The SEC stepped up its crackdown on crypto after filing civil charges against Coinbase and Binance.
Cryptocurrency volatility has tempered expectations for crypto payments. But it hasn’t erased them: Retail, remittance, and cross-border B2B payments remain in growth mode.
US regulators are allegedly discouraging banks from working with crypto firms. That could leave them with no option but to fold.
In the first week of the new year, US regulators came out swinging against Coinbase, Binance, FTX, and Celsius.
Will tech have learned its lesson during economic recovery? A mild recession in 2023 could give rise to tech’s recovery during the second half of the year. Expect industry caution.
The layoff-hiring puzzle: In what seems like a paradox, scores of layoffs coincide with hiring growth. Tech moves away from broad expansion plans while still needing software innovation to stay afloat.
Storm clouds for Big Tech: Following record-high cloud spending, the top cloud providers saw declines in April. Economic upheaval means a rocky road ahead, but cloud demand will endure.
They’re looking for work-life flexibility and better pay. But economic skittishness, dried up funding, and crypto instability point to a rocky future.
Payment provider innovation across remittances, B2B payments, and retail card and noncard payments is setting a long-term growth runway. In the short term, providers must navigate a host of obstacles to enable more crypto users to become crypto payers—and so far they’re succeeding.
In 2021, cryptocurrency accounted for $6.10 billion worth of transactions worldwide, up 177.3% from $2.20 billion the year before. Come 2023, crypto transaction value will hit $16.16 billion as more businesses accept these digital currencies as payment.
The metaverse is expected to be a major disruptor across industries, but it's still early days for the emerging realm. In this report, we look at how different markets are embarking on their own metaverse business models.
Despite only holding about $9.1B in assets, the US bank has attracted big-name fintech clients and another funding round.
Despite the record-setting value and amount of venture capital deals for fintechs last year, momentum stalled during Q4. In Q1, investors appear more selective.
US digital brokerages’ new user growth ticked up from 2019 to 2021. But growth will nosedive in 2022 and 2023, forcing digital brokerages to find new revenue growth strategies.
After posting strong year-end results, the crypto exchange warned that 2022 is off to a lackluster start amid drops in crypto market cap.
The firm can use its blockchain expertise to offer faster, cheaper remittances, which may put more pressure on incumbents to digitize.
Payments Ecosystem: Diminishing analog payment use—as well as the battle for share between entrenched electronic payment methods and emerging challengers—will intensify the battle for customer spending this year.
Its transaction-based revenues fell sharply in Q3 due to a 78% drop in crypto trading, highlighting its oversized reliance on the sector.
The world’s largest crypto exchange is ditching its decentralized structure to appease regulatory concerns as it could no longer ignore consecutive bans across the globe.
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