With each passing day, we are making changes to how we live, work and play – using technology to make our digital lives more simple, seamless and secure.

The Internet of Things is changing the user experience from workspaces and public transport to retail locations; AR and VR is bringing shopping experiences to our living rooms and artificial intelligence is helping us secure payments and is making every engagement we make more personal than ever before.

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Money20/20 Asia will bring together top global FinTech leaders in Singapore – from Ant Financial, GO-JEK, Ping An Group, ICICI Bank, Tencent and DBS Bank to Adyen, Google, Stripe, PayPal, Samsung Pay and many more – to create the future of money.

Singapore, 31 January 2018 – Money20/20, the world’s leading FinTech and Payments event, is just 6 weeks from the launch of its APAC edition, taking place in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre.

If 2017 was all about proof of concept for blockchain, in 2018, it looks set to go to production.

In this technical review, we take a look at the ecosystem of organisations driving blockchain projects, those most likely to deliver over the next 12 months, and the ways in which Gresham and other technology providers are solving the many challenges and embracing the possibilities presented by DLT.

The promise of blockchain 

The DTCC’s 2016 white paper provided a great summary:

As enterprises come under increasing pressure to digitize operations, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is gaining momentum.

The reasons, according to Forrester, are three-fold:

1. It boosts productivity with minimal process change
2. It offers an easy-to-calculate ROI
3. It’s a fresh alternative to the big spend of a typical BPM programme.

We would argue a fourth benefit:

On February 8, Gibraltar hosted the first event from the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference series. Over 200 people attended it; 17 speakers gave presentations. According to participants, the most topical reports were those dedicated to new blockchain legislation, organization of token sales, and cryptocurrency trading.

Impressions of participants

The world was introduced to cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin, and at present, it is still the de facto cryptocurrency on the market.

The thing is, the future of cryptocurrency doesn't lie with BTC. The majority of things that are first to market always get improved on and leapfrogged by an alternative.

On the downside for BTC is there are hundreds of altcoins that hope to take the number one spot.

Some of these only want to steal BTC's thunder and become number one from an investment point of view while other altcoins aim to address the flaws that are with BTC.

Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, has today confirmed that it has successfully supported the NSPCC in raising an incredible £15k at The Card and Payments Awards (TCPA), the premier awards evening for the UK and Irish card and payments industry on the 1^st of February.

For the past 8 years, Ingenico has supported the event by providing payment solutions to help raise money for charity and this year, it included the innovative Connected Screen.