Financial processes have always been tied to infrastructure. From bills of exchange to mobile banking, economic participants have relied on technology to innovate over time to achieve greater efficiency. As technology improves, financial infrastructure tends towards continuity and immediacy, achieving the desired outcome – typically the transfer of money and assets right away. Higher computing power and modern communication power can only do so much to remove friction. At a certain point, combining it with changes to the core architecture of financial interaction can make a difference. Blockchain technology and ... (full story)