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Mastercard Makes Its Stablecoin Move: The BVNK Acquisition
Mastercard’s acquisition of BVNK seizes on the opportunity of stablecoins to disrupt cross-border payments. Learn what the move means for banks, card networks, payment fintechs, and B2B firms.
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Why Stripe’s Machine Payments Protocol Signals A Turning Point For Micropayments
For 30 years, micropayments failed for one reason: The payer was human. Humans hesitate; they abandon carts, resent friction, and perform mental accounting before every small transaction. The smartest engineers and best-funded companies in technology couldn’t engineer their way around human psychology — so they stopped trying. On March 18, 2026, that constraint disappeared. Stripe […]
Predictions 2026: Your Planning Starts Here
2026 will demand proof, not promises. Explore Forrester’s Predictions resources — guides, webinars, and blogs — to plan smarter, lead with trust, and stay ahead of disruption.
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Key Takeaways From The Singapore FinTech Festival’s 10th Anniversary
Last week at the Singapore FinTech Festival’s 10th anniversary, I sat down with senior leaders across payments companies, fintechs, and banks. What they told me — and what I witnessed on the show floor — revealed five forces reshaping the industry: Agentic payments are moving from experiment to competitive weapon; payments-specific foundation models are emerging […]
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How Stripe And Bridge Are Pushing Stablecoin Real-World Adoption: A Conversation With Mai Leduc
Learn how Stripe and Bridge are driving stablecoin adoption in this conversation with Mai Leduc, head of product at Bridge, a Stripe company.
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A Quick And Dirty Guide To Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, And CBDCs
With a more crypto-friendly administration preparing to take office, we break down the key terms associated with cryptoassets.
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Ten More Important Emerging Technologies For 2024
As AI continues to dominate the technological landscape in 2024, security, the need for trust, and innovation in advanced computing remain vital. These trends influenced our selection of the next 10 top emerging technologies for 2024.
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Digital Asset Custody: A Primer
We analyze the key trends and drivers of the digital asset custody market, key tech supporting digital asset custody, the core capabilities of representative custody providers, and early good practices for integrating these solutions.
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Exploring Grab’s New Cryptocurrency Payment Feature
Learn how Grab's new cryptocurrency payments feature will influence the payment market in Southeast Asia and Singapore.
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The B2B Cross-Border Payments Market: What’s Hot In 2024?
The fast development of emerging technologies such as AI/ML and blockchain makes the competitive landscape competition in the B2B cross-border payments market even more intense. Learn more in this preview of a new report.
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The Web Needs A Way Of Proving That You’re A Real Person — Worldcoin Is Not The Solution
New crypto-focused financial network Worldcoin promises to provide a “new identity and financial network owned by everyone.” But it raises more issues than it solves. Find out why.
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Web 4.0? Let’s Figure Out Web 3.0 First!
The EU has released proposals for Web 4.0. But have we properly defined Web 3.0 yet? Find out why this approach could be deeply flawed.
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Blockchain: It’s More Than Just Crypto
How closely is the fate of blockchain tied to cryptocurrency? Do NFTs have business value? In this episode, Vice President and Principal Analyst Martha Bennett dispels some blockchain myths and shares some use cases that may not be on your radar.
New For 2026! Tech Budget Planning Guide + Workbook
Simplify your 2026 tech budget planning! Download our guide and workbook for recommendations, benchmarks, and actionable templates to help you assess, prioritize, and implement investments.
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Distributed Ledger Technology In Banking — Neither Major Upheaval Nor Dead Silence
Blockchain has added value for banks when filling white spaces or replacing inadequate solutions. Fully operational systems are few and far between.
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Understand The State Of Central Bank Digital Currencies In Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region is at the forefront of central bank digital currency (CBDC) development. Most APAC countries are proactively exploring and experimenting with CBDCs. China, South Korea, India, and Thailand are proactively piloting retail CBDCs. Singapore and Malaysia are currently focusing on wholesale CBDCs and participating in some multicountry CBDC pilots. Australia and Japan […]
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Meet Two Schrödinger’s Cats, Web3 And The Metaverse, At Technology & Innovation APAC In Sydney
This Technology & Innovation APAC, come listen to Sam Higgins and I talk about two Schrödinger’s cats in today’s tech ecosystem. First up: Web3. Some believe that Web3 will change the World Wide Web as we know it by giving users more control over their data and identities, ushering in better incentive structures for creators […]
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Show Me That Emerging Technology Magic
Get three key takeaways about leveraging emerging technology in this Technology & Innovation event preview.
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Tackling Technology’s Trust Problem
What can be done to address a growing lack of trust in technology? Principal Analyst Sara Watson digs into the causes of this issue and provides some examples of firms taking proactive steps to minimize its impact.
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Blockchain For CEOs
Learn what it is, what it does, and what it means for your organization today and in the future.
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The Top Tech That Will Win Over Banks In 2022
Banks are investing in a wide range of emerging technologies. Not all have equal potential today. Find out what’s hot and what’s not.
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Jekyll And Hyde: The Dual Role Of Emerging Technologies In Sustainability
The dual roles of eight popular emerging technologies and explains how to use them to advance environmental sustainability goals.
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