technological adoption and digital transformation. The story goes that technology experts heralded the 2020s decade as the “Second Roaring Twenties” where technology will be aptly amplified as industrial catalysts towards the fourth industrial revolution. With all the predictions and promises, […]
