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#AmaZix Secures Partnership with #Blockchain-Based ID Management and Neo Financial Services Provider #KABN

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:24 AM on Thursday, March 21st, 2019
  • AmaZix announced its partnership with financial service platform KABN (www.kabn.network)
  • The latest in a series of strategic alliances as alternative finance edges ever closer towards mainstream adoption and legitimacy

Hong Kong – March 21, 2019 – Blockchain advisory firm AmaZix is pleased to announce its partnership with financial service platform KABN (www.kabn.network). This is the latest in a series of strategic alliances as alternative finance edges ever closer towards mainstream adoption and legitimacy.

Writing the rulebook for blockchain-based identity management

Under the grim undertones of a struggling cryptocurrency market over the past 18 months, the spectacular successes – and subsequent painful shortcomings – of blockchain-based, decentralized and tokenized crowdfunding models have brought several critical issues to the forefront.

Perhaps the most important to the typical investor has been the proof of identity and accreditation processes, which have been wildly inconsistent across different implementations, with little to no assurances to the investor that their personal information and identities are properly safeguarded and compliant with the new rules surrounding GDPR.

Now there is a simple solution that enables investors to complete this verification and accreditation process once, to access opportunities and remain compliant for any jurisdiction. KABN’s biometric identity and whitelist registry verifies KYC and AML data, sharing it with relevant counterparties while ensuring data and funds are never at risk.

Introducing KABN ID, the one-time verification process for a host of services including token offerings (US Patent pending).

Neo financial services, backed by blockchain validated biometric ID

KABN ID is only one of several components in the larger suite of KABN offerings, which aims to be the full-stack solution for digital assets, fiat transactions and payment methods, including

KABN’s prepaid crypto-linked Visa card and banking wallet. Users, investors and entrepreneurs will have a secure and easy-to-use platform to access, use and spend their digital assets through a crypto-to-fiat transfer process, while verifying biometric ID on the go, ensuring full compliance across a wide range of jurisdictions.

Ben Kessler, KABN CEO, said, “The overwhelming evidence justifies the need for closer scrutiny of processes and regulatory frameworks in token offerings, with the securitization of digital assets believed by many to be the natural progression for the space. It is a direction that AmaZix believes in and is working diligently towards, as demonstrated by their specialized advisory services and their partnership track record. We share their excitement and optimism for the industry’s future and look forward to collaborating.”

KABN has also partnered with European e-money institution and Visa Principal Member Transact Payments Limited, as well as with global processor GPS and platform tech provider Pannovate to launch the Pegasus Flyte Visa card and Mobile Banking Wallet program in the UK, with plans to expand to the EEA in Q2 2019.

“Programmable regulatory compliance is a built -in feature with digital securities, ensuring the necessary KYC and AML processes are satisfied. But if STOs are to be the way forward, we have to analyze and consider the practical aspects of identity management on the blockchain, particularly with the growing debate surrounding privacy and the protection of personal data in the era of GDPR” said Jonas Karlberg, AmaZix CEO. He added, “And this is where we believe KABN’s solutions for token offering verification are technically appropriate for securing accreditation and will allow for responsible and compliant KYC processes. In addition, its neo financial services like its branded Visa prepaid card and banking wallet will give users an additional aspect that bridges the world of traditional and alternative finance, allowing them to use and spend crypto with more ease.”

Curious about what AmaZix can do for you?

AmaZix seeks to become the leading provider of blockchain-related advisory and consulting across the globe, driving transformative change to the business paradigm through tokenization, blockchain technology and crowdfunding. We deliver a comprehensive suite of high-value professional services, focusing on innovative services, while continuing to build a team of top-tier talent.

Reach out to us on the following channels:

1.  Telegram: https://t.me/amazix

2.  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmaZixOfficial

3.  Website: http://www.amazix.com/

4.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmaZixOfficial

5.  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmaZixOfficial/

About KABN

KABN, an integrated financial service platform offering neo banking type solutions, has received approval by Visa to launch its crypto-linked card and banking wallet program. Branded the Pegasus Flyte Visa card, the KABN card program offers an “on/off ramp” conversion process for a variety of cryptocurrencies to fiat together with multi-currency fiat transactions. Cardholders will be able to use their Pegasus Flyte Visa cards to spend in-store, online, and at ATMs wherever Visa is accepted globally.

