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Amo co-sponsors blockchain bill to promote diplomacy and national security

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., has co-introduced a resolution “to unleash the potential” of distributed ledger technologies, or DLT, such as blockchain...

Five Questions With: Mahtab Kouhizadeh

Mahtab Kouhizadeh is an assistant professor of supply chain management at the University of Rhode Island. She recently was recognized among the top scientists...

Southcoast Innovation Symposium to host AI, blockchain, Web3 symposium

FALL RIVER – Rapid growth and adoption of emerging technologies may leave some business owners feeling daunted. But the organizers of a new symposium...

Five Questions With: Daniel Polotsky

Daniel Polotsky is founder and chairman of CoinFlip, a Chicago-based financial services provider focused on cryptocurrency that recently announced plans to expand its over-the-counter...
READY FOR LAUNCH: Elizabeth M. Tanner, left, director of the R.I. Department of Business Regulation, and Melissa Travis, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants, are preparing for a pilot program in which blockchain technology will be used for the credentials of the state’s CPAs. / PBN PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

CPAs playing key part in R.I. blockchain pilot program

Twenty-five Rhode Island accountants are preparing to be guinea pigs for a digital ID program using blockchain technology that, if successful, could transform the...

Say goodbye to banking as we know it

So is China readying its own Bitcoin? Banish the thought. It’s far bigger than that. Yes, just like any other cryptocurrency – or for that...

Five Questions With: Melissa D. Travis

Melissa D. Travis has been at the helm of the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants since February. The Cumberland native is the...
BY THE NUMBERS: Mark Stewart, left, chief financial officer of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, sees Amar Gurivireddygari, the health insurer’s newly hired chief data and analytics officer, as a key to promoting more high-quality and cost-effective health care delivery. 
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Skilled data analytics a health insurance priority

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island recently welcomed Chief Data and Analytics Officer Amar Gurivireddygari to its team. Tasked with making the health...

GA passes bill to streamline regulations for blockchain financial applications

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has recently approved legislation that would clarify and streamline regulations for financial transactions using blockchain technology. The bill had not...

Five Questions With: Mark Rapoza

Mark Rapoza has been with Barrett & Co. in Providence since 1994. He is certified as a fund and income specialist by the Institute...
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