Prediction markets are booming, attracting billions in bets on everything from wars to the weather. But insider trading, perverse incentives and the prospect of heavy-handed regulation raise a question: can they deliver on their promise without doing real damage?
India built the world’s largest public digital finance infrastructure. The next challenge is turning unprecedented access into more financial participation.
Building out a public digital payment system helped connect Brazil's poor to financial services. That’s been mostly a good thing, but more needs to be done to deal with the debt downsides.
Trust in the financial industry is low among consumers, thanks to opaque fees, bespoke benefits and complex offerings. Standardizing products and lessons from medical industry reforms offer a better way forward.
Markets have been hailed as the key lever to decarbonize the global economy — but emissions keep rising. When it comes to climate change, how much can the financial industry accomplish?
For 20 years, developments in fintech have appeared poised to fundamentally reshape the financial industry. The slower-than-predicted pace of change suggests we shouldn’t expect the latest innovations to remake the world overnight.
Disruptive innovations are eating away the advantages held by financial system incumbents. A look at Switzerland’s banking industry reveals lessons for navigating the tumultuous future.
The story of fintech has been one of speed and openness. The challenge now is ensuring those gains don’t regress into a system that excludes the people it set out to empower.
Fintech has been upending the financial industry, splintering formerly all-in-one banking products into a vast array of individualized and modular services. But that will make human connections even more important than ever.
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