The Pegasus Flyte program will also offer a robust loyalty and customer engagement platform. The anchor of the program is KABN ID, a Blockchain and biometrically-based, “Always On” validation and verification process. This patent-pending, GDPR compliant process allows for efficient and frictionless customer acquisition and onboarding. To learn more, please visit: www.kabn.network

KABN – It Happened: #Visa to Open Crypto Division

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:35 AM on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

SPONSOR: KABN, A NEO Financial Services Platform that starts with Biometric enabled Blockchain Validated Identity, empowering digital currency holders and KABN cardholders alike to spend wherever Visa is accepted. Learn More

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It Happened: Visa to Open Crypto Division

 By Abhimanyu Krishnan

It appears that Visa is getting into the cryptocurrency game, after many years of discussion about how cryptocurrency would render Visa obsolete.

The payments processing giant listed a new job opportunity titled “Technical Project Manager, Visa Fintech”, and the listing does not hide its intention that it has to do with cryptocurrencies.

The listing reads

Are you passionate about the intersection of payments and cryptocurrency? Are you deeply familiar with permissionless blockchain technology and have a close network of experts in the fast moving cryptocurrency and fintech ecosystem? Are you excited about the challenge of developing new products for Visa to deliver value to fintechs looking to support cryptocurrencies?

Visa would like the hired candidate to outline a crypto strategy and roadmap and, working with the Visa Research team, develop new products.

The job listing refers to the impact of crypto on payments:

This highly motivated individual will be responsible for managing a product roadmap and collaborating with key stakeholders across…will [also] work in close collaboration with the Visa Research team to develop new products to deliver value to fintechs and Visa. This person should…anticipate how cryptocurrencies could impact payments.

Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr. has previously been somewhat dismissive of cryptocurrencies, saying that Visa will not process Bitcoin transactions:

We at Visa won’t process transactions that are cryptocurrency-based. We will only process fiat currency-based transactions, Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr. said in January 2018

Visa joins some major established players like JP Morgan Chase in entering the crypto space. The list established entities joining crypto has grown in recent times with IBM working with 6 international banks, allowing them to launch their own stablecoins on its World Wire product, while Facebook is reportedly working on a crypto asset that will integrate with WhatsApp.

While Visa’s decision to enter cryptocurrency may invoke ridicule or distrust from the crypto community, given how crypto competes directly with the payments processor, the fact that Visa is even considering cryptocurrencies shows how persuasive the technology’s capabilities are, especially if a large entity such as Visa is entering the space.

Source: https://www.investinblockchain.com/visa-to-open-crypto-division/

AGORAOM Welcomes KABN – Empowering Digital Currency Holders and KABN Cardholders Alike to Spend Wherever Visa is Accepted

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:46 AM on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
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The KABN Network is an integrated suite of financial services that includes:

1.  The Pegasus Flyte Visa Card, an approved crypto-linked prepaid Visa card and mobile integrated multi-currency banking wallet;

2.  KABN KASH, a robust loyalty and engagement program and

3.  KABN ID (The network anchor), a patent pending, Always On, GDPR complaint, blockchain and biometrically based, identity verification and validation platform.  KABN ID is a free to use service for consumers that provides continuous monitoring and proof of identity online and in conventional marketplaces.

THE PROBLEM KABN SOLVES

As cryptocurrencies and other digital currencies grow globally, there is an ever-increasing need to convert them into traditional currencies (i.e. USD and Euros) for use in traditional spending.

KABN’s integrated suite of products, which has received approval by Visa, solves this major challenge by empowering digital currency holders to spend in-store and online, as well as, access ATMs globally wherever Visa is accepted.

HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM KABN IS SOLVING?

In the US alone, this type of card volume is expected to grow to over $396B by 2022.  Worldwide volume will follow the same trajectory and expected growth is exponential.


KABN’s integrated suite of products consists of:

  • KABN’s Pegasus Flyte Visa card offers an “on/off ramp” for cryptocurrency conversion to traditional currencies (e.g., USD, Euros and British Pounds, etc.)

