Backed by several FDIC-insured incumbents, USDF has 1:1 redemption with US dollars and runs on a public blockchain. Security and transparency will make good selling points.

Chainalysis’ crypto crime report found that illicit transaction activity reached all-time high in value—but an all-time low as a share of all crypto activity.

Interest has revived on the business-customer side, supported by the rise of stablecoins and pressure to compete with bigger banks. Expanding to consumers could accelerate payments and deposits.

Nova Credit transfers immigrants’ credit histories into the US financial system so Amex can reach a hard-to-tap consumer segment.

Payments are set to break physical and digital borders in 2022. Innovations will make payments accessible across regions; super apps will address consumers’ financial needs all in one place; and lending will extend credit to once-inaccessible segments.

In this Meet the Analyst Webinar, Suzy Davidkhanian, eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence, revealed our new retail ecommerce sales estimates for 2022 and beyond

Fintechs can boost platform trading activity with tokenization: Republic raised $150M to add digital securities to its investing platform. These divide expensive assets into more liquid blockchain tokens.

Crypto exchange Bitpanda—which recently opened a B2B arm—raised $263M, as investors continue to target players that provide infrastructure to third parties.

On today's episode, we discuss what cryptocurrency is, why it's popular, what it's used for, and which coins will lead the charge and why. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer vice president of content and head of financial services Daniel Van Dyke and financial technology analyst at Insider Intelligence Victor Chatenay.

China eyes the ‘next stage of the internet’: The country hopes its two-pronged approach to early blockchain and 5G adoption will help establish itself as a global leader in the internet’s next generation.

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Blockchain is attracting enormous interest on the back of surging cryptocurrency valuations and increasingly high-profile payment integrations. But as a real payment currency, blockchain-based cryptocurrency still must overcome many hurdles before it can truly disrupt the space.

Wildly speculative auction prices for everything from the first tweet to virtual real estate suggest the blockchain hype is getting out of hand.

Although the benefits of 5G for financial services firms are less flashy than in other industries, lower latency, faster speed, and improved reliability will play a big role in the financial services sector.

The intermediation of programmatic transactions opened up a number of opportunities for fraud and data leakage in display advertising. Christiana Cacciapuoti, executive director at industry consortium AdLedger, joins eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Nicole Perrin to discuss the latest tests of the CryptoRTB protocol, how it will help advertisers avoid fraud, and what advertisers need to understand about cryptography in programmatic transactions.

Revamping a century-old business magazine is like changing car tires at 100 mph, according to Salah Zalatimo, chief digital officer at Forbes. Like a Nascar pit crew, the team responsible for transforming a company like Forbes has to work quickly and precisely.

This report provides an overview of the most important technology at CES 2019 and what it means for marketers, now and in the future.