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• Bitcoin is not the 'panacea' people thought it would be, Ripple CEO says

  7:48 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said bitcoin transactions are costly and too slow versus XRP, the token that can be used with Ripple's products.

• After using iPhone X for a few months, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak still hates the home button

  1:19 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  What's Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak's verdict on the iPhone X? "Plus and minus," he told CNBC in an interview on Monday.

• Blockchain is so hyped right now and many companies will get burned

  7:41 AM ET Wed, 6 June 2018

  Adding blockchain to your company name to boost share price or raise money has echoes of the dotcom bubble and we all know how that ended.

• What is fintech?   

  10:00 AM ET Fri, 16 July 2021

  It’s a multi-billion dollar industry that’s changing everything from how we make purchases to how we get loans. What is fintech all about? CNBC’s Elizabeth Schulze explains.

• Estonia says it won’t issue a national cryptocurrency and never planned to

  11:14 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  A government spokeswoman said Estonia was not looking to issue its own cryptocurrency as it already uses the euro.

• Ripple CEO says 'dozens' of banks will use its cryptocurrency product in 2019

  9:56 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  The start-up has a solution known as xRapid that uses the XRP token to help banks move money across the world.

• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hopes bitcoin will become a single global currency

  12:39 PM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently said he believes bitcoin will become the single currency worldwide, something that Wozniak hopes will happen.

• Mastercard is looking to partner with Google and Amazon for payments via voice

  11:25 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  Mastercard's Ann Cairns told CNBC that the company is looking to make its Masterpass product work with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.

• Major bank CEOs say blockchain will underpin the financial industry 'in five years'

  7:36 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  Blockchain technology could soon revolutionize the global banking industry, according to the chief executives of two major European lenders.

• Chinese consumers lead demand for fintech services   

  10:48 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  CNBC's Arjun Kharpal and Elizabeth Schulze discuss the financial technology sector at Money 2020.

• The world is at risk of falling behind Chinese A.I., says Goldman’s Barroso

  11:06 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  Barroso said China was getting on with AI development while Europe lacked co-ordination.

• Klarna CEO: Banks obsessed with themselves, not customers   

  5:40 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  Sebastian Siemiatkowski said the fintech payments company could launch its own current account.

• The Egyptian pound is more useful than cryptocurrencies, tech CEO says

  5:38 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  Kristo Kaarmann also said he has no current plans to carry out a public listing.

• Fintech unicorn TransferWise strikes first deal with a major bank to offer cheap currency transfers

  4:47 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  TransferWise's low-cost cross-currency money transfer service will be intergrated with Groupe BPCE's banking apps in 2019.

• Steve Wozniak wants bitcoin to become the world's single currency   

  11:02 AM ET Mon, 4 June 2018

  Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, said blockchain will become a widespread technology in around a decade's time.

• Alibaba is massive but still growing at more than 50% yearly: Alipay EMEA head   

  3:15 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  Alipay Head of EMEA Li Wang speaks about the growth of financial technology in China and other regional markets.

• Klarna not planning to enter Chinese market, CEO says   

  5:46 AM ET Tue, 5 June 2018

  Sebastian Siemiatkowski said that Klarna is the only digital bank that offers its services in the U.S., U.K. and several Europe countries.