In a fairly open criticism ripple's — the company that supports the payment Protocol, which he founded in 2013, at the same time he left, stated that the introduction of
centralized financial payments Protocol in cryptography is a system that is no better than SWIFT or PayPal.
In a fairly open critique of Ripple — a payment protocol company he co-founded in 2013, but has since left — McCaleb stated that the deployment of
a centralized financial payment protocol in crypto would lead to «a system that is no better than SWIFT or PayPal.»
Not exact matches
In December 2013, the PBOC published
financial policy guidelines under which companies established in the FTZ can conduct
centralized payments and collections between associated onshore and offshore entities.
Historically, people have relied on
financial institutions to keep
centralized records of accounts (currency,
financial instruments, etc.),
payment networks to connect the
financial institutions to each other to facilitate transfers of value, and regulatory authorities to oversee everything to ensure honesty and integrity.
Until then, online
financial transactions still went through
centralized control systems (such as
payment processors and online banking platforms).
The
financial systems we use today are
centralized systems, such as banks, credit card companies, and
payment processors.
This is largely due to the nature of these
centralized systems that require compatibility across
payment networks and
financial institutions.
The DOJ's response (through the FBI) recognized that both
centralized and decentralized digital
payment systems offer legitimate
financial services, but pointed out that «malicious actors» are attracted to systems with «lax money - laundering and know - your - customer» controls.