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The Asian Countries That Actually Need A CBDC
At the recent Singapore Fintech Festival, the city-state’s announcement that it would pursue a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot next year was big…
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FedNow Has Launched As Blockchain Innovation Delivers Next-Gen Instant Payments
After five years in development, the U.S. Federal Reserve launched FedNow in July, the first government real-time payment system in…
Has Fintech Overpromised And Underdelivered?
Despite the significant buzz surrounding the transformative power of fintech, it would be fair to say that it hasn't swept…
AI Will Dominate Crypto Trading
It is estimated that between 60 to 75 percent of trading on all major stock markets around the world is…
Know Your Customer. Know Your Employees.
In the fintech world we spend a lot of time thinking about Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations because…
Why Southeast Asia Will Never Have An Alipay Or Tenpay
Southeast Asia’s largest platform companies all reported second quarter earnings recently. Some results were better than others, but Sea Group,…
Real-Time Payments Provide A Path To Fewer Overdrafts
When the Federal Reserve announced earlier this summer the launch of FedNow, a new service to enable instant payments for…
NVCA Challenges SEC’s New Private Fund Adviser Rule
There was no shortage of drama in the past year regarding the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed private fund…
Sooner Or Later, Regulators Will Focus On Buy Now, Pay Later
The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) sector continues to evolve and now the techfins are ramping up the competition. Fintechs…
Examining The Practicality And Limitations Of A Cashless Society
In a rapidly digitizing world, many Asian countries are going cashless in order to create better, faster, and cheaper payment…
Why Financial Services Firms Are Struggling To Succeed With Cloud Computing
Mention ‘cloud’ and the responses from financial services executives will run the gamut. While some will happily list the many…
How To Get Hired In Web3
Web3 has arrived, bringing with it a surge in job opportunities within the field. Web3 saw a staggering $62 billion…
Who’s Afraid Of (Suing) DeFi Entities? Spoiler: Tougher Than It Seems.
Last week’s financial news mentioned an investors’ failed attempt to file a class action against Uniswap UNI , a decentralized…
Societal Tool Or Corporate Distraction?
ESG investing has become a hot-button issue, within fintech and beyond, that has moved from the investing community into family…
How To Fill The European Funding Gap And Put Europe Back On The Map
Over the past 18 months, a significant portion of national economies within the European Union have encountered challenges. It is…
Quantum Cryptography Should Be In Your Electronic Transaction Strategy
The news that IBM IBM has used a quantum computer to solve a problem that that stumps the leading classical…
The Final Fintech Cybersecurity Frontier?
A recently introduced bipartisan bill, the Space Infrastructure Act, could see space systems and services designated as critical national infrastructure…
Four Factors Driving Growth In Family Office Wealth Tech
Moore’s Law is the observation and prediction that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two…
We Need Instant Payments AND Central Bank Digital Currencies
With the interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) growing and the debate about the requirements of, goals for and…