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  • A mobile banking wallet that manages multiple traditional currencies and digital currencies via links to crypto partners and exchanges as well as offering other financial features and services
  • A robust loyalty and engagement platform, providing Customers with additional value-added services.
  • KABN’s anchor product, KABN ID, is a patent-pending, GDPR compliant, Blockchain and biometrically-based, “Always On” ID validation and verification platform.
  • The KABN ID proprietary process allows for efficient and frictionless onboarding, allowing Customer’s to control the use of their verified identification without having to provide confidential documentation to unknown 3rd parties.

KABN’s technology has been built, their partners are in place, they have been approved by Visa and they are ready to go for their European launch in the 2nd quarter with an expected expansion to North America later this year.

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KABN Senior Team

Tokenise to launch KABN’s equity token issuance through its UK crowdfunding platform $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 7:14 AM on Friday, March 15th, 2019
  • Announced that KABN (Gibraltar) Limited will be the first client to launch on its platform to sell equity tokens, representing shares in the company.

United Kingdom / Gibraltar / Canada – March 14, 2019 –

Tokenise, a London based, FCA regulated leader in the creation and crowdfunding of tokenised securities, is pleased to announce that KABN (Gibraltar) Limited will be the first client to launch on its platform to sell equity tokens, representing shares in the company. KABN is a global financial services platform that has developed, among its suite of financial services products, a patent pending, blockchain based, GDPR compliant, ‘Always On’, global identification, KYC and AML support service for investors and clients. KABN will also be providing its services to Tokenise and its partners and participants.


Tokenisation of securities and other assets will transform the efficiency of capital markets. Removing inefficiencies, friction and barriers to participation will democratise the process of matching issuers and consumers of risk capital. This in turn will increase the flow of funds and investment opportunities for market participants. Tokenise intends to provide innovative capital market solutions for the SME sector with frictionless access to a global investor base.

KABN, a financial service platform offering neo banking type solutions, has received approval by Visa to launch its crypto-linked card and banking wallet program. KABN has partnered with European e-money institution Transact Payments Ltd, global processor GPS and platform technology provider Pannovate, to launch the program in the UK and subsequently the EU in the 2nd quarter of 2019.

Called the Pegasus Flyte Visa card, the KABN card program offers an “on/off ramp” conversion process for a variety of cryptocurrencies to fiat, together with multi-currency fiat transactions. Cardholders will be able to use their Pegasus Flyte Visa card to spend in-store, online, and at ATMs wherever Visa is accepted globally.

The Pegasus Flyte program will also offer a robust loyalty and customer engagement platform. The anchor of the program is KABN ID, a Blockchain and biometrically-based, “Always On” validation and verification process. This patent-pending, GDPR compliant process allows for efficient and frictionless customer acquisition and onboarding.

Mike Kessler (CEO of Tokenise) said “Tokenise is delighted that KABN has chosen to issue its equity token through our platform. Not only does this endorse the Tokenise model, it will also be amongst the first issuance of an equity token on a global basis, paving the way for the emergence of a new future in tokenised securities.”

Expected to launch on the Tokenise platform in April, the KABN Token (www.kabntoken.com) will allow the Tokenise community to purchase equity tokens representing preference shares in KABN. All investors that qualify as per the regulations will be eligible to participate in the equity token sale.

“We are excited to be partnering with Tokenise for both our crowdfunding equity token sale and for our services platform,” said Michael Konikoff, Chief Revenue Officer KABN. “The KABN Token represents an effective way for our stakeholders to participate in our success and benefit from the potential opportunity and liquidity that the Tokenise platform intends to provide to investors.”

For more information, please contact:

For Tokenise:

Mike Kessler, CEO

www.tokenise.io
[email protected]

For KABN:

Michael Konikoff, CRO

www.kabn.network
[email protected]

Tokenise is launching KABN’s equity token issuance through its UK crowdfunding platform

Tokenise: a London based, FCA regulated leader in the creation and crowdfunding of tokenised securities

KABN: a financial service platform offering neo banking type solutions

Tokenise
7th Floor Hyde House
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London
NW9 6LH

Polymath and #KABN Announce Consortium to Accelerate the Creation, Distribution, and Management of Digital Securities Across Multiple Jurisdictions and Platforms $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:58 AM on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
  • Polymath formed a consortium in close collaboration with KABN (www.kabn.network),
  • Polymath is leading the effort to make it easier for organizations to create digital securities from traditional assets through partnerships and a community that supports a transparent and compliant process for issuers and investors

TORONTO & SAINT MICHAEL, Barbados & GIBRALTAR — Polymath (www.polymath.network), the global leader in software solutions that enable assets to be digitized, distributed, fractionally owned, and ultimately liquidated, has formed a consortium in close collaboration with KABN (www.kabn.network), a global financial services platform that has developed, among its suite of products, a patent pending, blockchain based, GDPR compliant, Always On, global identification and accreditation as a support service for investors and other types of contributors.

