CFOs Look Back on 2022 as the Year of Digital Transformation

CFOs Look Back on 2022 as the Year of Digital Transformation
CFOs Look Back on 2022 as the Year of Digital Transformation
December 29, 2022  |  Digital Payments

For scores of CFOs, 2022 may go down as the year where they zeroed in on “what really matters” — including digital transformation. Amidst the...

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Credit Card Debt Pressures Millennials and Gen-Z Borrowers
Credit Card Debt Pressures Millennials and Gen-Z Borrowers
December 29, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Credit card debt is harder for younger consumers to handle amid the pressures of living paycheck to paycheck.   To that end, the Urban Institute reported that...

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Insiders Say CBDC Use in China ‘Highly Inactive’
Insiders Say CBDC Use in China ‘Highly Inactive’
December 29, 2022  |  CBDC

Consumers in China have shown little enthusiasm for their country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). That’s according to a former official from the People’s Bank...

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How US Consumers Lived Their Best Digital Lives in 2022
How US Consumers Lived Their Best Digital Lives in 2022
December 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

2022 marked many consumers’ triumphant return to the physical world after two years of pandemic-related restrictions — but even after options have opened up, their...

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Banks and FinTechs See Collaborative Opportunity to Reach Emerging Market Consumers
Banks and FinTechs See Collaborative Opportunity to Reach Emerging Market Consumers
December 29, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Brazil proves boosting financial inclusion and giving underserved populations bank account access is a smartphone away. PayU Global Payments CEO Mario Shiliashki said it will...

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Public-Private Partnerships Can Unlock a $31B Blockchain Payments Opportunity
Public-Private Partnerships Can Unlock a $31B Blockchain Payments Opportunity
December 29, 2022  |  Blockchain

The International Monetary Fund has identified central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as more efficient alternatives to physical cash that promise to lower transaction costs, promote...

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Startups Embrace Business Resilience Just as VCs Demand It
Startups Embrace Business Resilience Just as VCs Demand It
December 29, 2022  |  Startups

Global economic volatility and recession risk test the business resilience of startups. But for firms in emerging markets across Africa and the Middle East, the...

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FTX Crypto Founder Bankman-Fried’s Plea Expected Next Week
FTX Crypto Founder Bankman-Fried’s Plea Expected Next Week
December 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In the wake of news that his former friends and peers are cooperating with authorities, FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to enter a...

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Amazon Stock Cut in Half as eCommerce Giant Can’t Stem Slump
Amazon Stock Cut in Half as eCommerce Giant Can’t Stem Slump
December 28, 2022  |  Retail

From an all-time high in 2021 to a 3-year low in 2022, Amazon will ring in the New Year about half as large as it...

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