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Apple Pay most popular payments app with US teens

Apple Pay is the most popular payments app among American teens although the vast majority still regularly use cash, according to a survey.

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EBAday 2022: Rohit Talwar named as challenge speaker

Award-winning author, foresight researcher and CEO of think-tank, Fast Future, Rohit Talwar, has been confirmed as EBAday 2022’s challenge speaker.

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CaixaBank's imagin enters the metaverse

Imagin, the digital financial lifestyle offshoot of CaixaBank, has become the first European fintech to open a site in the metaverse

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EToro sets up $20m NFT programme

Social investment platform eToro is making a move into non-fungible tokens, launching a $20 million programme to buy blue chip NFTs as well as support up-and-coming creators.

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Meet Zuck Bucks - Meta's latest digital currency concoction

Unfazed by the demise of its doomed digital currency Diem, Facebook is concocting another virtual token for the metaverse - Zuck Bucks.

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HSBC launches metaverse investment fund

HSBC is launching a metaverse investment fund to give high net worth clients in Asia a chance to get in on the ground floor of the emerging digital economy.

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Metaverse economy could hit $13 trillion by 2030 - Citi

The Metaverse economy could be wort up to $13 trillion by 2030 while what counts as money in this next generation of the internet will look very different from today, according to a new report from Citi.

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Tintra announces world's first built-for-purpose Web 3.0 bank

RegTech firm, Tintra, has just announced the next stage in its development strategy – the launch of the world’s first ever Web 3.0 banking platform.

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HSBC buys virtual plot of land in the metaverse

HSBC has become the latest financial institution to venture into the metaverse, acquiring virtual real estate in The Sandbox.

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Amex files metaverse-related trademark applications

American Express has filed trademark applications to register its name, logo, and slogans for a range of banking services in the metaverse.

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Siam Commercial Bank opens metaverse HQ

Siam Commercial Bank's technology arm SCB 10X is following JPMorgan into the metaverse by opening a HQ in the Sandbox, a blockchain-based virtual world platform.

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Finextra partners with Finastra for Hack to the Future 4

Finextra has today announced a partnership with financial services software provider, Finastra, for its annual event, Hack to the Future.

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JPMorgan opens metaverse lounge

JPMorgan has dipped a toe into the metaverse, becoming the first bank to open a lounge in the Decentraland virtual world.