Polymath is leading the effort to make it easier for organizations to create digital securities from traditional assets through partnerships and a community that supports a transparent and compliant process for issuers and investors. Through its extensive service provider network with firms like KABN, Polymath provides security token issuers with access to top quality service providers.

“Our solution supports the creation of digital securities from a wide range of traditional and non-traditional assets,” said Kevin North, CEO of Polymath. “The intention of this partnership is to create a best practice model for customers who need help with the full lifecycle of an STO (Security Token Offering). In this model, the issuer would work with an integrated network of providers who are committed to ensuring that offerings are compliant with securities laws, rules, and regulations across multiple jurisdictions and trading platforms, increasing the value proposition by reducing the distance and friction between investors and issuers. To date, the full STO path is not clear for most of our issuers, so we formed this partnership with the intention of making this a less daunting journey.”

KABN will also be the first organization to launch its digital securities offering using this process. More information about the KABN Security Token Offering can be found at: www.KABNtoken.com

“Working with Polymath, KABN supports the compliance requirements for digital securities with its Always On solution providing a faster, better and more economical solution for issuers and investors to validate and verify identity, KYC and AML, and manage liquidity programs,” said Ben Kessler, CEO of KABN. “KABN is also the first company to tokenize its company assets and create digital securities with this process, proving the model and paving the way for others to do the same in a manner that meets jurisdictional securities rules and regulations and supports a value proposition for stakeholders, the Blockchain community, issuers and investors.”

Polymath and KABN are receiving overwhelming support from the capital markets and blockchain communities as it introduces the framework to program partners to advance the creation of digital securities and make it easier for issuers and investors to interact through decentralized platforms globally.

Together with Pegasus Fintech (Gibraltar) Limited, a consultant organization, a consortium of Professional Service providers, Broker Dealers, Blockchain Developers, Exchanges, Authorized Agents and other Solution Providers have committed to supporting this process and the KABN Token offering. The initial parties committing their support to this growing consortium include:

Tokenise.io (UK)Global Blockchain Network (US)
MLG Blockchain (Canada)Evoke Capital (Canada)
Hyperion Technologies (US)Secure Digital Markets (Canada)
Hassans (Gibraltar)Digital Assets Management (Gibraltar)
Crypto SA (Australia)KABN (Gibraltar)
Ten Capital (US)Polymath (Canada/Barbados)
Razlin Capital (UK)

About Polymath (www.polymath.network)

Polymath Network (Polymath) is a decentralized platform that makes it easy to create security tokens. The platform simplifies the complex technical challenges of creating a security token and aims to bring the multi-trillion dollar financial securities market to the blockchain.

About KABN (www.kabn.network)

KABN, a integrated financial service platform offering neo banking type solutions, has received approval by Visa to launch its crypto-linked card and banking wallet program. KABN has partnered with Transact Payments Ltd, a European e-money institution and Principal Member of Visa, global processor GPS and platform technology provider Panovate to launch the program in the UK and subsequently the EEA in the 2nd quarter of the year.

Branded the Pegasus Flyte Visa card, the KABN card program offers an “on/off ramp” conversion process for a variety of cryptocurrencies to fiat together with multi-currency fiat transactions. Cardholders will be able to use their Pegasus Flyte Visa cards to spend in-store, online, and at ATMs wherever Visa is accepted globally.

The Pegasus Flyte program will also offer a robust loyalty and customer engagement platform. The anchor of the program is KABN ID, a Blockchain and biometrically-based, “Always On” validation and verification process. This patent-pending, GDPR compliant process allows for efficient and frictionless customer acquisition and onboarding.

About Pegasus Fintech (www.pegasusfintech.com)

Pegasus Fintech is a full-service Blockchain, technology and accelerator growth advisory that supports regulatory compliant programs and offerings.

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Contacts

For more information:
Polymath
RJ Reiser, CGO
[email protected]

KABN
Ben Kessler, CEO
[email protected]