With the introduction of cryptocurrency and its increased usability, mobile banking needs to consider the ways that cryptocurrency transfers can be integrated into mobile banking, ACH digital wallets, and online banking methods. … Read More
Stable Tokens as a Medium of Exchange
On June 25 Sila co-founder and CTO Alex Lipton spoke on “Stable Tokens and Distributed Financial Market Infrastructure”at the 2019 Crypto Valley Conference on Blockchain Technology, in Zug, Switzerland. Later that day he also joined the Economics & Finance Panel … Read More
Sila’s CEO Shines in Hacker Noon AMA
Sila CEO and co-founder Shamir Karkal participated in a Hacker Noon AMA on June 11 to field some questions from the community and share his experience in building successful FinTech companies. Almost 70 questions came in from the developer community, and … Read More
A Faster & Easier Way to Move Money
The buzz on the streets is real! We have now officially launched the Beta of the Sila API platform to provide developers and startups the necessary tools to build financial applications in a quick and painless way. The platform is supported … Read More
Finnovation PDX
Over the last 10 years Portland has steadily defined itself as an impressive hub of the sweeping FinTech movement. Innovative technology has popped up left and right in the Pacific NW, inspiring the development of such companies as Vault, Giftango, … Read More
How Cryptocurrency & Decentralization Impact Global Finance
Considering the events of 2018, you’d be forgiven for thinking the tech world had heard the last of cryptocurrency. From a January 2018 high of $20,000 to a stumbling low under $4,000, the world’s foremost cryptocurrency — Bitcoin — had seemingly burst its bubble. … Read More
What Are Smart Contracts and How Do They Apply to FinTech?
Smart contracts. As one of the most hyped words being thrown around by blockchain developers and FinTech engineers, it combines two simple concepts into one surprisingly complex and powerful idea. Ask any Ethereum enthusiast about smart contracts and you’ll get … Read More
Announcing Sila — A New Financial World, Built By You.
For as long as people have lived, we’ve sought ways to make more out of what we have through trade. In 3000 B.C. the Sumerians created the ‘sila’, the first ‘token’, which began with a small bowl used to measure … Read More
Sila CTO Alex Lipton Co-Authors "Digital Trade Coin: towards a more stable digital currency"
Updated July 29, 2019 MIT Fellow Says Facebook ‘Lifted’ His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency – Yahoo News Several aspects of the social network’s much-ballyhooed global cryptocurrency project uncannily resemble the vision laid out in a paper published last year in the Royal … Read More