Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Since Facebook announced to launch a new digital currency, the Libra, a complete media craze arose. The one blogger stumbled as it were over the other. And while the one group sings hosanna over this initiative (a salvation for the bankless), warning signals come especially from the supervisors and regulators part (time bomb under the global money...
01 July 2019 Blockchain Observations
In many countries Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbones of their economy. Their role is crucial to worldwide economic and social developments, with more than half of the overall world population working in such companies. In the Netherlands for instance, more than 90% of the Dutch companies are SMEs and together they produce ...
18 June 2019 Blockchain Observations
Blockchain technology has attracted growing interest from various businesses from large corporates to SMEs. But a large scale adoption by corporates and others has long time been hindered by the lack of options. But that is changing. When interacting with the blockchain they have now two options. They can either set up their node directly, thereby ...
30 May 2019 Blockchain Observations
In my recent blog about IBM’s Blockchain World Wire I mentioned the use of Stable Coins as settlement instrument for global payment transactions. Not many are familiar with the term Stable Coins, because it is a relatively new type of cryptocurrency. The Stable Coin market is however hotter than ever. In recent months, Stable Coins have seen remark...
14 May 2019 Blockchain Observations
My last blog was about the IBM World Wire, a blockchain based platform for global payments. Another competitor in the blockchain payments world I have written about regularly is Ripple. Both are thereby targeting centralised payments messages network SWIFT. IBM and Ripple however are not the only players in the blockchain payments world. Late last ...
30 April 2019 Blockchain Observations
Last year October I wrote a blog about IBM’s World Wire project. In that month they announced to come to the market with a global blockchain network for cross-border payments and foreign exchange for regulated financial firms using digital assets. But at that time it was not yet ready for production. A month ago the firm has announced that World W...
15 April 2019 Blockchain Observations
It is getting crowdy in the world of Blockchain Associations in Europe. Following the examples of The European Blockchain Partnership, The Blockchain Association of Europe, the EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum, and many others, end 2018 a number of leading blockchain corporates including Ripple joined forces to create the Blockchain for Europ...
31 March 2019 /regulation Blockchain Observations
CIOs of companies are increasingly showing their interest in blockchain technology. In PwCs 2018 survey amongst a large number of business executives from 15 different industries in various countries, more than 80% of the respondents said their company was actively involved with blockchain technology. Some more than others. This is not surprising ...
12 March 2019 Blockchain Observations
Though blockchain is not yet well understood by many treasury people, and tangible real-world applications for the corporate treasurer’s day-to-day activities are still scarce, this technology is getting increased interest in the treasury world. In August 2016 I wrote a blog in Finextra named “The Corporate Treasurer and Blockchain”. My conclusion...
19 February 2019 Blockchain Observations
The world of banking as we know for many years is in a fundamental transformation process, triggered by new technologies. The most important is blockchain that is said to fundamentally change the way financial transactions are handled today. It is forecasted that this technology will have significant consequences on how traditional banks do busin...
12 February 2019 Blockchain Observations
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