Arjeh Van Oijen Head of Product Management at Icon Solutions
Amid geopolitical, technological and economic shifts, global momentum behind the development and adoption of digital currencies is ramping up. Central banks across 66 countries are now in the advanced phases of exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), with 44 pilots including the digital euro already underway. The popularity of stablecoin...
30 June 2025 /payments
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Stablecoins are attracting considerable attention by traditional financial institutions. Regulatory shifts are paving the way for banks to engage with stablecoins. These are rapidly evolving from a niche vertical in the cryptocurrency ecosystem into a foundational element of the global financial system. Stablecoins are increasingly becoming a pref...
30 June 2025 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Shital Gohil Co-Founder and COO at Styldod INC
The real estate industry has long been known for its reliance on face-to-face interactions, lengthy paperwork, and traditional marketing strategies. But over the past few years, a quiet revolution has been reshaping how properties are marketed, sold, financed, and even experienced. At the heart of this transformation lie two powerful forces: finan...
30 June 2025 /ai
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
A stablecoin for currency is a token that can be used alongside the parent currency reflecting the market price at that instant. The historic volatility is known, and the price can be verified publicly. Earlier attempts to use crypto currencies fell afoul of Herstatt Risk . The fait currency had not left the sender’s bank before the amount transf...
29 June 2025 /payments /crypto The future of Payments in Europe
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
Accelerating the EU-wide Trust Infrastructure The development of an EU-wide Trust Infrastructure (TI) is gaining momentum on several fronts. The most significant advancement is the Commission’s recognition that business wallets will become the cornerstone for both conducting business and interacting seamlessly with all levels of public administrat...
29 June 2025 /ai /identity Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI
Or: AI Confessions from the Keynote Stage What a difference a year makes. Last week, I found myself on stage at the AI World Congress, delivering a keynote to a room full of people who, twelve months ago, were probably telling anyone who'd listen that AI was going to solve world hunger, cure cancer, and maybe even fix their corporate expense repo
29 June 2025 /ai /security Big Data
Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
Wise (formerly TransferWise) has quietly become one of fintech’s biggest success stories, transforming how people and businesses send money across borders. From humble startup origins in 2011, Wise now moves over £145 billion internationally each year for 15+ million customers – at a fraction of the cost charged by banks. In doing so, Wise s
29 June 2025 /payments
Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa
“I’ll be honest” is a phrase that usually signals the opposite. So let me state upfront, I work in AI for a (mostly) FinTech vendor, and yes, we’re all talking about agentic AI. Vendors are selling it, top tier consultants are excitedly selling that they can integrate it, and customers seem to be either cautiously curious or waiting for the hype t...
27 June 2025 /ai /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Pratiksha Pathak Head of Payments Services at RedCompass Labs
The global financial system is changing. Soon, ISO 20022, a messaging standard designed to improve how payments are processed and communicated, will become the global norm. ISO 20022 was introduced in 2004 and has since been part of a long and complex journey to improve international payment messaging. A critical shift will happen this year on 22...
27 June 2025 /ai /payments
Mike Trkay CIO at FICO
The widespread adoption of AI is an inflection point for CIOs. We are charged with creating an “Intelligent Enterprise”, where business operations are reimagined, optimized, and redefined by AI at scale. How can the CIO support this shift? What are the emerging best practices? At its core, intelligence (artificial or otherwise) is the ability to a...
27 June 2025 /ai
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