Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog June 15, 2023 Is Apple’s Vision Pro a gamechanger that will mainstream the metaverse? Tech experts weigh in Apple’s announcement put VR, Web 3 and even the metaverse itself back into the spotlight after a prolonged AI-induced absence, which began with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.“These aren’t just glasses. This is the most advanced tech product ever created—it’s a supercomputer,” says Cathy Hackl, futurist, Chief Metaverse Officer of Journey and 'Godmother of the metaverse.' “While every… Blog June 30, 2023 The digital currency revolution is upon us. Only the global economy is at stake Digital money can vastly increase efficiency through greater speed and reductions in transaction costs, and since it’s not issued by the government but rather ruled by an algorithm, it may be more inclusive and less affected by political considerations. Governments are eager to position themselves for the next stage of the digital revolution in financial services by issuing central bank digital… Blog July 14, 2023 Inside Virbela's open campus: One way we could work in a metaverse future 1:18 - Open campus is one of many virtual worlds built by Virbela, most of them private. OC is unique in that it's free and open to the public. It showcases the art of the possible with the platform and it's home to an active community of users, including the entire Virbela team. 4:25 - Not only can we move our digital selves around something we can't do on video calls, we can choose our… Blog July 28, 2023 Global banking forecast? Plenty of cloud. Protiviti MDs on accelerating banking transformation By 2025, core banking workload deployment on cloud is expected to be 14% of total IT spend. Banks are grappling with outdated applications; data is siloed and trapped within legacy systems and not accessible for customer insights and tailored experiences and services. Regulatory changes in Australia, the UK and U.S., in GDPR and APRA standards for data privacy and operational resiliency, are also… Blog August 4, 2023 Economist Peter Henry offers a roadmap for a more equitable and prosperous future "Somewhat disappointingly, I don’t think that first-world countries have made a lot of progress on what I would call the structural policy fronts." "If the rate of return on investing in a road in Zambia is higher than the rate of return on S&P 500, there ought to be some folks in the US who are trying to figure out a way to invest in roads in Zambia.""I don’t think crypto will be a major… Blog August 9, 2023 The Economist’s Swarup Gupta on cash, privacy and data in a digital future "Even now, across the greatest part of the planet, cash definitely remains king, and it continues to be the major mode of payment, but there are various estimates that show that as a mode of payment, cash would decline to as low as 5% by 2030 to 2031." "Cash was the only completely anonymous way of storing value over time in exchange. Digital payments have ended that, which has led to multiple… Blog August 9, 2023 Former Schwab CEO Evelyn Dilsaver talks AI, crypto and future of financial services "The rise of technology allowed you to optimize your portfolio and do risk optimization better than you ever did before, because now you had all this data at your fingertips. That’s what’s changed.""Interesting thing is that many of the banks now are moving towards digital assets, which again, is to make life more easy and efficient for the consumer. In May of 2020, there were only 35 central… Blog August 15, 2023 Regulation, risk and reward with HSBC’s Chief Compliance Officer, Asia Pacific "Some of the key things that I see will be around digitalization, open banking, artificial intelligence and robotics, workforce transformation, cyber security, and as mentioned, sustainable banking as well as regulatory technology." "We're also already seeing an increase in regulatory complexity, and banks will need to invest significantly more, in my opinion, around regtech solutions. These… Blog August 18, 2023 Cash out: Why execs need to stay vested in digital currency developments around the globe Beyond the headlines of a “crypto winter,” a wealth of business-relevant digital currency developments and Web3 opportunities demand C-suite attention.Consumer and business cryptocurrency adoption continues to increase despite the industry’s well-publicized struggles in the past 18 months. According to The Atlantic Council, which tracks CBDC initiatives in 130 countries, 11 countries — Nigeria,… Blog August 10, 2021 Go! Mindblowing mobility driving transportation’s transformation Mobility-of-the-future opportunities are more numerous, diverse and lucrative than executives outside the expanding industry likely realize. The technologies, capabilities and interactions that will drive organizational success in the mobility of the future are highly varied. Companies that extract the most value from mobility-of-the-future opportunities will not only win by innovating; they will… Load More
