Blockchain Technology applied to Education

Banking on Blockchain: Costs Savings Thanks to the Blockchain Technology

This paper looks at the challenges and opportunities of implementing blockchain technology across banking, providing food for thought about the potentialities of this disruptive technology. The blockchain technology can optimize the global financial infrastructure, achieving sustainable development, using more efficient systems than at present. In fact, many banks are currently focusing on bloc...

Blockchain Technology in Finance

Assistive technology applied to education of students with visual impairment.

OBJECTIVES Verify the application of assistive technology, especially information technology in the education of blind and low-vision students from the perceptions of their teachers. METHODS Descriptive survey study in public schools in three municipalities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The sample comprised 134 teachers. RESULTS According to the teachers' opinions, there are difference...

Blockchain manoeuvres: applying Bitcoin's technology to banking

Already there are ideas for using the blockchain to make payments faster and cheaper, to make it easier for small businesses to obtain finance and for banks to assess mortgage portfolios at the click of a mouse. Smart trade finance contracts are being worked on that are so watertight, they will never be argued over in court. Securities transactions could be settled in minutes rather than days. ...

Reimagining KYC Using Blockchain Technology

The Know Your Customer (KYC) process is an integral part of client onboarding and requires banks to validate and verify primary documents. The market today, though, is flooded with KYC utilities that help manage these documents and share them with multiple entities, but they provide little value addition. Blockchain technology, with its concept of distributed, time-stamped ledgers, can effectiv...