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Blockchain: Driving the Future of FinTech

Blockchain: Driving the Future of FinTech
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Blockchain: Driving the Future of FinTech

Every once in a generation, comes a paradigm shift in innovation, that changes the way we engage in our daily lives enabled by technology. Be it the Internet in the 1980s or the penetration of smartphones, a decade ago. The Internet and Smartphones have fundamentally changed some of our key actions as human beings! Such has been their impact to human evolution!

Well, Blockchain is another technology rising on the horizon, poised to change the way we deal with enterprises or a government body for that matter. As of today, Blockchain is only being applied to the outer realms of financial services, more specifically, cryptocurrencies.

What is Blockchain?

Quite simply put, it is a grow list of blocks of records which are linked and secured using cryptography, meaning such blocks of records are connected and encrypted for security purposes. In terms of application of the theory, it is an open and distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties in an efficient manner that’s verifiable and permanent in nature.

How is the Fintech Industry leveraging Blockchain?

In a way, cryptocurrencies are a part of the Fintech Industry and their entire business model is based on blockchain, wherein they offer virtual currency to anyone who can purchase parts of one unit of that currency and keep trading with that part, thereby making money in the process. Buying cryptocurrencies is also considered as a long-term investment by many. The beauty of these virtual currencies is that fact that because they have been built on blockchain, they are decentralized in the sense that there is no central bank governing them.

In Brazil, recently they have managed to lower exchange rates in the currency and bullion markets using blockchain. There are exchange startups who are leveraging blockchain based efficient automation processes to lower exchange rates.

Because of its existing nature of application, blockchain has been at the forefront of some path breaking innovation done by Fintech startups across the world. Whether it is money transfers, currency exchanges or organizations providing infrastructure and transaction protocols that enables banks to provide financial settlement at lower rates, Blockchain is driving new age innovations across the Fintech landscape.

In fact, we at PayTabs have been working on Blockchain as well. We are currently in the process of developing a payment distribution system using Blockchain.

To understand the full scope and power of the payment solution that we offer, you are most welcome to sign up for a free demo. Moreover, please feel free to comment below if you have any questions or any insights.

8 years ago
How a Payment Gateway Works
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If you have ever wondered how a payment gateway functions on the backend. Well, look no further! We have a lowdown on how a payment gateway facilitates the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone) and the Front End Processor or acquiring bank. Here is a step by step guide detailing how Payment Gateways work:

How a Payment Gateway Works

To understand the value of PayTabs as a comprehensive Payment processor, sign up for a free demo here. If you have some questions or insights, feel free to comment below.

8 years ago
Technology: A Key Differentiator for PayTabs
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Technology: A Key Differentiator for PayTabs

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke (Author)

The world of payment solutions has evolved dramatically in recent times, given the growing need of global e-commerce. Most merchants nowadays require a comprehensive solution to take care of their payment needs, whether it is in a single store environment or a marketplace environment. Even offline merchants need payment solutions to effectively manage their orders, especially in the context of international payments. The modern day customer expects no short of magic while paying for a product online, irrespective of the environment. Thankfully, the technology has evolved drastically in recent times to create nothing sort of magic for customers, irrespective of their expectations.

The payments landscape has broadened as the world has shrunk and the need for multiple currencies, alternative payments, split payments, recurring payments rolled into one solution has become an imperative for merchants of all sizes. Apart from the different features in a payment solution, what is required is the ability of the solution to integrate in various ways and provide a wide range of integration capabilities for multiple shopping carts, in the context of e-commerce.  Apart from features of a payment solution, an ideal solution should have a secured technology backend.

In the light of the growing e-commerce landscape, PayTabs has the technology to add business value for any merchant. Key elements of the technology are as follows:

  • 160+ Currencies accepted on the platform.
  • Whether it’s multiple channels, schemes, acquiring banks, multiple shopping cart platforms, security infrastructure and systems, risk management and merchant services, we have you covered in all aspects in the context of building, operating and growing your e-commerce business.
  • Dual layers of fraud management infrastructure, dedicated fraud and account management.
  • 130+ alternative payments options designed to intelligent recommend you options that support your overall business goals.

To fully experience the power of the PayTabs solution, sign up for a free demo or contact us for more information. Feel free to provide insights or comments below.

8 years ago
Cashless in India
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Cashless in India

Sleepless in Seattle: Remember the Hollywood movie from the 90s starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. As it turns out, it was not a very happy story, as the protagonist grieves his wife’s death and he cannot sleep after moving base from Chicago to Seattle.

On the contrary, given the Digital India revolution and the growing adoption of multiple forms of digital payments in India, it is definitely a good time to be Cashless in India.  The current revolution of digital payments stretches much beyond being only as a result of demonetization. The consumer’s adoption rate couple with the government’s push in creating a cashless economy has been unprecedented.

Despite all the hoopla around digital payments and going cashless, India still remains low in banking penetration and cash has been the de-facto transaction medium for most in the country. Hence the scale of the revolution is yet to realize its full potential.  The government’s continued push towards digitization through BHIM, UPI and Payments Banks has really scaled the digital payments landscape in India.  It’s all about financial inclusion through digitization. Needless to say, there’s a lot of ground to be covered, given India’s population but the growth trend puts the country on track to achieve its digital payments ambitions.

You must be wondering that if there’s so much action happening in the domestic digital payments space in India, what about international digital payments? Well, the scope on the international payments space is exciting as well from an Indian perspective. India is one of the fastest growing markets for cross border payments, recording an estimated volume of $260 bn+ in exports and $400 bn+ in imports*.

We at PayTabs provide you with a seamless payments solution that helps you accept payments in multiple currencies and the amount gets credited to your account in INR. Sign up for a free demo to experience the power and flexibility of our solution.

*Data Source: Economic Times

8 years ago