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Dec 28, 2024

Your Crypto Wallet As Your Bank: Realizing Bitcoin’s Original Vision

Crypto wallets are replacing banks, aligned with Bitcoin’s bank-free vision. Your money is on the blockchain - not as a bank deposits - but spendable via cards.

ByJon Helgi EgilssonContributor
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Dec 27, 2024

Hallucinations And Hope: Dungeons And Dragons, AI And The New Economy

While the need for national AI strategy is recognised, it seems to me that there is now a need for a national D&D strategy too. I stand ready to answer the nation’s call.

ByDavid G.W. BirchContributor
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Dec 24, 2024

Fintech Wrapped: Three Surprising Things That Happened In Fintech In 2024

From a crypto renaissance in recent months, a slow exit environment and important shifts in emerging markets, 2024 was also a year of transformation.

ByAlex LazarowSenior Contributor
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Dec 23, 2024

Gorillas In The Midst: The First Person To Animal To Person Payments

When it comes to financial inclusion, there is one category of living things that have so far been overlooked: animals. Well, not for much longer.

ByDavid G.W. BirchContributor
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Dec 23, 2024

The IPO Comeback? What 2025 Could Hold For Fintechs Eyeing Public Markets

Fintechs promised to disrupt traditional financial services, and for a while, investors were on board, but then the market stagnated. Could 2025 be the year that changes all that?

ByZennon KapronContributor
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Dec 20, 2024

4 Workplace Disadvantages Women Face That Demand Immediate Action

Gender equality in the workplace, particularly in fintech, remains a distant goal. These examples show the action that is needed to stop discrimination at work.

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Dec 20, 2024

Why IPOs Are Losing Their Luster In A Changing Economy

Hype around Chime and ServiceTitan stirs IPO buzz, but challenges like past flops and profitability woes may keep the floodgates closed.

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Dec 19, 2024

Crypto And Digital Assets Shine At ADFW24: Abu Dhabi, the Capital Of Capital Connectors

With 20,000 ADFW delegates and eight global institutions representing $635 billion announce they are setting up shop in Abu Dhabi, crypto and digital assets are positioning.

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Dec 19, 2024

Reversing The Flow: How Nubank’s Expertise Could Redefine Digital Banking Competition In Southeast Asia

For years, digital banking in Asia has operated on a seemingly straightforward axis either innovation or inclusion. With Nubank and Tyme, that could all change.

ByZennon KapronContributor
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Dec 18, 2024

What To Do When Rates Won't Drop In 2025

These three fintech solutions are expected to rise in prominence amid the prolonged high interest rate environment in 2025.

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Dec 18, 2024

Credit Card Rewards Are A Hidden Subsidy. AI Will Change This.

As far as I can tell, most card issuers have no strategy for consumers becoming an order of magnitude smarter overnight. This is going to be an interesting year.

ByDavid G.W. BirchContributor
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Dec 17, 2024

Debanking, Deplatforming, and $480 Billion At Stake

We can’t continue to debank and deplatform the creator economy. Empower this industry with clear, fair, transparent, and easy-to-understand banking rules.

ByColin LuceContributor
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Dec 17, 2024

Generative AI’s Role In Financial Services Demands A New Talent Strategy

As financial services firms scale gen AI, they can't overlook the impact on staff. Smart firms will embrace new talent strategies, upskilling, and cultural shifts.

ByDavid ParkerContributor
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Dec 16, 2024

Banks’ 3 Wishes For The Holidays

As bankers look ahead to 2025, the outlook for regulation, the m&a environment and sustainabile lending will be top of mind

ByMichael AbbottContributor
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Dec 16, 2024

5 AI Scams Set To Surge In 2025: What You Need To Know

AI scams may surge in 2025 as fraud as a service operations expand, providing criminals more access to perfect deepfakes which will make their scams more believable.

ByFrank McKennaContributor
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PREMIUMDec 13, 2024

Fintech Startup TomoCredit’s Challenges Continue To Mount

A new lawsuit against credit-building company TomoCredit is claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition. The fintech has also been scrubbing its website of some of its bona fides.

ByJeff KauflinForbes Staff
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Dec 13, 2024

Is Europe’s Digital Euro The Future Of Money Or A Futile Effort?

As the U.S. moves to ban a retail CBDC while China’s Digital Yuan sets transaction records, Europe’s Digital Euro finds itself caught between these two extremes.

ByJon Helgi EgilssonContributor