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Blockchain – our Uber takes on syndicated lending and secondary market trades

By Steve Chemaly and Rohan Isaacs (ZA) on October 31, 2016 Posted in Banking

In our previous articles in this series we argued that banks can create new markets for themselves in trade finance by providing digitised letters of credit or trade finance instruments for the movement of both digital and physical goods using blockchain. We also highlighted the fact that Barclays, together with the Israeli start-up Wave, may … Continue reading

Blockchain – in the real world of trade and commodity finance, how will this Uber work?

By Steve Chemaly and Rohan Isaacs (ZA) on September 19, 2016 Posted in Banking

In our last article in this series we argued that banks can create new markets for themselves in trade finance by providing digitised letters of credit or trade finance instruments for the movement of both digital and physical goods using blockchain. We likened the ease of transacting in this way to the simplicity of ordering … Continue reading

Blockchain – will this be trade and commodity finance’s Uber?

By Steve Chemaly and Rohan Isaacs (ZA) on August 24, 2016 Posted in Banking

Uber’s success is that it made it as easy to order and pay for a ride as clicking a few buttons. It created a multi-billion dollar market that didn’t exist just a few years ago. Blockchain is a payment technology that enables people to automate functions that previously needed manual input and creates certainty without … Continue reading

New structures to fight cybercrime

By Rohan Isaacs (ZA) and Tatum Govender (ZA) on October 28, 2015 Posted in General

Cybercrime happens at the speed of broadband with criminals able to easily move the tools of their activities from one location to another. Successfully combatting cybercrime therefore requires real time detection and investigation, often by different agencies in different countries. Cybercrime has exploded internationally in the past several years in tandem with the surge of … Continue reading

Challenges to banking and tech: data and cybercrime

By Rohan Isaacs (ZA) on October 13, 2015 Posted in Banking

The proliferation of data gives rise to two challenges: Companies need to manage the vast amounts of data they now control and turn it to useful purposes. The availability of so much data has been an ideal environment for an explosion of various forms of cybercrime. Data The role of data scientists and analytic technology … Continue reading