FinTech

Solving Challenges in Developing Countries with Blockchain Technology

In the future, the blockchain can also be a development vehicle empowering people directly and mitigating power asymmetries. The governments of underdeveloped countries should support the implementation of applications to benefit general development.

Is blockchain a game-changer for revolutionizing IT infrastructure?

Ready to learn Blockchain? Browse courses like Blockchain for Finance Professionals developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. You’ve been hearing a lot about blockchain, the secure and fault-tolerant data structure that powers rising stars in cryptocurrency including Bitcoin and Ethereum. What might not be as obvious is the emergence of blockchain as a

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Blockchain Technology in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Ready to learn Blockchain? Browse courses like Blockchain for Finance Professionals developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. Authors: Manuela M. Schöner, Dimitris Kourouklis, Philipp Sandner, Erick Gonzalez, Jonas Förster.Download the article as PDF file. More information about the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center on the Internet, on Twitter or on Facebook. With this paper, we present a blockchain-based solution

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  • AI Eats Insurance

    In recent years, the insurance industry has paid close attention to insurance-tech-startups. They take note of how being digital transforms the user experience, appeals to younger consumers, and removes costs while expediting everything.

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    Blockchain technology continues to evolve and adapt to industries across the globe

    Many industry leaders believe 2018 will see the blockchain industry become increasingly mainstream, and looking at the year ahead, I believe there are eleven technologies, in particular, to look out for.

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    Stop Your Swiveling: How Robotic Process Automation Improves Insurers

    With robotic process automation, your insurance organization is poised to gain an enormous competitive advantage. Lower processing costs, fewer errors, and a higher level of customer service are just a few of the benefits of implementing RPA.

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    How Does Your Insurance Organisation Measure Up Digitally?

    Customers’ expectations and insurers’ challenges are difficult to reconcile. Customers want insurers to provide flexibility, functionality, convenience, and communication. They want their insurer to let them file a claim when and where they want and pre-fill their information when possible; avoid making them re-enter information or start over when switching channels, and provide updates on policy status in real time.

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    How Blockchain Will Transform Credentialing (and Education)

    Ready to learn Blockchain? Browse courses like Blockchain for Finance Professionals developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. According to a new report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, Blockchain will end paper based certificates, automate the award, recognition and transfer of credits, increase learner ownership and control over their own

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    Privacy and Security on Blockchains

    Ready to learn Blockchain? Browse courses like Blockchain for Finance Professionals developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. Privacy and Security on Blockchains: What Protection Measures the Networks Are Adopting to Secure Their Users Decentralization of everything, the great new idea of which the web can’t stop babbling, might still seem a bit utopian

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    Great ideas in digital transformation don’t stop at borders

    Digital transformation in insurance is not limited to one country or contained within geographic boundaries. Increasingly, compelling ideas spread from one geography to others as digital initiatives are launched in one part of the world, perfected, and then adopted by other insurers in different countries.

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    How Fintech is Changing Lives in The Global South

    Ready to learn Blockchain? Browse courses like Blockchain for Finance Professionals developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. You may have heard of companies like WePay and Oscar. WePay is an online payments service provider; and Oscar is a user and technology-centered health insurance company. And you might have witnessed how these fintech companies

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    Getting started with Bitcoin, blockchains, and cryptoassets

    Ready to learn Blockchain? Browse courses like Blockchain for Finance Professionals developed by industry thought leaders and Experfy in Harvard Innovation Lab. Friends and family often ask me where to begin learning about Bitcoin and blockchains. With the recent rise in prices, these requests are amplifying in lockstep. I imagine many of you have had a similar experience.

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