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Samee Zafar

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How Not To Digitise

A noted historian once observed that history is nothing but the unfolding of miscalculation. If this is true, then the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made history on November 8th when he ordered two large denomination banknotes to be withdrawn from circulation and replaced. No one doubts that criminals, corrupt officials, dodgy businesses,

28 December 2016 /payments /inclusion

Blockchain and the future..

Getting it wrong Pollsters whose job it is to talk to people and predict the outcomes of elections, sometimes get things badly wrong: the general election in Britain in 2015 when Labour performed unexpectedly poorly; the Brexit vote this year which took everyone by surprise; and finally, the US presidential election, which shocked the whole world...

30 November 2016

Can Blockchain Prevent Money Laundering?

Money laundering crimes, when discovered, are dealt with a heavy hand by law enforcement authorities. Record penalties and fines have been imposed on some of the world’s largest institutions held responsible for supporting money laundering in any way, knowingly or not, and violating laws relating to money transfers and payments. Could the blockc

29 September 2016 /regulation

Can Blockchain Prevent Cybercrime?

Can blockchain or distributed ledger technologies help prevent attacks on the world’s critical financial systems? Banks use standardised electronic messages, made up of codes and identifiers, a sort of a common financial language, to make international payments and move money around the world. There are checks and balances, policies, and procedures...

31 August 2016 /security