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Policymakers and private-sector representatives came together at the consultation in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, on 18 January. Organised by the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, the event showcased concrete examples of cutting-edge developments in the area of data sharing. Among the attendees were INNOPAY’s Yekat...

Financial institutions no longer have sole control over the data they hold about their customers. PSD2 has pushed them to open up their payment account data (with customer consent), allowing third parties to use this data to deliver value-added services. The European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on a Financial Data Access (FIDA)...

INNOPAY research indicates that almost half of the world’s top 150 banks are now investigating services based on decentralised finance (DeFi). This reflects rising interest in exploring possible benefits of integrating DeFi innovations within traditional banking frameworks. The evolution is collectively propelled by factors such as improv...

In today’s digital world, not only do people have a ‘second’ or ‘parallel’ (i.e. digitised) life – through avatars, online user profiles and other digital identities – but digital copies of other physical realities also exist in a virtual form. These copies are called ‘digital twins’. In the latest broadcast about digital sustainability o...

Meta’s recent message to its European users, offering them a monetary transaction choice, reflects the evolving landscape of digital consciousness. However, this transformation is not so much driven by Meta’s desire for better digital world, but mainly a response to European regulatory pressure. So to what extent does this move restore th...