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New metaverse assets create new opportunities for FIs

By Patrick Bucquet, VP Capgemini Invent In the new metaversal economy, blockchain enables many kinds of transactions with a single source of truth. At the same time, the ...
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The Metaverse: The next growth engine for financial services

By Srinivasan Seshadri, Global Head of Financial Services, HCLTech In 2021, internet users spent an average of 1 hour and 15 minutes daily on social media. Four years ...
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PayPal enables crypto payments at checkout

By Jeff Domansky, April 2, 2021 Ostrich cowboy boots. New. Paid by crypto. With apologies to Hemingway, who wrote the apocryphal six-word short story about baby shoes, it ...
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3 key payments industry disruptions
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3 trends disrupting traditional B2B payments

The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated disruption in the B2B payments marketplace and according to a new study from Juniper Research, it will be two years before business ...
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DLT Labs provides Walmart Canada with transportation management technology
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Walmart Canada finds big savings in blockchain automation

When it comes to the benefits of automation in logistics, a big organization like Walmart can benefit hugely. With blockchain gaining mainstream acceptance, Walmart is investing $3.5 billion ...
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B2B cross-border payments may recover 30% by 2022

A new study from Juniper Research predicts the total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022 from a COVID-related low of $27 trillion in 2020. ...
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Bitcoin ATMs still growing in US and worldwide

While bitcoin has recovered value substantially in the past 30 days, rising last week above $10,000 in trading, adoption is also showing some encouraging signs based on the ...
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36.5 million Americans own cryptocurrency
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Cryptocurrency now on the radar of 14% of US investors

With the value of bitcoin rising this year, cryptocurrency is back on the radar of US investors and consumers, even if the whipsaw in market values is likely ...
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Chinese govt cryptocurrency strategy
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China makes “cryptocurrency” moves for the future

China’s moves to advance artificial intelligence leadership are well-documented and reflected by the fact that 19 of the top 50 largest patent registrations in the AI space are ...
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Facebook launches Libra cryptocurrency
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What’s Facebook Libra cryptocurrency mean for payments?

Facebook unveiled its plan for a new global digital currency called Libra and a financial system to change how money moves globally. It has the potential to transform ...
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