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Standard Chartered leaps into the metaverse

Standard Chartered has acquired a virtual plot of land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district, a culture hub inspired by Hong Kong creative artists.

25 April 2022

News/crypto

Mastercard lists trademarks in the metaverse

Mastercard has filed 15 NFT and metaverse trademark applications as part of a wide-ranging plan to extend its payment processing system, slogans and branding into the new virtual economy.

12 April 2022

Finextra TV/predictions

Citi's Future Of Finance Analyst On Money & The Metaverse

Sophia Bantanidis, Future of Finance Analyst, Citi Global Insights, speaks on FinextraTV about all things Metaverse. We discuss what is it, why should we care about it, how will we use it, and the challenges and opportunities that come along with the Metaverse.

12 April 2022

News/predictions

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.

11 April 2022

News/payments

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.

08 April 2022

News/retail

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

08 April 2022

News/crypto

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.

07 April 2022

News/crypto

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.

07 April 2022

News/wealth

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.

06 April 2022

News/predictions

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.

04 April 2022

Company update/retail

Signzy receives US patent for banking in the metaverse

In a major breakthrough for enabling seamless banking and financial transactions in the metaverse, India-based Signzy Technologies today announced that it has received a US patent for new customer signup and onboarding in metaverse, using Virtual and Augmented Reality.

29 March 2022

News/crypto

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.

18 March 2022

News/wholesale

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.

16 March 2022

News/predictions

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.

16 March 2022

News/retail

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.

14 March 2022

News/devops

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.

08 March 2022

Company update/Metaverse

Sokin to set up the metaverse world for ecommerce

Sokin, the next generation payments provider, is set to enable full ecommerce payments for the first time in the metaverse, allowing brands and businesses to grow from its physical store into the virtual world.

17 February 2022

News/devops

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.

15 February 2022