In order to improve operational efficiency and risk management, most investment banks are turning to cloud-based solutions. This is allowing them to derive more sophisticated data insights, streamline their operations, and improve the security. The advancement of...
Global currencies are always evolving. For example, the dollar was once backed by the physical commodity of gold. This meant that you could take dollars to the government and exchange them for gold. Nixon changed this in 1971 when he announced that the dollar would no...
Blockchain technology has gained a lot of momentum over the past few years, especially with the rise of Bitcoin. To review, blockchain, or the “distributed ledger” technology, offers a way to record transactions or any digital interaction securely and transparently by...
While Bitcoin may be the most popular form of cryptocurrency on the market, there are other digital currencies making a name for themselves. Ethereum and Litecoin are two cryptocurrencies which have rivaled Bitcoin for quite some time. However, Ripple is another...
Bitcoin was one of the biggest topics of 2017. The cryptocurrency rose to meteoric heights towards the last few months of the year. Some vendors are accepting it as payment (Overstock and Expedia) and it is becoming a technology that major financial institutions use....
