Technology
Innovation Without Limits: Q&A With Thought Machine COO Gareth Richardson
For banks to compete and flourish, Gareth Richardson, chief operating officer of Thought Machine, explains why cloud-native technology is key.
Technology
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Banking
The Innovators 2022: Global And Regional Honors
As pandemic response continues to reshape human behaviors and attitudes, banks are strengthening in-house innovation teams and tapping broader networks to stimulate fresh ideation in financial services.
News
Nomura Eyes Institutional Crypto
Nomura has had a history in the digital asset market, namely through its stake inKonimanu, a digital asset custody joint venture it created with digital asset security firm Ledger and digital asset investment house CoinShares in 2018.
News
Stablecoins Terra, Luna Brought Back To Earth
UST’s collapse will accelerate regulatory actions toward stablecoins demanded by Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Circle, which pioneered USD Coin, and others in the cryptocurrency community.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tasting The Metaverse: Q&A With Second Life Founder Philip Rosedale
Philip Rosedale was a digital pioneer in creating Second Life, one of the first virtual World's and still a leading social platform for adults. Linden Lab, Second Life’s parent company, now has two decades of experience in managing an online world, including developing a virtual currency traded globally. He talks to Global Finance about what they’ve learned and larger hopes for the metaverse.
Features
Building The Metaverse
Big Tech, banks, telecoms–and even Hollywood–are all scrambling to own a piece of the infrastructure of the future.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Working Capital: More Disruption And Risk
Fighting in Ukraine spurs factoring and digitalization adoption.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
JPMorgan Logs Onto Web 3.0
Banks like JPMorgan are mostly on Decentraland—a 3D virtual world run by the nonprofit—to learn.
News
UK Law Agents Seize NFTs
Britain's tax authority became the first law enforcement agency in the country to seizenonfungible tokens (NFTs).
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Metaverse: Walmart Readies For Web 3.0
Walmart is finalizing its push into the metaverse, according to trademark application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office at the end of 2021.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard
The acquisition also lets Microsoft get its foot into the metaverse’s door.
News
Miami To Offer Bitcoin Yield To Residents
Miami has gotten exchanges including blockchain.com and eToro to relocate to the city as part of Suarez’s drive to create a crypto ecosystem and establish the city as a mining hub.