World Economic Forum

24 results about this entity

Period: 03 Jun 2019 - 19 Jan 2024

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Davos 2024: AI most relevant for fintech development until 2029

Bryan Zhang, executive director and co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at The University of Cambridge Judge Business School presented research on the future of global fintech, conducted in conjunction with the World Economic Forum.

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CCAF, World Bank and World Economic Forum call on fintechs to uncover Covid-19 impact

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), World Bank and World Economic Forum are calling on fintechs to participate in data collection for the group’s Global Covid-19 FinTech Market Impact & Industry Resilience Study before its October deadline.

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World Economic Forum on why the COVID-19 FinTech Market Impact Study is so important

In an exclusive with FinextraTV, Ben Weisman, Financial Innovation Lead at the World Economic Forum speaks about their partnership and involvement with CCAF and World Bank in 'The Global COVID-19 Fintech Market Impact & Industry Resilience Study'. We learn more about how the pandemic has helped launch regulatory innovation and how this is improving financial inclusion for the underbanked, how FinTech's increasing prevalence of digital payments is empowering emerging markets and developing economies, and the ways in which the report will work to shape other agendas and initiatives underway at the World Economic Forum.

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CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum launch second Covid-19 fintech impact study

Building on findings and insights from its landmark 2020 survey, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is once again partnering with the World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum to investigate the impact Covid-19 has borne on fintech firms.

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WEF: Little market-wide agreement on DLT use in capital markets

A report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found that while distributed ledger technology (DLT) offers the potential for significant market-wide transformation, market participants are still far from adopting this technology at scale at a market-wide level.

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World Economic Forum launches global alliance for responsible AI

The World Economic Forum announced today the launch of the Global AI Action Alliance (GAIA), a new flagship initiative to accelerate the adoption of inclusive, transparent and trusted artificial intelligence globally.

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Davos 2021: Carney on net-zero – ‘If you’re not in, you’re out’

Finextra is at Davos this year, covering global insights into the impact fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth and advancing a new social contract.

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Davos 2021: Private and public cooperation is driving digital across MENA

Finextra is at Davos this year, covering global insights into the impact fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth and advancing a new social contract.

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CCAF, World Bank, WEF: Covid-19 caused uneven growth across fintech

A joint report by The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the World Bank Group and the World Economic Forum, has found that while 12 out of 13 fintech sectors reported year-on-year growth during the first half of 2020, significant discrepancies between sectors and regions remain.

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CCAF, World Bank, World Economic Forum study into Covid-19 impact on fintech: A sneak peek

In anticipation of the official launch, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) invited industry participants to join an examination into the results of the Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Rapid Assessment Study, compiled in partnership with the World Bank and World Economic Forum.

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WEF executive: Traditional finance business model no longer working

Simon Torrance, senior adviser at corporate innovation firm, Rainmaking, claims that the traditional financial services business model is no longer working.

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World Economic Forum: COVID-19 underlines the importance of fintech in emerging markets

Matthew Blake, Head of Financial Services, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum (WEF) speaks to FinextraTV following CCAF and World Bank's commentary on their collaborative study together, into the impact of Covid-19 on Global Fintech. He highlights what fintech firms can take away from the survey report and how it will help educate them to remain resilient amid economic uncertainty. We hear about the work the WEF has done around financial inclusion, how important fintech is for continuing and increasing financial inclusion in emerging markets, what avenues there are for public-private cooperation in a COVID world, and where fintech firms can receive support.