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Is Financial Fragmentation A $6.5 Trn GDP Threat?
Or is this a ruse to perpetuate SWIFT's monopoly on financial transfers?
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In 2025 Real Time Payments Are All That Matters
Consumers are driving RTPs, and banks and card companies can't stop the train!
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The Future Of Payments: Customers And Competition Reign
Keeping customers happy is priority number one!
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BoE Digital Pound: PETs the Guard Dog of Digital Privacy
Even mathematically perfect privacy can be broken with a single law.
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Part 2: CBDC and FPS Aren't Rivals But Partners in Better Payments
CBDCs are more feature-rich with offline payments, smart contracts, and tokenization.
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Part 1: Geopolitical Fault Lines Dim Central Bank's Love of CBDC
CBDCs contribution to a fragmented payment system gives some banks pause.
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Digital Euro Progress Report: Guns Blazing for US Cards, Offline Payments Progress.
The ECB is making great progress on the digital euro!
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Get Set For A Roaring 2025: "Seize The AI Opportunity"
UBS is bullish on 2025, but be wary of trade wars, tariffs and real wars.
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Central Banks: AI and FinTech on The Rocks, CBDCs Set Sail
Only half of central banks globally have a fintech strategy.
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Revealing The Key Challenges In rCBDC Design And Adoption
Top central banks provide a good summary of the surmountable challenges ahead.
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Top 10 FinTech Trends to Watch in 2025
Juniper labs puts FinTech under the spotlight and calls out AI hype!
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Digital RMB: Cheap At Any Cost And Chinese Banks' Last Chance
Chinese banks lost the US$76 tn mobile payment market; the digital RMB is chump change.
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