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Payments to determine banks’ future

According to some fintech firms, large banks do have a future. It’s just as a low-value provider of the transaction data that they, the highly rated tech specialists, will exploit. […]

Google’s quantum discovery makes waves

For years, scientists have been battling to build a computer that exploits one of the strangest areas of modern science—quantum physics. Now Google claims to have achieved a breakthrough by […]

Weighing a new risk tool for bitcoin

Long-awaited and oft-delayed, Bakkt’s physically settled bitcoin futures are finally on the way. How big an impact will they have? A year after the launch plans were first announced, on […]

US struggles to speed up payments

The US financial system was designed to ensure that no single entity would ever dominate the nation’s money. But the downside of this legacy is becoming ever-clearer when it comes […]