Transaction Trending EP13: What is Blockchain and What Does it Mean for Payments? With Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple
7-11-2018
What started as a ripple has now become a wave. More and more, people across the tech world are setting their sights on a technology that its staunchest proponents say will fundamentally change not only the payments industry, but every industry.
The technology is blockchain, and while its not exactly new, its development, implementation and impact within the payments ecosystem is yet to be fully understood.
On this episode, ETA CEO Jason Oxman is joined by Emi Yoshikawa, Director of Joint Venture Partnerships at Ripple, one of the world’s most prominent blockchain companies. Ripple has developed blockchain technology that can provide global financial settlement solutions to financial institutions. As Director of Joint Venture Partnerships, Emi manages business development for Ripple in Asia.
Emi is an expert in the utilization of blockchain technology for financial institutions. Earlier this year, she participated on a keynote panel on blockchain at TRANSACT, the world’s largest payments technology event.
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About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to the emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $56.75 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
ETAs membership spans the breadth of the payments industry to include independent sales organizations (ISOs), payments networks, financial institutions, transaction processors, mobile payments products and services, payments technologies, and software providers (ISV) and hardware suppliers. For more information, visit electran.org.