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Articles, webinars, podcasts, and reports about crytpocurrencies, NFTs, stablecoins, and other blockchain technologies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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FDIC Insurance Still Matters Even When Stablecoins Are Fully Backed. Here’s Why
Tokenized deposits could take off, but the industry and FDIC have a lot of work to do before that can happen.
Why Banks and Fintechs Must Learn to Speak the Same Stablecoin Language
Banks and fintechs have different priorities, slowing adoption, creating a lot of unnecessary friction, and risking market share.
Banks Seek Uses for Tokenized Deposits as Pressure from Stablecoins Rises
The Clearing House’s announced tokenized deposit network project is the latest foray in banking’s efforts to hold ground in payments.
Embed Investing Inside Everyday Banking Apps to Win Younger Customers
Institutions that fail to unify spending, saving, and investing risk losing relevance among mobile-first money managers.
Stablecoin Is Ready for Credit Unions. Are Credit Unions Ready for Stablecoin?
Stablecoin is no longer a crypto curiosity. The GENIUS Act has cleared the way, and credit unions engaging early stand to protect deposits.
Why Mastercard’s Stablecoin Moves Signal a Seismic Shift for Banks
Can digital forms of money coexist with traditional banking rails, and can banks design a strategy for coexistence rather than cannibalization?
Webinars, Podcasts, Reports
What Are Stablecoin’s Threats to Banking?
Dr. Lamont Black explains how stablecoins could cost banks and credit unions interchange, data and deposits.
Is Your Bank Ready for Stablecoins and AI Agents?
A Coinbase-commissioned study by The Block Research found that 7 of the 10 largest U.S. banks have tested stablecoins or tokenized deposits for settlement, and the other 3 have signaled plans to follow.
$200 Trillion at Risk: The New Threat to Banking
Banking execs know their industry is being disrupted. What they don’t know is how much of their balance sheet they’ve already lost control of.
Instant Payments, Stablecoins & the Race to Reinvent Money
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U.S. instant payments are accelerating fast. Banks must define their strategy now or risk losing relevance, falling behind competitors, and disappointing customers.
An Innovation Mindset is Needed in Payments
Consumers are growing more fond of digital wallets and instant payments, BNPL and cryptocurrency as primary payment solutions. The financial institutions providing payments tech need to up their game, says i2c’s head of product development for lending, Dan Hanks.
WeBank: A Model for the Future of Digital Banking
WeBank has over 300 million customers and 2.7 million small business banking with it. It’s attracted customers through its use of AI, blockchain, big data, cloud computing and more, says chief information officer Henry Ma.
