Digital Financial Trends

July was a month marked by rapid technological advancements in a market continuing to change and to support instant payments.  We can also see that AI continues to drive innovation in all that we do.

Crypto and AI Unite: A New Era of Financial Inclusion - OneSafe

The world is discovering how the combination of AI and blockchain technology is enabling our society to continue to open new doors to financial inclusion. This article discusses how decentralized solutions help to empower unbanked communities globally.

How Open Source is Transforming Finance- Forbes

Open source has become increasingly important in Wall Street’s core infrastructure. It helps to impact the ability to move faster,  build better and reduce costs.

Paypal’s Venmo Growth and Strategic Monetization: A New Era for Digital Payments - Ainvest

Venmo’s integration into the broader PayPal World platform continues to pave the way for building a global commerce platform that will continue to define the $13 trillion dollar digital payments sector.

The Rise of the Creator Economy in Emerging Markets: Empowering Youth and Marginalized Communities Through Web Monetization - Next Billion 

Interledger’s Matseliso Thabane writes about how the creator economy in emerging markets and how this will offer the youth and underserved of these areas new income opportunities.

Financial Inclusion at a Record High, but 1.3 Billion are still Unbanked - World Bank Global Findex 2025 - CNBC

The World Bank Global Findex reports that there has been unprecedented progress in helping the 1.3 billion that are still unbanked in our world particularly in low and middle income countries. Digital finance has played an integral part in helping improve these individuals' lives and transforming economies in those countries.

What a CBDC ban means for the Assets Industry - Payments Journal

Two years ago over 130 countries were exploring CBDC’s. Since then many countries have come to a standstill and only three counties(Nigeria, Jamaica and the Bahamas) have launched. This article explores why and what kind of impact it could have on the digital assets industry.