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Open insurance is still all bark and no bite for now… but mandated openness will soon change that

Open insurance is the most important enabler of scalable embedded insurance opportunities. But since the launch of the Open Insurance Monitor in 2021, we have seen little evidence that industry players are putting open insurance at the top of the strategic agenda. The landscape is still slow to evolve, with only a few new insurers and ins...

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Mastering Web3 technology for payments: your map to navigate and understand the Web3 ecosystem!

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, navigating the complexities of the Web3 ecosystem, can seem like a daunting challenge. However, we have the key to support you on your journey to explore the Web3 ecosystem.Introducing our map to Web3, where we demystify Web3’s intricacies and present you with a structured overview. While our focus ...

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DNB Event: Digital euro meets Dutch payment professionals

Last week’s seminar called ‘Digital euro meets the Dutch experts’, organise...

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Financial institutions can move towards a position as a trusted ‘data custodian’ in the data economy

The internet has reached its third stage of development: after ‘information’ and...

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Crypto Monitor: 88% believe crypto will change the payments industry

The first edition of our INNOPAY/The Paypers Payments Industry Crypto Monitor co...

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Why trust and timing were key in Libra’s downfall

The following article is an excerpt from the book Everything Transaction. Facebook caused quite a stir back in 2019 when it announced plans to launch a global cryptocurrency called Libra. But gradually everything went quiet and it now seems that the project has been scrapped completely. What went wrong?On 18 June 2019, Facebook ...

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Tell us about your interest and engagement in the crypto and Web 3.0 payment industry

We are conducting a survey together with the media platform The Payper...

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Web 3.0: How decentralisation and incentives will create alignment on the internet

There have so far been two major ‘phases’ of the internet, which are now retrospectively referred to as Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. Opinions differ on the precise beginning and end of these two phases, so the periods are not clearly defined – and the burgeoning Web 3.0 phase is no different.  The first two phases of the internetAlthough the...

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DeFi: Will it really be possible to borrow from yourself at 0%?

A recent offer in the realm of Decentralised Finance (DeFi) caught our attention...

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Is your business ready for the crypto (r)evolution?

The crypto evolution – or is it a revolution? – is challenging the status quo of...

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Why should banks prioritise becoming the new 'Data Custodians' of the digital economy?

To access to an extended paper which expands on the concepts introduced here, click the link at the end of this blog to download 'Establishing the trust anchor in the digital economy: the case for banks to become 'Data Custodians'. The original article was initially published in the Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems (peer-reviewe...