How Facebook’s Libra is similar in concept and motivation to Kik’s Kin cryptocurrency 16.10.2019 0 Facebook unveiled its Libra cryptocurrency initiative today, which is part of an alternative financial system (including new subsidiary and wallet Calibra) it aims to build alongside industry and academic partners including Mastercard, PayPal, Visa, Uber, Andreessen Horowitz and Creative Destruction…
Libra Cryptocurrency
Libra is a permissioned blockchain digital currency proposed by the American social media company Faceboo
Enterprise hits and misses – HR tech gets botified, SAP gets new CEOs, and ERP confronts agility – again
This week – SAP breaks the enterprise web again with a sudden CEO shakeup.HR technology hype shifts to bots – but are the machines ready? Time for ERP vs agile (again), and I get botified as well. Lead story – HR technology in the spotlight – it’s a crazy, mixed up HR tech world MyPOV…
Is Geneva struggling to attract firms and staff? – SWI swissinfo.ch
Several US and Japanese multinationals have recently announced downsizing in Geneva.Is it part of a larger trend for the current local business climate and job market? In recent gloomy business news from Geneva, the head of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham), Martin Naville, warned that the canton was struggling to attract new US firms…
Top tech startup news for today, Monday, October 14, 2019
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, October 14, 2019. WeWork opens new locations at breakneck speed despite cash-burn concerns .In an effort to generate new revenue, real estate startup WeWork has opened almost as many new locations in the last 3-1/2 months as it did in the…
The Upside to Facebook’s Libra Disaster
1 / 2 The Upside to Facebook’s Libra Disaster (Bloomberg Opinion) — It’s just as well that big companies that process and facilitate payments have quit Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, fearing a regulatory backlash.If Facebook really wants to bring financial services to the “unbanked,” it should try doing it on a smaller scale than these…
Facebook’s Libra announces board as support shrinks further
abd rahman kamarudin October 15, 2019 12:38 am 0 LONDON,.Backers of Facebook Inc’s Libra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting a five-member board yesterday, shrugging off the latest member defection by online travel company Booking Holding earlier in the day. “It is a correction; it’s not a setback,” said Dante Disparte, head of…
Facebook’s Libra announces board as support shrinks further
“It is a correction; it’s not a setback,” said Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for the Libra Association Backers of Facebook Inc’s Libra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting a five-member board on Monday, shrugging off the latest member defection by online travel company Booking Holding earlier in the day. “It…
Facebook’s progress on Libra overshadowed by 1/4 of backers dropping out – Business Insider
Facebook took a major step towards formalizing its cryptocurrency Libra on Monday, formally establishing which companies and individuals will govern the currency and its infrastructure as part of the non-profit Libra Association.Libra doesn't actually exist yet as a currency, but Monday's announcement is a signal to the outside world that there's some sort of framework…
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company
by Lisa Vaas The supporters of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency are apparently made of sugar.They’re melting. Libra was announced in June , with a proposed launch in 2020.Four months later, we’ve seen the unsurprising “Hell, no” response of multiple governments, and in the past week, the cryptocurrency project has been pelted by rapid-fire, major body blows…
French and Riviera News Monday 14th October 2019
French Riviera local news Local Man stabbed in Villefranche sur mer – A 29-year-old man has been left in a critical condition after being stabbed in Villefranche sur mer.The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fight broke out on the seafront.Police have launched an investigation to determine the exact reason…